PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The new Superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol says their troopers will be doing more than just pulling over speeders. Colonel Rick Miller says they will be actively working to stem the flow of methamphetamines into the state. Miller says they have new troopers focused on the illegal drug trade.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton City Commission Monday night approved selling up to $14 million in revenue bonds to finance construction of the Huether Family Aquatic Center in Memorial Park. Toby Morris with Dougherty & Company, an investment banking firm, told the commission they will start with the taxes raised yearly. Morris says the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spray for Wednesday, July 24 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The alternate night would be Thursday, July 25 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The Adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph. … Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WalletHub) – With wedding season over and many young families seeking to put down roots in places of opportunity, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst Places to Raise a Family as well as accompanying videos. To determine the most family-friendly places in America, WalletHub compared more… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sentencing has been delayed for a former executive who defrauded investors in a scheme to build an $11 million fish farm in South Dakota. Tim Burns was found guilty of defrauding investors in Global Aquaponics near Brookings. Investors put up money for what was supposedly to be a high-tech indoor… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A camper at the Okobojo Point Campground that blew over Saturday night had six people inside when 75 to nearly 80 mile an hour winds rushed through central South Dakota last weekend. Mandi Trebbe and friend Ashley Schlichenmayer-Okroi were at the campground with a new camper for the weekend. Trebbe says… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are hoping forensic genealogy will help identify a man shot to death decades ago in western South Dakota. The man’s skeletal remains were found by trappers near St. Onge in Lawrence County in February 2000. An autopsy determined the man died of multiple gunshots between 1997 and… Read more »

MADISON, S.D. (KXLG) — When the legislative interim committee on “Electric Services In An Annexed Area” Study Committee meets this Thursday in Pierre they can expect strong resistance for change from a coalition of municipal power groups. Heartland Consumers Power District, Missouri River Energy Services and the South Dakota Municipal Electric Association have formed the… Read more »

PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents is in the process of implementing a law the legislature passed this year that is called “an act to promote free speech and intellectual diversity” at the state’s universities. One of the prime sponsors was House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte. He says it… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 18th Annual Bull Run takes place Saturday morning, July 27, in Aberdeen. The event, put on by the Aberdeen Family Y, includes a half-marathon, 5K, 10K, fun walk and a Munchkin Run. The half-marathon starts at 7 a.m., with the 5K, 10K and fun walk at 8 a.m., and the… Read more »