PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House Taxation Committee approves a bill that would allow school district voters to refer opt outs that passed before 2002. Representative John Mills of Volga is the sponsor of the measure. He says these are opt outs put in place before the law changed that required a time limit. Mills… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken is blasting an attack ad by Joe Biden against Mayor Pete Buttigieg. Biden and Mayor Pete are fighting for the more moderate centrist side of the Democrat Party against Socialist Bernie Sanders in the presidential primaries. Biden’s ad compares the former Vice President and Senator’s… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – A former Indian Health Service pediatrician has been sentenced for sexually abusing Native American children while on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota. Seventy-one-year-old Stanley Patrick Weber of Spearfish was sentenced Monday in federal court to five consecutive life sentences for five aggravated sexual abuse charges. The U.S. Attorney’s… Read more »

LEAD, S.D. (AP) – Authorities have released the name of a Brookings man who died in a skiing accident at a Black Hills resort over the weekend. The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office on Monday identified the victim as 24-year-old Trenton Hofer. The death occurred at Terry Peak Ski Area near Lead on Saturday afternoon. Dispatchers… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A bill to streamline the carrying of a concealed firearm inside the State Capitol in Pierre gains favor with the South Dakota Senate Monday. Senator Jim Stalzer of Sioux Falls says Senate Bill 98 is a follow-up to the original Capitol carry bill, SB-115 last year. Stalzer says that process is… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Governor Kristi Noem has proposed a bill to streamline the process for ag developments across the state. There is some concern it will short circuit some local zoning processes. Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton says it’s a complicated process. Kennedy says development decisions should come at the local level. The Governor’s… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 15th Annual Fischgaard Short Film Project takes place this weekend, Friday-Sunday, Feb. 14-16. Tom Black, Founder of the event, talked about what it all entails. Those participating do not know ahead of time the specifics of the films, such as genre and control criteria (one line of dialogue, one character… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — A Watertown man is dead from what police say appears to be a suicide Monday morning. Assistant Watertown Police Chief Tim Toomey says police were called to the 1800-block of 9th Avenue Southeast a little after 8 0’clock Monday morning. Toomey says the victim was 24-years-old. Toomey says it was a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Appropriations Committees of the South Dakota legislature will get the updated tax revenue numbers this week and from that will begin to fill out the 2021 budget bill. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says from what they have seen so far, there will still be a gap. Hunhoff says they… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – A bill that would penalize medical providers for treatment of gender issues in children was defeated in the South Dakota Senate Health and Human Services Committee today. Bill sponsor, Representative Fred Deutsch (doyt-sch) of Florence amended the bill to change the penalties from criminal to civil. Senator Phil Jensen of Rapid… Read more »