SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota woman was charged Friday in the death of a newborn who was abandoned in a ditch 38 years ago, and police said they used DNA and genealogy sites to determine she was the baby’s mother.Theresa Rose Bentaas was arrested and charged with murder and manslaughter in the… Read more »
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Study shows wide disparity in how schools prepare students for college
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota is seeing a wide disparity in how high schools prepare students for college, a newspaper investigation found. Nearly a third of South Dakota high school graduates enrolling in the state’s public universities needed remedial classes in reading, math or both between 2010 and 2017, according to the Argus… Read more »
Rounds says tax cut has had desired effect
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has asked Congress to raise the debt ceiling as soon as possible. The debt is now at $22 trillion, and the Treasury says the country will run out of credit by September. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the tax cut passed last year has had… Read more »
Latest flood outlook indicates increased chance of major flooding
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – The latest flood outlook from the National Weather Service shows, to no one’s surprise, an increasing chance of major flooding. Mike Gillispie, service hydrologist at the National Weather Service Office in Sioux Falls, says there are some critical rivers they are watching. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/09175603/Mike-Gillispie-308a.mp3 Gillispie says there is significant snow pack… Read more »
‘Tater Tot & Patton’ to be shown in Aberdeen, Mobridge
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – A film produced by a Pierre native and shot mostly in the Pierre and Fort Pierre area premiered in Pierre last Friday night. “Tater Tot & Patton” writer and director Andrew Kightlinger tells DRG news and farm he wrote the full-length feature film after his mother passed away. https://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/238/2019/03/10161446/030519-kightlinger1.mp3 Kightlinger,… Read more »
Dakota Promise scholarship program defeated
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The top priority of the South Dakota Board of Regents in this legislative session hit a dead end in the House last Thursday night. The “Dakota Promise” scholarship program would have granted aid based on student need, not just on grades. The bill initially called for one million dollars from the… Read more »
Portions of closed interstates reopened
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Officials opened the closed portion of Interstate 29 from Watertown to the North Dakota border at 9:30 a.m. today. Winds are still high and while the Interstate is open, the roadway is icy, snow-packed and slippery. Officials opened Interstate 90 at 7 a.m. this morning between Wall and Mitchell. Officials also… Read more »
Dakota Promise scholarship program defeated
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The top priority of the South Dakota Board of Regents in this legislative session hit a dead end in the House last Thursday night. The “Dakota Promise” scholarship program would have granted aid based on student need, not just on grades. The bill initially called for one million dollars from the… Read more »
Snow removal alert issued for City of Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A snow removal alert has been issued in the City of Aberdeen. • Plowing on POSTED EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES will begin at 6 AM, ON SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 2019. • Plowing on NORTH-SOUTH STREETS in Zone 2 and plowing of all streets and avenues in Zone 3 will begin at… Read more »
Parts of Interstate 29 and Interstate 90 closed
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Interstate 29 is closed effective immediately from the North Dakota border to Watertown, both north and southbound lanes. Interstate 90 is closed from Wall to Mitchell effective immediately, both east and westbound lanes. While visibility is improving west river, there are limited accommodations east of Wall. Travel across much of the… Read more »