SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has spurned President Donald Trump’s order to extend federal unemployment benefits by $400 a week, saying that the state does not need the program. Trump last week attempted to bypass Congress in ordering states to extend additional unemployment payments of up to $400 a week… Read more »
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Bikers did not see a lot of concern about coronavirus
MITCHELL, S.D. (WNAX) – Bikers from all over the country were heading home from the Sturgis rally. Mike Walter and his wife from Pennsylvania took a break in Mitchell Saturday on their way home. Walter says they didn’t see or hear a lot of concern about the coronavirus while they were there. Walter says… Read more »
Man escapes house fire in Waverly
WAVERLY, S.D. (KWAT) — A man escaped injury Sunday afternoon when he jumped from the roof of a Waverly home that was on fire. The fire was reported at 215 First Avenue a little before 3:00 p.m. The Codington County Sheriff’s Office says 22 year-old Bradford Thompson crawled out a bedroom window and onto part… Read more »
After big cut, county finds more money for roads, bridges in ’21
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – Brown County commissioners started their 2021 budget discussion with a $467,000 gap between projected revenues and proposed expenses. But after discussion in work sessions last week, they closed that gap and approved a balanced provisional budget Tuesday at the board’s regular meeting. That budget is $30.75 million, which… Read more »
Yankton has small number planning to do online learning
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School District has prepared an extensive back to school plan to help students return to their classrooms safely. There is also an option for parents who want their kids at home, learning online. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they have a small number of students planning to take lessons that… Read more »
Missouri River basin seeing below normal precipitation
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers will hold releases from Gavins Point Dam at 30 thousand cubic feet per second will into fall. Tom Curran, Manager at Gavins Point, says the entire Missouri River basin is seeing below normal precipitation. Curran says the engineers in their Omaha office will soon set the winter… Read more »
Sombke says E-30 part of helping economy and health
CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – Renewable fuel supporters want the Trump administration to allow wider use of E-30 fuel. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says that higher blend is part of the answer to improving the rural economy as well as benefitting the health of all citizens. He says Governor Kristi Noem has been… Read more »
Work continuing on sediment plan for Lewis & Clark Lake
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – A cooperative effort to come up with a plan to manage sediment flowing into Lewis & Clark Lake is moving slower than backers had hoped. Sandy Stockholm, Executive Director of the Missouri Sediment Action Coalition, gave an update to the Yankton City Commission last week. She says studies of the problem… Read more »
South Dakota hits 10,000 cases of COVID, adds two new deaths
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota surpassed the 10,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases and had two new deaths, according to information released from the State Department of Health today. The new deaths bring the overall total to 150. The state had 127 new confirmed cases, bringing the overall total to 10,024. South Dakota also… Read more »
Unattended death of Rapid City man now believed to be homicide
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are now investigating a man’s unattended death as a homicide after getting preliminary autopsy results. Police were called Tuesday night about an unconscious man. Police found the man dead inside the home. An autopsy was conducted Thursday, and police say that there was enough trauma to the… Read more »