OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- Future economic growth in the US and the Mid America region will be tied again to the Covid-19 pandemic. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss says the omicron variant will have an impact either way it goes. Goss says interest rates will rise, depending on the spread of the variant. Goss says growth… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- Mike Gage was sworn in as a member of the Brown County Commission during Tuesday’s regular meeting at the courthouse. Gage was selected to replace Rachel Kippley, who resigned her position after being hired as manager of the Brown County Fair. Gage will serve as a commissioner through 2022. The board also appointed commissioner Mike… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The former head of the South Dakota appraiser certification program says Governor Kristi Noem’s daughter got an extra opportunity to complete her appraiser license upgrade. Sherry Bren spoke to the legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee Tuesday. Bren detailed the meeting she had with the Governor and others in July of 2020. Bren… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- In front of the Journey Museum in Rapid City, a collection of red dresses flutter solemnly in the wind, encircling a wooden teepee. Lily Mendoza, founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, which highlights cases of missing and murdered indigenous peoples, said this display is part of a long history of communal… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton City Commission unanimously approved a forty-four-million-dollar project to make major upgrades to the existing wastewater treatment plant in Riverside Park. Environmental Services Director Kyle Goodmanson told the commission the plant will be an ongoing project. There had been some debate over moving the plant to a new location at a cost… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam is very low as flows from the dam have been cut back to twelve thousand cubic feet per second. Operations Manager Tom Curran says all of that water is going through their hydro electric generators. Curran says other dams on the river will pick up the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- While there have been warnings of a sharp jump in natural gas prices this winter, there appears to be some rounding of that curve. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says wholesale gas prices are backing off. Nelson says prices haven’t dropped to last years level yet. Last February, freezing temperatures… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release)- A solution in search of a problem – that’s what Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed legislation banning transgender women and girls from competing on the sports teams that match their gender identity and forbids their participation in both high school and collegiate athletic activities amounts to. The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Noem’s… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem released the text of draft legislation to defend fairness in girls’ sports at both the K-12 and collegiate level. This legislation will codify Governor Noem’s executive orders and extend further protections to women and girls. “This is about fairness. Every young woman deserves an equal playing… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- A very strong storm system will bring a wide variety of weather to the northern plains over the next day and a half. Kyle Weisser at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says there are a lot of potential threats. Weisser says the northern side of the storm will get the… Read more »