PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Education Department Secretary Ben Jones appeared before the legislatures Appropriations Committee in Pierre this week. The committee is holding budget hearings ahead of the 2020 legislative session. Several members questioned current educational standards in light of weak student test scores. Jones says those standards were just revised. Jones says… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Dacotah Prairie Museum will host its annual Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 14. The event, which runs from 1 to 4 p.m., is free and open to the public. Patricia Kendall, Museum Director, said the Holiday Open House is the biggest event the museum has each year. Festivities include… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNA) – The Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature began hearing from state agencies this week in advance of the 2020 session that starts next month. The Department of Corrections was among the first up and Secretary Mike Liedholt says they continue to have capacity issues at the women’s prison in Pierre.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (WNAX) – Weather impacts on agriculture and farmer stress are two of the major topics that will be addressed at this week’s South Dakota Farmers Union Convention in Aberdeen. President Doug Sombke says they have a lot to talk about. He says his group’s members want to see truthful and consistent labeling of… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — The 2020 South Dakota legislative session is just over a month away. One issue that got a lot of attention last session will be front and center again in Pierre. It’s the argument over legalizing the production and sale of industrial hemp in the state. During a recent stop in Watertown,… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – The Brookings School Board is dealing with two elementary schools badly in need of upgrades. Hillcrest and Medary Elementary Schools each have more than $10-million in deferred maintenance.  Brookings School Superintendent Klint Willert says they can pick a project or two at a time and move ahead. However, he also says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Governor Kristi Noem in her budget address to the legislature, proposed that the state make loans to counties that had flood and storm damage this year. Then when counties are reimbursed by FEMA they could repay the state loans. Yankton County Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says he isn’t sure a loan… Read more »

Pictured in the group photo, left to right: Keum-Taek Jung, NSU Associate Professor of Art; Derek Decker, NSU Lecturer of Art; Dr. Michael Wanous, NSU Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs; Dr. Tim Downs, NSU President; Richard Morrison, MFG CEO; Dr. Kenneth Boulton, Dean, NSU School of Fine Arts; David Giovannini, Aberdeen MFG Senior… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – A federal judge in Aberdeen says he’ll rule by Jan. 2 on a state law that will require ballot petition circulators to register and be included in a directory. The organization SD Voice seeks an injunction to stop the law from taking effect next July. It requires petition circulators to apply… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – The superintendent of South Dakota’s largest school district is resigning. Sioux Falls Superintendent Brian Maher says he’ll step down at the end of June. Maher says there’s a “shelf life”for superintendents and that he doesn’t want to be the one who stayed too long. Maher has been a superintendent for… Read more »