CENTERVILLE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators spent hundreds of millions of dollars and dealt with almost six hundred bills during the thirty-eight-day session. Representative Richard Vasgaard of Centerville says it was and up and down session. Vasgaard says he is optimistic that the housing and infrastructure bills will help rural areas. Vasgaard says he was among… Read more »
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Farmers Pride buying the Avon Farmers Elevator
AVON, S.D.(WNAX)- Farmers Pride, a cooperative based in northeast Nebraska, is buying the Avon Farmers Elevator. The elevator had its bond revoked by the PUC last summer and Farmers Pride leased the grain facilities in September. Farmers Pride President and C.E.O. Dean Thernes says the lease led to talks with the Avon elevators board of… Read more »
Senator Hunhoff discussed one of the bills vetoed by Governor Noem
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem vetoed a bill that was introduced late in the legislative session that would have limited her authority to spend federal dollars added to the state budget. Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says the dollars in question were retained in the general budget. Hunhoff, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee… Read more »
Freshwater mussels on the decline in South Dakota
YANKTON, S.D.(KYNT)- South Dakota’s native freshwater mussels clean the water in state rivers and streams, but agricultural pollution and habitat destruction appear to be reducing their numbers throughout South Dakota are a new threat to aquatic populations. Experts wonder if state and federal wildlife and environmental protection agencies are doing enough to protect native freshwater… Read more »
Author of the impeachment resolution react to the committee’s decision
PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Now that a special committee of South Dakota House members has completed its investigation into the conduct of state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg in connection with a fatal car-pedestrian crash in 2020, the full chamber will determine what happens next. The Committee on Special Investigations voted 6-2 yesterday against Impeachment. Ravnsborg was driving… Read more »
SD Dept of Health reports 3 new COVID-19 related deaths
PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 3 new COVID-related deaths, while active cases & hospitalizations decreased, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health. The death total currently at 2,883. The state had 504 new cases and 2,040 recoveries, decreasing active infections to 537. Those hospitalized in connection with the virus is… Read more »
March License Plate Decals due Thursday
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- This Thursday, March 31st is the deadline to renew license plate decals for March. Brown County Treasurer Patty VanMeter provides the letter this month & remind the citizen about taxes due in April.
Lewis & Clark Regional Water System ready to start construction
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Flush with federal funding, the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System is ready to start construction on several major projects this year. Executive Director Troy Larson says they are hoping to get ahead of rapidly rising prices. Larson says they will get an idea of how much they can get done when the… Read more »
More construction work scheduled for southeastern part of the state
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Moving into April will mean orange barrels and barriers as road construction ramps up. Regional D.O.T. Engineer Greg Rothschadl says there will be some major projects in the area. Rothschadl says they have been able to land contractors for the projects so far. Highway 46 from Irene to the Highway 81 junction will… Read more »
Retail Sales increasing in South Dakota & nationwide
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Census Bureau reported that retail sales nationally last year rose almost seventeen percent over 2020. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says that tracks with what they have been hearing. Sanderson says the concern is those numbers could crash without support of the federal dollars. The State of… Read more »