WNAX (Sioux Falls, SD):  The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Foundation Prime Time Gala held over the weekend raised $263,000 for Feeding South Dakota. Foundation President Ryan Eichler says that surpassed their expectations of $150,000. He says counting this year’s event, the Gala, now in its sixth year has raised over $1.2 million. Eichler says their partnership… Read more »

SD DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY (ELKTON, S.D.): One man died Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash west of Elkton. Names of the deceased and the other person involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2004 Ford F150 pickup was westbound when it made a U-turn at the intersection of 484th… Read more »

The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spraying for Wednesday, June 26, 2019 between the hours of 8:30 pm and 1:30 AM. The Adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph.  The mosquito control trucks are identified and travel with a flashing yellow light. To ensure spray effectiveness during the spraying operations,… Read more »

Yankton, SD (WNAX) – The long cold wet winter and spring has put highway construction behind schedule. South Dakota Department of Transportation Secretary Darin Bergquist says they have lots of projects trying to catch up. Bergquist says they have their full federal funding for this year. The state will get about three hundred million dollars… Read more »

Yankton, SD (WNAX) – The timeline for Congressional debate of the USMCA trade agreement is being pushed back. It now looks like the proposal won’t come up until after the August recess. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says that appears to be the best case now. Johnson says he wants to see the debate sooner… Read more »

SD Department of Public Safety (BROOKINGS, S.D.):  A Watertown, S.D. man died Friday night in a motorcycle crash that occurred east of Brookings. A 2015 Harley Davidson FLTRXS was westbound on U.S. Highway 14 when the vehicle drifted off the roadway to the right. The vehicle went into the north ditch and went airborne. Gary… Read more »

Pierre, SD (WNAX) – The Industrial Hemp Study Committee will hold their first meeting of the legislative interim on July 11th in Pierre. Committee Chairman, Representative Lee Qualm of Platte, says he was on a recent trip to Kentucky to see how they are implementing their hemp program. Qualm says the Kentucky plan does a good… Read more »

Yankton (WNAX) – The Yankton City Commission approved adding reserve officers to the Yankton Police Department at their meeting last (Monday) night. Police Commander Jason Foote says they those officers will be fully trained. Foote says the reserves will work with full time officers. Foote says other cities are using reserves in a variety of… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. – Two South Dakota Highway Patrol captains, with a combined 40 years of experience, have been chosen as assistant superintendents of the Highway Patrol. Captains Jason Husby and Robert Weinmeister began their new duties Monday (today, June 24). They will work with new Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Rick Miller. “We had five very… Read more »

PIERRE, SD (News Release) – The State of South Dakota and the Federal Emergency Management Agency have opened a disaster recovery center on the Cheyenne River Reservation to offer in-person support to individuals and businesses impacted by the severe winter storms and flooding from mid-March to late April 2019. This follows previous openings in Minnehaha… Read more »