PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota legislators wrapped up the main run of the 2020 session late Thursday night by passing the $4.9 billion 2021 budget. House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte says they hit their major goals. Qualm says they worked with the Governor’s office to use savings in Medicaid spending. That was… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – National Weather Service offices in South Dakota are canceling annual Severe Weather Awareness trainings because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kell Serr at the National Weather Service office in Aberdeen says the order to cancel is directive from their parent agency, NOAA. Serr is hopeful the cancellations won’t have… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – This will be the final legislative session for Representative Ray Ring of Vermillion. He is term limited this year and will not run for any other office. Ring says he enjoyed most of his time in Pierre. A Democrat, Ring has been in a slim minority for most of his time… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – On March 15, 2020 at 12;27 p.m., Aberdeen Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire involving a single family home at 1010 S 1st Street. On arrival crews found a small exterior fire that had been extinguished upon arrival. The fire had been extinguished by the neighbors and residents of… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – The Department of Social Services (DSS) is asking childcare providers in South Dakota to take steps to ensure that the health and safety of children, families, and providers remain top priorities in the days and weeks ahead. “Childcare facilities are a vital link to supporting working families,” Governor Noem said.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (aberdeennews.com) – As communities, schools and public service organizations try to make plans and preparations in respect to the spread of COVID-19, the Brown County Emergency Operations Center has been activated. “That doesn’t mean panic, folks, this means we are being prepared. We aren’t in a panic or critical mode. We’re strictly opening… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The following is an update that was posted on facebook earlier today from Aberdeen Mayor Travis Schaunaman and City Manager Lynn Lander: Although there have not been presumptive or positive cases of COVID-19 in Aberdeen, the City is taking precautions to protect our community from possible exposure. As precautionary measures:… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Family YMCA will close the YMCA, Youth Development Center, and CrossFit Rails following Governor Kristi Noem’s declaration of a state of emergency in South Dakota in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The facilities will be closed March 14-22. The closure is part of a mitigation strategy to prevent… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says the latest report from the Department of Health shows only a slight increase in confirmed cases of coronavirus. Noem says she has asked schools to close. Aberdeen Public Schools, Aberdeen Catholic Schools and Aberdeen Christian School will all be closed next week. Christian also has… Read more »