WALLACE, S.D. (KXLG) – Early Sunday morning just before 2 a.m. Codington County Sheriff’s Deputies and the South Dakota Highway Patrol responded to a call near Wallace South Dakota for an assault call involving a gunshot wound. On arrival Deputies spoke to Austin Anderson age 22 of Watertown, who had a gunshot wound to his… Read more »

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The North Dakota Department of Transportation was selected last year as one of 10 participants for a drone integration program that has become somewhat of a race to see who can find the next best thing to help quickly and safely incorporate drones into the national airspace. The NDDOT last month… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say they received 203 calls about fireworks on Independence Day — but only handed out five tickets and five warnings. Using fireworks within Sioux Falls city limits is illegal and carries a $95 fine. Lt. Dave McIntire tells the Argus Leader it is often difficult to track… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Weather permitting beginning at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, July 8, 2019, the following intersection will be closed due to utility work.   1st Avenue SW & South 1st Street Work is expected to last through Friday, July 12th and will reopen on Monday, July 15. Motorists are advised to… Read more »

AMES, Iowa (WNAX) – The hot temperatures and high humidity of late June should not linger into July. Dennis Todey, head of the Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says the climate outlook calls for cooler, wetter conditions. Todey says there is good and bad in those outlooks. Todey says the forecast is driven by… Read more »

MADISON, S.D. (Press Release) – One man died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash that occurred east of Madison. Names of those involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2011 Honda Accord was eastbound on South Dakota Highway 34 when it rear-ended a 2002 Peterbilt semi-truck and trailer which had… Read more »

PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – A number of school districts may come up short in their budgets to make their teacher pay accountability requirements. The half-cent sales tax increase passed by the legislature in 2016 requires that teacher pay rises with state funding. Many districts now say the funding formula leaves them short. House Majority Leader… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The National Weather Service is continuing to look at consolidating and simplifying the way forecasters across the county alert the public to dangerous weather conditions.   Warning Coordination Meteorologist Kelly Serr at the National Weather Service office in Aberdeen says the NWS-Haz Simp Project has been in place since 2014. Serr says… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 14th Annual Northern Fort Playhouse will open on Friday, July 12 at Fort Sisseton Historic Park. The event will feature shows each weekend throughout the month of July. Pam Lunzman, Program Director, said that this year’s program will feature two musicals for the first time.   The Fort Playhouse will… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – A bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives that would rescind 20 Medals of Honor awarded to soldiers following the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890 in South Dakota. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says the Army has conducted reviews of those Medals in the past. Johnson says rescinding… Read more »