PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Officials with the South Dakota Departments of Transportation and Public Safety are closing Interstate 29 from Brookings to the North Dakota border at 1 p.m. CDT today (April 10) and I-29 from Sioux Falls to Brookings will likely be closed later this afternoon, depending how quickly weather and road conditions deteriorate. Drivers… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) — At a stop in Watertown Tuesday afternoon South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says the state’s Emergency Management Center is reopening again ahead of the next major winter storm. Of major concern in Eastern South Dakota is Lake Poinsett where lake levels are still rising. The latest report has the lake at… Read more »

KENNEBEC, S.D. (Press Release) – A Pukwana, S.D. man has been identified as the person who died in a one-vehicle crash that occurred last Thursday morning on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation northeast of Kennebec. A 2005 Chrysler 300 was traveling eastbound on BIA 10 approaching a hill, when the vehicle crossed over the center… Read more »

ROCKERVILLE, S.D. (AP) — Reports from two regulatory agencies are critical of how staff at the Black Hill’s Children’s Home responded after a young girl fled from the facility, a runaway who remains missing and is feared dead. The government reports say the Children’s Home staff should have called 911 immediately after 9-year-old Serenity Dennard… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Senate negotiations over a disaster aid package have broken down again and will have to wait until Senators return from a two-week recess. South Dakota Senator John Thune blamed Democrats for the block. Thune says there are also differences with the House version of disaster help. Thune says in the past,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered the closure of state government offices today in all 52 counties that are part of the current blizzard warning. Counties part of the closure order are: Aurora, Beadle, Bennett, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Dewey, Douglas,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Koins for Kids event has been postponed to 6 p.m., Monday, April 15, at the Primrose Retirement Gymnasium, 815 N. Second St. Proceeds go to the Child Protection Team. Brittany O’Day, Victims Specialist with the Brown County States Attorney Office, talked about the event. There will also be a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Pierre School District has nearly completed retrofitting all of the District’s drinking water fountains with secondary filtration systems following the City of Pierre’s issuing of a Drinking Water Advisory last month. Superintendent Dr. Kelly Glodt says upon hearing about the Advisory issued due to the manganese content in the water… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Conservation Stewardship Program enrollment deadline is May 10 for funding this year. South Dakota NRCS CSP Coordinator Jessica (muh-hull-skee) Michalski says changes to the CSP program include larger payments for practices like cover and high residue crops. She says the popularity of CSP has been growing in South Dakota and… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KSOO) – An event to discuss the last South Dakota legislative session is scheduled in Sioux Falls Thursday. Libby Skarin, (screen) Policy Director for the ACLU of South Dakota describes the forum: Session Confessions. Representatives Erin Healy and Kelly Sullivan will be available, in what the ACLU describes, as a no-holds-barred conversation designed… Read more »