SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX ) – The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet of the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on rural broadband in Sioux Falls Thursday. The hearing was Chaired by Senator John Thune. Thune says he hears about the need for reliable broadband across rural parts of the state. Thune… Read more »

MT. VERNON, S.D. (Press Release) – A Mt. Vernon, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died early Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash northeast of Mt. Vernon. A 2018 Nissan Frontier was eastbound on 252nd Street when the driver failed to negotiate a curve near the intersection with 399th Avenue. The vehicle… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A second bank is suing a Sioux Falls school bus company for defaulting on loans. Reliabank Dakota says School Bus, Inc. and its owner Steven Hey owe more than $1 million. Collateral includes at least seven school buses. The Argus Leader reports the lawsuit by Reliabank comes weeks after Frontier… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say one person is dead after a shed collapsed. Crews were called Thursday afternoon to a housing development where someone was demolishing a garden shed and it collapsed. Police say there was a “subsequent fatal medical event” but did not give details. Authorities are reviewing the incident… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota’s annual pheasant count is down 17 percent compared to last year, continuing a downward trend for the state’s signature bird. The survey report says historic winter snow and spring and summer rain had an impact. Pheasants are also down by 17 percent in Minnesota. South Dakota Pheasants Forever thinks… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Ethanol industry groups are contesting waivers the Environmental Protection Agency has given to large oil refiners that cuts back the amount of ethanol they have to blend into gasoline. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there should be no reason to short out the gallons of ethanol needed. Rounds says the… Read more »

  WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – On Thursday, Sept. 5,  at approximately 7:51 p.m., the Watertown Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles in the 3500 block of 9th Avenue SE. A gray Mercury Mountaineer driven by Antonio Otero, age 33 of Lakeville, MN was traveling westbound on 9th Avenue… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – More wind energy sites will be built across South Dakota over the next couple of years. Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson says they are letting the marketplace determine how much is enough wind power. Nelson says most of the power produced by those plants will go out of state. Nelson says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Mayors and Managers of most first-class cities in South Dakota recently met in Chamberlain. Yankton Mayor Nathan Johnson says they talked about financial issues between counties and cities. Johnson says there have been some changes in cooperation due to those financial issues. Johnson says they also talked about the brain drain,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Starting in 2021, all insurance plans offered in South Dakota will have to cover the cost for applied behavior analysis therapy for the treatment of autism. That– thanks to federal approval (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid/Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight) of the state’s new Essential Health Benefits benchmark design plan.… Read more »