PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Even in the middle of the travel season, tourism officials are working on next year’s plan. South Dakota Department of Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen says they are continually researching who their prime targets should be. Hagen says technology allows them to tailor numerous messages.   Hagen says they will tie that… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – USDA Rural Development officials are taking applications for the “Rural Energy for America Program,” or REAP. Small rural businesses and farmers and ranchers are eligible with the next grant deadline October 31 of 2019. South Dakota USDA Rural Development Energy Coordinator Jolene (prav-uh-check) Pravecek says the REAP funding is available for… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety has released the list of sobriety checkpoints to be done during August.   Officials plan to hold 24 total checkpoints in 15 counties. The checkpoints, held monthly in different counties, are designed to discourage people from drinking and then driving.      Augusts checkpoints… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Presentation College announces that Margaret (Maggie) Huber, Ph.D., is retiring from her position of President of the College, effective October 1, 2019. Dr. Huber has been at the helm of Presentation College since January 2012.  Dr. Huber’s goal was to ensure that Presentation College establish itself as a viable… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (Press Release) – The American Legion Centennial Ride through the heart of the nation passes along the American Legion Memorial Highway, U.S. Highway 281, Aug. 2 and includes stops at 13 local American Legion posts in South Dakota. Motorcycling veterans will carry one half of a banner as part of “Team Legacy” toward… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Housing Development Authority (SDHDA) today announced that the remaining balance of the 2019 Housing Opportunity Funds (HOF) will be used to help families whose homes were impacted by storms this spring. In total, $165,000 will be available. “It’s been months since South Dakota… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – Brookings police are investigating the death of a toddler. Assistant Chief Derrick Powers says an ambulance was called to the 900 block of Seventh Street shortly before 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon for an unresponsive child. Police and the ambulance responded to the scene but the three-year-old child was deceased when they… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters has created a Cleanup Assistance Hotline to assist South Dakotans with cleanup or debris removal as a result of the winter storm and flooding this year. The phone number is 605-519-5413. The hotline will operate through Aug. 9. The hotline is staffed by… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The July Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, slumped to a weak reading signaling positive, but slower growth for the region over the next three to six months. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Tanisha Renee Jordan-Mondo, 39, of Aberdeen, has pleaded guilty, but mentally ill to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Michelle Ladner of Aberdeen. Jordan-Mondo entered into the plea agreement Wednesday at the Brown County Courthouse. As a part of the deal murder charges will be dropped. Charges stem from July 19,… Read more »