YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- A lightning round of petition passing is underway in South Dakota in an attempt to get an initiative on next year’s ballot legalizing marijuana. Matthew Schweich is the campaign director for “South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws”. Their goal is over seventeen thousand signatures and the deadline for the petitions is November 8th.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- While there might be a good haul of pheasants this season in South Dakota, good help to welcome those hunters to the Sioux Falls airport is in short supply. Teri Ellis Schmidt with Experience Sioux Falls said half their usual vendors won’t have booths because of staffing issues. Schmidt says she, her… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- Former of South Dakota President Jim Abbott has been named interim president and chief executive officer of the USD Discovery Center in Sioux Falls. He says he couldn’t turn down the offer. Abbott says the Discovery Center will be an incubator for research and business development. The eighty acre park is a… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- The House and Senate Legislative Redistricting Committees of the South Dakota legislature wrapped up three days of public hearings with a pair of meetings in Sioux Falls Wednesday. Bon Homme County Auditor Tamara Brunken told the group that they need to avoid splitting voting precincts. Union County Commission Chairman Milton Ustad shared… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – South Dakotans are encouraged to safely dispose of unwanted prescription drugs during the next Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Prescription Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 23. Unwanted medications can be disposed of without question in a secure medication drop box at participating locations like pharmacies and police stations. The Spring National Take-Back… Read more »

SOUTH DAKOTA (WNAX)- We have heard the warnings about expected price spikes and possible shortages of natural gas this winter. Tom Glanzer with Northwestern Energy says he is optimistic that prices and supply will settle down. Glanzer says Northwestern has contracted for a good portion of its winter supply. Glanzer says gas suppliers are still… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved an agreement between Black Hills Power and some customers who are generating their own electricity. The utility had wanted to charge those customers more to maintain lines to their locations. The users want to be able to sell excess power back to the utility under a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem held a conference call with a number of legislators last week to talk about priority issues for next years session. Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland says they talked about how much money that may be available. The state is getting over nine hundred million dollars in additional… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The first board members of the Freedom Scholarship endowment fund have been appointed by Governor Kristi Noem. Dana Dykhouse of Sioux Falls, is on the board of the Build Dakota Scholarship Fund, and says they will model this board on that one. Other initial board members include Miles Beacom, Phyllis Heineman, Diana Vanderwoude… Read more »