TRIPP, S.D. (WNAX) – As preparations continue for the 2021 session of the South Dakota legislature, committee slots are being filled. Representative Caleb Finck of Tripp will be Chairman of the House Transportation Committee. He says it follows his interest in that area. Finck says keeping the state highway system strong is their first priority.… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
Municipal sales taxes to go unchanged
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) — All South Dakota municipal sales tax rates will remain the same on Jan. 1, 2021. South Dakota municipalities may implement new tax rates or change existing tax rates January 1 or July 1 each year. The South Dakota Department of Revenue has municipal tax information bulletins available, which list all… Read more »
Protocols for upcoming legislative session could evolve as situations change
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – What the start of South Dakota’s 96th Legislative Session will look like next month (Jan. 2021) is still a work in progress. District 24 Senator-elect Mary Duvall of Pierre says Legislative Research Council staff and Republican and Democrat party leadership have been working with medical providers to establish protocols for… Read more »
Lake Area law enforcement program achieves accreditation
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – Lake Area Technical College’s Law Enforcement Program has achieved public safety training academy accreditation by CALEA, the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement. CALEA accreditation serves as the international gold standard for public safety agencies. Over 800 law enforcement agencies across the country have received the accreditation. Asa Stiles, who is… Read more »
Equipment failure causes power outage in Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – An equipment failure is the cause of a Wednesday morning power outage in Pierre. City Utilities Director Brad Palmer says the outage started around 6:30 a.m. near the State Health Lab. Palmer says switchgear devices are like big circuit breakers for the city’s electric distribution system. Around 400 customers were impacted… Read more »
Presentation College hosting craft fair Saturday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Presentation College will host a craft fair on Saturday, Dec. 5. The event will take place at the Strode Center on the PC campus. Stacy Bauer, Executive Assistant to the President, provides the details. She said vendors will provide a wide variety of items. The craft fair was originally scheduled to… Read more »
Officials looking at financial picture amid pandemic
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – While state sales tax revenues in South Dakota have been above budget estimates so far this year, the pandemic will cause future changes. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, who will move to the Senate and Chair the Appropriations Committee next year, says health care providers are directly dealing with Covid-19 costs.… Read more »
Recreational skating at Odde Ice Arena canceled for Saturday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is cancelling recreational skating at the indoor Odde Ice Arena on Saturday, Dec. 5 due to Aberdeen Hockey Association Activities. For further information, please contact the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department office at 626-7015.
SD adds 47 more COVID-related deaths; active cases up, hospitalizations down
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 47 additional COVID-related deaths (including three in Brown County), had an increase of more than 800 active cases, and saw hospitalizations dip by 16 according to totals released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths raised the state’s death toll to 995. The state had… Read more »
Media availability call at 11:30 on KSDN
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:30 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.