PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – With the start of the new budget year, South Dakota state employees will see a two percent raise in their first paycheck of the month. Eric Olilla, Executive Director of the South Dakota State Employees Organization, says the details were worked out with legislators long before the pandemic hit. Olilla says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Ten thousand pounds of frozen pork was given out quickly Tuesday in a drive through at the Yankton High School parking lot. Stacey Sorlien with the South Dakota Pork Producers Council says they have had good response. Sorlien says each car got one box of pork products. Sorlien says all the… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) –  The Brookings City Council votes to stick with the current pandemic restrictions. They had given first reading June 9 to a new ordinance that would have changed those restrictions to guidelines. That was amended last night to go back to the original emergency restrictions that include things like half-capacity for restaurants,… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Northern plains livestock producers will be up against high heat and humidity this week and the challenge for keeping cattle cool may be higher than usual. That’s due to the pandemic and the backlog of cattle due to processing plant snags. SDSU Extension Veterinarian Dr. Russ Daly says many of those… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety will resume its monthly statewide sobriety checkpoints starting in July.   The checkpoints were halted in early March due to COVID-19. The checkpoints are done each month in different counties as a way to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving.   There are… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (rapidcity.fm) — While the U.S. Senate debates the next Defense Authorization Bill this week, Senator John Thune took potshots at Democrats at the Republican press conference, over their blocking the Republicans Police Reform legislation from floor debate. Thune says that even the national news media called out the Democrats for stopping action on… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D. (Press Release) — Mitchell Technical College has taken on a new name and a new brand effective July 1. After the passage of House Bill 1083 during the 2020 South Dakota legislative session, each of South Dakota’s four technical institutes officially became colleges. The new name will better align the four schools with… Read more »

Centennial Village, a popular stop for many fairgoers, will host Brown County Summer Fest in August. The event is being organized in lieu of the county fair, which is not happening because of the COVID-19 pandemic. American News file photo by John Davis ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – Residents who are disappointed there… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has canceled the scheduled city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Wednesday, July 1 and has scheduled a city-wide aerial application for mosquitoes for Thursday, July 2 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. Mosquito Control surveillance program has noticed a high number of mosquitoes… Read more »