SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(DakotaNewsNow & KELO)- On Thursday, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that a former Department of Social Services employee has been indicted for stealing $1.8 million in state and federal funds from Child Protection Services. Lonna Carroll, 68, of Algona, Iowa, is charged with two felony counts of Aggravated Grand Theft. She… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(SD NewsWatch)- Health departments across the state are spraying for mosquitoes and urging South Dakotans to help reduce the risk of West Nile virus after all the heavy rains this year, Mariia (mah-REE-ah) Novoselia (noh-voh-SEY-lee-ah) reports for South Dakota News Watch.   You can learn more about this story at www.sdnewswatch.org.  

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The 2024 Storybook Land Festival will get underway Friday and will run through Saturday. David Eckert with Aberdeen Parks & Recs provides a preview beginning with what’s happening Friday morning. Eckert talks about the unlimited rides pass planned for Friday night. Beginning at 7pm, StorybookLand Theater will present “A Year with Frog &… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson took some time to visit with WNAX on the topic of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the fallout it is producing for the US Secret Service.  Johnson acknowledged that there is an issue. The Representative said that all parties need to get to work finding answers… Read more »

MILWAUKEE, W.I.(KCCR)- The Republican National Convention wraps up today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Among the South Dakota delegation to the convention is District 24 State Senator Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre.  Mehlhaff says the Conference has gone well. Mehlhaff says security has been very tight around the event given the assassination attempted on former President Donald Trump.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) The Mosquito Control division of the City of Aberdeen will be conducting a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Thursday, July 18th between the hours of 8:30 PM and 12:30 PM. Mosquito Control surveillance program has identified West Nile Virus in Aberdeen as well as a high number of the Culex species which… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A Sioux Falls man has died while in custody at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. According to the Department of Corrections, 39-year-old Andrew Gordon passed away on Tuesday. Gordon was indicted for Making a False Statement in the Acquisition of a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm by… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – This year’s Leadership Aberdeen class has been raising funds for the past several months to purchase a snow maker machine and snow groomer to make Baird Hill a safer, more usable sledding hill for families to use throughout the winter months.  Last week the class took a big step forward in… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – In order to maximize resources, the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Hats Off to Ag is being combined with another Chamber event, Field to Fork: A Farm to Table Connection. Both events are projects of the Chamber’s Ag Committee. Hats Off to Ag was to take place on Thursday, July 25th.… Read more »