PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Department of Agriculture is taking public comment though Saturday on their proposal to increase the tonnage fee in the Animal Feed and Remedy Program. South Dakota Association of Cooperatives Executive Director Brenda Forman says that program is an important one that needs to be adequately funded. She says… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
Yankton School Board looking at possible opt out
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The first public discussion of a possible property tax opt out by the Yankton School Board will be held tomorrow this evening. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they have held off as long as they could. Kindle says they are following up on the district survey from last year. Kindle says they… Read more »
Black Hills State holds first BHSU Day in Sturgis
STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – Black Hills State University held its first ever BHSU Day in Sturgis Tuesday. BHSU Interim President Laurie Nichols, along with representatives from BHSU, made a visit to Sturgis Brown High School to discuss educational opportunities. Nichols says the visit was beneficial for students and the school. Nichols explains the concept of… Read more »
State receives grants to help schools prevent and address violence
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem today announced that South Dakota received three grants totaling almost $2 million to help South Dakota school districts prevent and address threats of violence. The South Dakota Department of Public Safety (DPS) received the grants from the Bureau of Justice Assistance’s STOP School Violence Program. The program… Read more »
Fargo woman killed in two-vehicle accident on Highway 212
CLARK, S.D. (KXLG) —A Fargo woman was killed Tuesday morning in a head-on crash on U.S. Highway 212, two miles east of Clark in northeastern South Dakota. An SUV driven by 29 year-old Brittany Ann Monson was westbound, crossed the center line, and collided with an eastbound pickup truck. Monson was dead at… Read more »
Search continues for missing plane
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Officials are continuing to search for a plane that went missing last Wednesday. The missing aircraft is a single-engine Cessna 172, white with light blue markings. It had one person on board. Authorities believe the missing aircraft has an emergency locator beacon but no signal has been detected. Civil Air… Read more »
Section of North Dakota St. to be reduced to one lane Wednesday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Weather permitting beginning at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, the following road will be reduced to one lane for utility work. North Dakota Street from 24th Avenue NE to 28th Avenue NE Work is expected to be completed by the end of the day on Wednesday. Motorists… Read more »
Iowa man identified in fatal crash east of Kennebec
KENNEBEC, S.D. (Press Release) – A Shenandoah, Iowa man died Friday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash east of Kennebec, S.D. A 2008 Dodge Ram pickup was westbound on Interstate 90 when the driver, 70-year-old Clarence Wilson, lost control and the vehicle went into the ditch. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt and was thrown… Read more »
Water to be off in part of Aberdeen on Wednesday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, water will be off in the following areas to repair a fire hydrant: South Dakota Street from 14th Ave. S.E. to 15th Ave. S.E. and 14th Avenue S.E. from South Dakota Street to Royal Road The Public Works Department suggests that… Read more »
Airman stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base found dead
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an airman stationed at the Ellsworth Air Force Base. Col. David Doss says the active-duty military member was assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing stationed at the base. The airman was found dead on Monday at an off-base residence. The airman’s name has not… Read more »