WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Governors of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri, along with Congressional representatives in the Missouri River basin are calling for more oversight of the Corps of Engineers and their management of river reservoirs. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says he has long been critical of the forecasts coming from the Corps. Rounds says… Read more »

HARTFORD, S.D. (AP) — The sister of a South Dakota woman who was fatally shot while driving on a Missouri interstate with her two children says she was on the phone with her at the time of the shooting. In an interview with NBC’s “Dateline,” Kara Renken says her sister, Melissa Penskey, was talking about… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University alumna and Aberdeen Public School District Superintendent Dr. Becky Guffin will deliver Northern’s 2019 spring commencement address. The commencement ceremony will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 4, in the NSU Barnett Center. Guffin is a 2019 Distinguished Alumna. She, along with three other Northern graduates, will… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – School districts across South Dakota will have to place signs that say “In God We Trust” in public locations. The legislature this year passed a bill mandating the size and location of the signs in each school district. Yankton Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they are doing what is required. Kindle says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Burger King, the fifth largest fast food chain is adding a plant based alternative burger. They’ve announced they’ll be selling what’s called the Impossible Whopper. South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Executive Director Jodie Anderson says its important consumers know what they are getting with any labeled product. She says there needs to… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) — Emergency management offices in Eastern South Dakota are bracing for round two of flooding this week. Codington County Emergency Management Director Jim Sutton says the recent 25 inch snowfall is expected to cause another rise on the Big Sioux River. He says any additional rain that combines with the melting snow… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This past winter was tough on just about everything and that includes the fish that were in the lake at Wylie Park. The brutal conditions likely played a role in fish that washed up on shore recently, according to Mark Hoven, Parks Superintendent with the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The decision by the South Dakota Board of Regents to raise tuition this fall at state universities by 3.4 percent came after a long discussion about revenue and expenses. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they need more involvement from the public and state government leaders. Schieffer says they try to keep… Read more »

PARIS (AP) — A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Hub City Radio’s David Tukesbrey took home an Eric Sevareid first place honor during this past weekend’s Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Awards Banquet in the Twin Cities. Tukesbrey was honored in the Sports Play-by-Play Small Market Radio category for “Five Minute Offense in Iowa,” during his call of Presentation College football… Read more »