CANTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Special Education Interim Committee of the South Dakota legislature will hold its first meeting on Thursday. Committee Vice Chairman, Senator Jim Bolin of Canton says the committee is much broader in membership and scope than last year’s group. Bolin says providing special education is becoming more difficult for rural schools.… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
Details still being worked out on payments to ag producers
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Details are still being worked out for the next round of federal payments to ag producers from the tariff fall out. The ongoing trade war with China has severely limited export markets. South Dakota Senator John Thune says the U.S. Ag Department has spent down most of their available funding. Thune… Read more »
Men arrested following altercation near Wallace
WALLACE, S.D. (KXLG) – Early Sunday morning just before 2 a.m. Codington County Sheriff’s Deputies and the South Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a call near Wallace South Dakota for an assault call involving a gunshot wound. On arrival Deputies spoke to Austin Anderson age 22 of Watertown, who had a gunshot wound to his… Read more »
North Dakota Department of Transportation part of drone program
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Transportation was selected last year as one of 10 participants for a drone integration program that has become somewhat of a race to see who can find the next best thing to help quickly and safely incorporate drones into the national airspace. The NDDOT last month… Read more »
Sioux Falls police logs 203 calls about fireworks
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say they received 203 calls about fireworks on Independence Day — but only handed out five tickets and five warnings. Using fireworks within Sioux Falls city limits is illegal and carries a $95 fine. Lt. Dave McIntire tells the Argus Leader it is often difficult to track… Read more »
Intersection closed for utility work
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Weather permitting beginning at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, July 8, 2019, the following intersection will be closed due to utility work. 1st Avenue SW & South 1st Street Work is expected to last through Friday, July 12th and will reopen on Monday, July 15. Motorists are advised to… Read more »
Outlook calls for cooler, wetter conditions
AMES, Iowa (WNAX) – The hot temperatures and high humidity of late June should not linger into July. Dennis Todey, head of the Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says the climate outlook calls for cooler, wetter conditions. Todey says there is good and bad in those outlooks. Todey says the forecast is driven by… Read more »
One killed in crash east of Madison
MADISON, S.D. (Press Release) – One man died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that occurred east of Madison. Names of those involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2011 Honda Accord was eastbound on South Dakota Highway 34 when it rear-ended a 2002 Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer which had… Read more »
House Majority Leader says formula does not treat schools fairly
PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – A number of school districts may come up short in their budgets to make their teacher pay accountability requirements. The half-cent sales tax increase passed by the legislature in 2016 requires that teacher pay rises with state funding. Many districts now say the funding formula leaves them short. House Majority Leader… Read more »
National Weather Service looking to simplify forecasts
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The National Weather Service is continuing to look at consolidating and simplifying the way forecasters across the county alert the public to dangerous weather conditions. Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kelly Serr at the National Weather Service office in Aberdeen says the NWS-Haz Simp Project has been in place since 2014. Serr says… Read more »