BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation will once again raise the grade on Highway 81 south of Arlington because of high water. Craig Smith is the Mitchell Region Engineer for the South Dakota Department of Transportation and is overseeing this project. Highway 81 south of Arlington will be raised for a… Read more »

AVON, S.D. (WNAX) – Schools across South Dakota had to add signs to all their buildings this summer. The legislature this year passed a law requiring that the motto: “In God We Trust” be placed in all buildings in letters at least 12 inches high. Tom Culver, Superintendent for the Avon Public School District, says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Crisis counseling is available to help South Dakotans in areas impacted by the flooding this year. A $320,000 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to the State of South Dakota is funding the crisis counseling effort. Residents who are experiencing stress as a result of the disaster can call… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The South Dakota Highway Patrol says they continue to see a sharp increase in felony drug arrests as the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally settles in. According to the latest report issued today, there have been 45 felony drug arrests since Sunday, which is an increase from 21 on the same day… Read more »

CHICAGO, IL. (DRG News) – WWII Veterans from South Dakota, Jimmy J. TRAUPEL, 96, of Mitchell, Orville B. LEREW, 97, of Faulkton and Kenneth R. HIGASHI, 97, of Spearfish, will be awarded France’s highest distinction for their participation in the liberation of France during WWII. The French Legion of Honor is the highest distinction that… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Two more shooting victims in El Paso have died in the hospital bringing the death toll to twenty-two. Nine were killed in the shooting in Dayton Ohio. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says the hate needs to stop. Johnson says there are too many people dying from too many preventable causes.… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – With rain showers threatening, the annual Mayor’s Ride as part of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally left Monday morning on its annual trek through the Black Hills. Gary Matthews has more from Sturgis… Photo: Sturgis Mayor Mark Carstensen’s motorcycle sits at the front of the pack as they prepare for this year’s… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT) — The number of hotel rooms in Watertown’s inventory is about to grow. Aberdeen-based My Place Hotels will open a three story, 46 room hotel near the intersection of Interstate 29 and Highway 212 by early September. Every room will have a kitchen with a full-sized refrigerator, two-burner cook top and a sink… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — The work of removing ash trees on public property in Watertown will ramp up again after Labor Day.  That’s according to Parks and Recreation Director Jay DeLange. Ash trees nationally have become diseased by an insect known as the Emerald Ash Borer. In South Dakota, DeLange says it’s been found only… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) —A California woman was injured over the weekend in a motorcycle crash between Watertown and Henry.   Codington County Sheriff Brad Howell says 35 year-old Elaine Scott was eastbound on Highway 212 at 444th Avenue on Saturday morning when she lost control and skidded into the ditch.   An eyewitness to the crash took Scott… Read more »