ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 16, water will be off in the following areas to repair a fire hydrant: South Dakota Street from 14th Ave. S.E. to 15th Ave. S.E. and 14th Avenue S.E. from South Dakota Street to Royal Road The Public Works Department suggests that… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities are investigating the death of an airman stationed at the Ellsworth Air Force Base. Col. David Doss says the active-duty military member was assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing stationed at the base. The airman was found dead on Monday at an off-base residence. The airman’s name has not… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is among those frustrated by the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump in the U.S. House. The governor says those, “important things” include taking a vote on the USMCA trade agreement. Reading those documents is something Governor Noem says she’s done. At issue are President Trump’s… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Several South Dakota legislative interim committees are dealing with segments of mental health services this year. One of those is titled: “Redefine Acute Mental Health Hospitalizations.” Committee member, Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton says it is a targeted topic. The committee met for the first time last week and Kennedy said… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The recently released report cards for South Dakota schools show about 54 percent of kids in grades three through eight and high school juniors were proficient in reading and writing, hit 47 percent in math and only 40 percent in science. Governor Kristi Noem said she was disappointed in those scores.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers says releases from Gavins Point Dam will stay at eighty thousand cubic feet per second through November, and may go higher if necessary. Mike Swenson with the Corps water management office in Omaha says flood storage is still high in the upstream reservoirs. Swenson says Lake Francis… Read more »

FAULKTON, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 45th Annual Faulkton Arts and Crafts Festival will take place Saturday, Oct. 19. The event runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The festival was started as a fundraiser and continues in that role today, according to Beverly King, co-chair of the event. She said that proceeds also help to… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – The possible loss of accreditation of the Bramble Park Zoo remains an important issue for city of Watertown officials.  Dan Miller, who is the zoo director at Bramble Park Zoo, says that the lack of a quarantine building for animals that are sick and need to be separated from others is… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — A highway construction project east of Watertown won’t finish on time due to poor weather conditions that have plagued the project from the beginning. A 15-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 212 is being rebuilt from the junction of South Dakota Highway 15 to the Minnesota line. South Dakota DOT Project Engineer… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — When Kristi Noem was elected governor of South Dakota, she made it clear that one of her priorities was to clean up the meth problem in the state. Nearly one year into her term in Pierre, she says good progress is being made. She says a statewide anti-meth media campaign will… Read more »