PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- This past Monday was Americans with Disabilities Act Day in South Dakota and across the US. Eric Weiss is the director of the state Department of Human Services Division of Rehabilitation Services. He says the ADA prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, commercial facilities, telecommunications and state and… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D,(DRGNews)- Nine members of the Pierre Volunteer Fire Department’s Rescue Squad spent the weekend in the classroom and in the water learning current techniques in rescue and recovery. Steve Wilson is an instructor with Dive Rescue International out of Fort Collins, CO. He says rescuers have to start with what they know and work… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Sturgis City Council meets tonight, and on their agenda, a surprising request from the Buffalo Chip Campground. Sturgis City Manager Daniel Ainslie says Chip owner Rod Woodruff has reportedly reached out to the Rural Meade Ambulance District and asked to be included in the district’s ambulance response area. This follows the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota rolled over eighty-six million dollars into a special reserve fund at the end of the fiscal year on June 30th. That was a combination of increased tax revenues and under budget spending. The state now has over three hundred million dollars in all reserve funds. The state got… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota recorded a big jump in sales taxes in the fiscal year that ended June 30th. State financial analysts, appearing before the Joint Committee on Appropriations called the increase, “historic”. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says not all of his members shared in that… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory from 1-7pm today and tomorrow in much of central & eastern South Dakota. Weatherology meteorologist Michael Karow says we’re on the eastern periphery of a big high pressure system that’s still stuck over the western US. Karow says a high dew point will be… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A federal contempt of court trial involving three members of the U.S. Marshals Service has been moved from Aberdeen to Sioux Falls. Three supervisory marshals, including the agency’s Chief of Staff John Kilgallon, were accused of allowing a deputy marshal to leave the courthouse in Aberdeen with prisoners in tow on… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Aberdeen American News) — Authorities found the body believed to be that of a missing woman Saturday afternoon in Richmond Lake. The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a call at the lake about a suspicious object in the water near west bridge, according to a Facebook post on the department’s page. Police and Brown County Dive Team… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D.(WNAX)- Wheat production will be down substantially in South Dakota this year. The winter wheat harvest has already started with USDA pegging progress at 33% done on Sunday.   SDSU Extension Agronomist Jonathan Kleinjan says the early yield reports have been quite variable. The big surprise for Kleinjan comes in the quality and high protein… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- With the start of classes about a month away, school districts across the state are filling in their last teaching openings. Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, says there are lots of needs. Pogany says there are still quite a few openings. Pogany says schools will figure… Read more »