YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The State of South Dakota ended the fiscal year on June 30 with a $19-million surplus, despite a fall in sales taxes. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says it was a better end then she expected. Hunhoff, a member of the budget writing Appropriations Committee, says state agencies and departments… Read more »
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Brookings looking at hybrid model for school year
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – The Brookings School Board reviewed the draft plan for the return of students to the classroom. School Superintendent Klint Willert says it’s a phased plan based on the number of cases in the community and in the schools. To accommodate social distancing guidelines, he recommends they start school with a hybrid… Read more »
Climate Prediction Center issues La Nina watch
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (WNAX) – The Climate Prediction Center has issued a La Nina watch, which predicts the Pacific Ocean surface will cool in the next six months. Doug Kluck, Regional Climate Service Director for the National Weather Service in Kansas City, says the development is not certain. Kluck says a La Nina can have… Read more »
Schools plans will vary across the state
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – School districts across South Dakota are scrambling to get ready for students to return to the classrooms next month. Students were sent home in mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic surged. Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards has been holding virtual meetings with school officials for several weeks. Pogany… Read more »
Aberdeen Area Senior Center to be closed on Thursday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Area Senior Center will be closed on Thursday, July 23, due to chip sealing of the parking lot. However, Senior Meals and Meals on Wheels will be delivered as normal.
Attorney General wants to find areas of cooperation with tribes
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The State – Tribal Relations Committee of the South Dakota legislature had tribal checkpoints on their meeting agenda today. Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg says he would rather talk than meet the tribes in court. The Cheyenne River and Pine Ridge Sioux Tribes have put checkpoints on federal and state highways into… Read more »
Man arrested in biggest crime scene in Rapid City history
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) — Police arrested a 33-year-old Rapid City man, after an early morning crime spree which ranged from armed assault to unlawful entry to vehicle theft. They say it’s the biggest crime scene in the city’s history, ranging from North Haines to the city’s southwest corner. Police investigators say prosecutors are still… Read more »
State’s active COVID-19 cases drop by nine
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s number of active COVID-19 infections dropped by nine in numbers released by the Department of Health today. South Dakota has 76 new confirmed cases to go along with 85 new recoveries, lowering the active cases to 820 (there were 864 one week ago). The number of deaths remained the… Read more »
Welcome home ceremony for Army National Guard soldiers Saturday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A welcome home ceremony is scheduled for 110 soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard’s Alpha Battery, 1-147th Field Artillery Battalion and 147th Forward Support Company at the Civic Center in Aberdeen on Saturday, July 25 at 2:30 p.m. The soldiers are returning home after serving on a 10-month… Read more »
Cause of grass fire northwest of Fort Pierre unknown
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The cause of a grassland fire about six miles northwest of Fort Pierre early Monday afternoon is unknown at this time. Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Tye Odden says local and federal firefighters responded. Vegetation on top may look lush and green, but Odden says there’s plenty… Read more »