PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported no new COVID-related deaths, while active cases & hospitalizations increased, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health. The death total currently at 2,069. The state had 578 new cases and 243 recoveries, increasing active infections to 5,370. Those hospitalized in connection with the virus is… Read more »
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BASEC Expands Service Area
DOLAND, SD(Press Release) – BASEC (Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community) recently announced they have expanded their service area, effective immediately. The new areas being serviced include 3 new communities: Brentford, Conde, and Turton, and 9 townships: La Priaire, Beotia, Conde, Tetonka, Benton, Olean, Clifton, Sumner, and Turton. “We have had a lot of phone calls… Read more »
South Dakota State Fair to begin Thursday
HURON, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota State Fair starts Thursday in Huron. Last years fair was much smaller than normal due to the pandemic. Assistant Manager Candi Briley says the fairgrounds have been very busy since last week. Briley says they are seeing more vendors and campers. Briley says they will officially break ground for the… Read more »
COVID-19 cases continues to rise in South Dakota
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Covid-19 infections related to the Delta variant are surging across the country and the region. Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says they have seen the PCR positive test rate rise over the past three weeks from about three percent to nearly sixteen percent. Healy says the… Read more »
The GOAC committee receives update on state agencies’s finances
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The Government Operations and Audit Committee of the South Dakota legislature normally monitors the financial status of state agencies and gets regular reports. David Flute, Secretary of the Department of Tribal Relations, appeared before the committee last week. He had earlier told committee members that his department was not able to construct a… Read more »
SD House Rep Taffy Howard called on President Biden & Vice President Harris to resign or Congress to impach them
Statement on Biden and Afghanistan Withdrawal RAPID CITY, S.D.(Press Release)- “Today we observe the Taliban-imposed deadline for American withdrawal from Afghanistan, and even Biden Administration officials acknowledge that there are hundreds of Americans, probably more, now trapped by our enemies. The withdrawal has been a complete disaster from start to finish. President Biden has not… Read more »
South Dakota National Guard to support Monument Health in COVID testing efforts
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – This week, nine soldiers with the South Dakota National Guard were activated to support Monument Health in their COVID-19 testing efforts. The soldiers were activated to Belle Fourche, Custer, Rapid City, Spearfish, and Sturgis. “Since the start of the pandemic, the State of South Dakota has worked with our hospital systems… Read more »
1 billionth N95 respirator produced by 3M plant in Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- In January 2020, 3M Aberdeen received a call to ramp up its production of N95 respirators due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Twenty months later, the plant has produced its 1 billionth mask, a feat that would typically take as long as four years, according to a news release. In the past year… Read more »
Recap of Monday’s Redistricting Committee meeting
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The House and Senate Committees that will redraw South Dakota’s legislative districts began their speed round of meetings in Pierre Monday. The committees have to work through just received Census data and agree on maps that rework the states thirty five legislative districts. Senator Jim Bolin of Canton says while the public can… Read more »
Mitchell School Board requires masks for schools beginning on Wednesday
MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- Those were the sounds at the conclusion of Monday’s emotional Mitchell School Board meeting after the board reinstated a mask mandate for the Mitchell School District. The mandate will begin Wednesday and will be revisited on November 8th. Masks will be required in all school district buildings from 7 AM until 4:30… Read more »