WASHINGTON, D.C.(KMIT)- A government program called the Affordable Connectivity Program is available to help eligible households get the internet they need for work, school, health care and more.  Alejandro Roark is with the FCC. He talks about different ways residents are eligible for the program. Of the 20 million households in the US eligible for… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- A groundbreaking for a new multi-seed processing facility in Davison County was held on Tuesday afternoon.  The High Plains Processing plant will have the capacity to process 35 million bushels of soybeans annually while providing an estimated 85 full-time jobs and an annual payroll of around $5.5 million.  Governor Kristi Noem was on… Read more »

PLATTE, S.D.(KMIT)- A Platte-based company has landed on the 2023 Inc. 5000’s annual list of the fastest-growing private companies in America.  Summit Contracting is a full-service on-farm construction company founded by Tyler and Katy Samuelson specializing in building premium grain systems, post-frame and metal buildings, and livestock confinements.  Tyler Samuelson talks about the pros of… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(KWAT)– It was a very quiet summer when it came to severe weather across eastern and central South Dakota. Kelly Serr (seer) is the Severe Weather Warning Coordinator at the National Weather Service in Aberdeen. She says it’s hard to identify a single reason why it was so quiet this summer. Final tornado numbers won’t… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(The Dakota Scout)- South Dakota lawmakers have “pop-up” medical marijuana card clinics in their crosshairs. A contingent of Republican legislators in the South Dakota House is hoping to narrow down who can certify patients to use and grow medical marijuana in the state. This stems from the arrival of several companies in South Dakota… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – James “Jim” Dover is the new leader of Avera Health. Dover is a seasoned health care executive with more than 30 years of experience serving in leadership positions across a wide array of hospital and health systems. Dover comes to Avera from Lansing-based Sparrow Health where he served… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota Ballot Company will be doing a performance at the ARCC on Saturday.  Director Madeline Scott provides a preview. The Ballot Company will be here for three days total beginning on Friday with master classes. Scott provides a preview of the performance coming up on Saturday. Scott talks about more classes… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On Wednesday, the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act passed the U.S. House by unanimous consent. This bill preserves a section of the land where hundreds of Lakota Indians were massacred by the U.S. Army. U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the bill in May after months of… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Black Hills National Cemetery got a touch up Wednesday, courtesy of some arborists. Seventeen volunteers are spending the day pruning, planting, and removing dead or hazardous trees and branches as part of a nonprofit program called Saluting Branches, or Arborists United for Veteran Remembrance. Derek Makley with Salute to Branches talks… Read more »

HAYTI, S.D.(KXLG)- Hamlin County Sheriff’s Deputies made an arrest last night after a female Hayti resident called 911 around 1:06 a.m. this morning to the Watertown Regional Dispatch Center requesting help and that an unwanted visitor was at her residence. While deputies were en route, Dispatch lost connection with the caller. Once the deputies located… Read more »