PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Visitors to the 2020 South Dakota legislative session will find more restrictions in getting into the Capitol Building. Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price outlined the new security process to members of the Executive Board this week. Price says the entrance will have metal detectors and an x-ray machine. He… Read more »

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (Press Release) – Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is in more than 140 cities in the U.S. and Canada, with three simultaneously performing companies, from November 1 through December 30, 2019. The Great Russian Nutcracker will be in Aberdeen on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Johnson Fine Arts Center at Northern State University… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Executives of an Idaho company that claimed to help schools fund athletic programs have been sentenced for taking thousands of dollars from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. The owner of All Around Sports LLC and two of his supervisors were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. Company owner… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Members of the South Dakota Farm Bureau are holding their 102nd annual convention in Sioux Falls this week. President Scott VanderWal says one of the key issues they’ll be talking about is industrial hemp. He says another critical conversation they will have is on livestock zoning in South Dakota and… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, the following road will be reduced to one lane for construction work: Eastbound Lane of First Ave. SW from S. First St. to South Main St. Work is expected to last through the end of day on Monday. Motorists are advised to… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Dell Rapids man charged with molesting girls at sleepovers has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. In handing down the maximum sentence, Judge Susan Sabers told Torin Lodmell that he preyed upon the trust of children and their parents. Lodmell pleaded guilty to four attempted rape charges and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXLG) – Farmers hard hit by low commodity prices, the result of the ongoing trade war, could be bracing for bigger worries as tough harvest conditions continue to make for another difficult year. Senator Mike Rounds spent an hour with President Trump this week where he and others talked about the troubles in… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Some South Dakota lawmakers said Wednesday that they’re working on a bill for the 2020 legislative session that would pave the way for hemp to be grown in the state, putting them on a likely collision course with Gov. Kristi Noem. Noem vetoed such legislation in March. Though the House… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The U.S. Ag Department will send out the second round of Market Facilitation Payments to producers by Thanksgiving. This one will be just under 8 billion dollars and this year the federal government will pay out about 14 and a half billion dollars. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says the payments… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator John Thune says while the Senate is moving ahead on confirming federal judicial appointees, Democrats are making the process difficult. In a speech on the Senate floor, Thune says they have put a large number of judges on the federal bench. Thune says despite that, Democrats have put… Read more »