YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers is dropping releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton three thousand cubic feet per second to 27 thousand cubic feet. Gavins Point Project Manager Tom Curran says dropping levels on Lewis & Clark Lake could cause some problems. Curran says they hope to… Read more »
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Partnership forms to build new ice arena in Watertown
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – Watertown Mayor Sarah Caron revealed on Wednesday morning that a partnership between the Watertown Development Company and the City of Watertown has been formed to build a new ice arena in Downtown Watertown. The ice area would be located in the former Metz Bakery location. Mayor Caron says the project will… Read more »
Sioux Falls day care provider charged in death of baby
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Sioux Falls day care provider has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a baby who became strangled in a car seat. Prosecutors say Kayla Styles left the 9-month-old boy in the car seat to nap Nov. 14 and when she checked two hours later she found the… Read more »
Missouri State Patrol in South Dakota investigating 2018 Peskey murder
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Missouri State Patrol investigators are in South Dakota this week looking into the Melissa Peskey murder. The Missouri State Patrol also has investigators in two unnamed states looking into the crime. Peskey, 40, from Hartford, was killed between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 70 on Dec. 13,… Read more »
House State Affairs Committee passes bill that would prosecute over gender change
PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House State Affairs Committee passed a bill 8-5 that would prosecute doctors who administer treatment to minors under the age of 16 to help them change their gender. The measure would make it a felony for South Dakota doctors to administer puberty-blocking drugs, gender-changing surgery and other gender-change treatment to… Read more »
Aberdeen residence receives moderate smoke damage during fire
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – On Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 3:14 p.m., Aberdeen Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire involving a single family home at 501 S. Congress Street. On arrival crews found a residence filled with heavy black smoke. The fire was quickly located by firefighters and contained to the furnace, but there… Read more »
Trained counselors may remotely assist police officers
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A shortage of mental health professionals in rural South Dakota could be addressed by having trained counselors remotely assist police officers using readily available technology. State lawmakers are considering a package of eight bills this year aimed at addressing shortfalls in mental health care. The Centers for Disease Control says South… Read more »
Jury convicts man of killing girlfriend
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota jury convicted a man of killing his girlfriend and dumping her dismembered body in a river in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last year. Jurors in Yankton on Tuesday found 45-year-old Stephen R. Falkenberg guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree murder in the March 1 death of 46-year-old Tamara LaFramboise.… Read more »
Edwards says flood threat could be more widespread than last year
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The spring flood watch is on across eastern South Dakota. State Climatologist Laura Edwards says the threat could be more widespread than last year. Edwards was at an SDSU Ag Extension Outlook meeting in Yankton. She says the extended forecasts aren’t helpful, either. Edwards says the region has seen back to… Read more »
South Dakota Jazz Festival Thursday at Northern State
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 50th celebration of the South Dakota Jazz Festival takes place on Thursday, Jan. 23 at Northern State. The day starts out in the morning when more than 180 high school jazz students will gather in competitive and non-competitive categories. They will be joined by top selling vocalist and trombonist Aubrey… Read more »