PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- An online petition titled “Help Protect Pierre Trans Youth” is now at 1800 signatures and counting. The petition on the change.org website was started earlier this week by T.F. Riggs High School sophomore Daniel Peterson, who told DRG Media Group the change came “without warning.” Peterson says the trans students were told the… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Twenty years after an anthrax attack on Members of Congress, a new report says the federal government still doesn’t have an effective bio detection system. Former South Dakota Senator Tom Daschle says a similar attack could happen now. Daschle says he sponsored a bill setting up a biowatch program when he was in… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The House & Senate Legislative Redistricting Committees of the South Dakota legislature held a number of public meetings around the state this week as part of the process of drawing new legislative district maps. Committee member, Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says he heard differing priorities at each end of the state. Cwach… Read more »

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 »