NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – State Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland will be Chairman of the House Ag & Natural Resources Committee in the 2021 legislative session. He says he didn’t go looking for the spot. Overweg says there are some immediate financial issues hitting ag producers. Overweg says the committee will see a… Read more »
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Yankton superintendent says lawmakers need to listen to schools
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – During each legislative session, there are numerous bills aimed at schools, ranging from funding, to policy and procedures. Yankton School Superintendent Wayne Kindle says in the midst of the pandemic, lawmakers need to listen to schools. Kindle says schools need some help from the state to keep students healthy and in… Read more »
Legislature already making preparations for session during pandemic
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — The 2021 South Dakota legislative session begins in about six weeks. A COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be on the market by then, but that doesn’t mean the pandemic will be over. State Representative Hugh Bartels of Watertown says the Legislature has already been making preparations for holding the session during… Read more »
Sobriety checkpoints released for December
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety has released the list of counties where sobriety checkpoints are planned to be held during December. Monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by… Read more »
South Dakota readies for 7,800 vaccine doses in two weeks
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials say they are preparing to receive nearly 8,000 COVID-19 vaccinations as soon as Dec. 15. The prospect of vaccines being just weeks away offered a blip of good news in the state’s coronavirus crisis, but officials from the Department of Health said they don’t yet know… Read more »
BASEC offering financing for home repairs
DOLAND, S.D. (Press Release) – BASEC (Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community) is currently offering a grant/loan program to homeowners within the BASEC geographic area for the repair or rehabilitation of their single family, owner-occupied home. “The grants available are on a first come, first served basis and will conclude next spring, so now is the… Read more »
State reports record number of recoveries, two new deaths
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported a record-number of recoveries with 3,542 to lower the amount of active infections by more than 3,000, and also had two new COVID-related deaths according to numbers released from the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 448 new confirmed cases and combined with the new… Read more »
Bond set at $100,000 for man charged in fatal Rapid City shooting
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A judge has set bond at $100,000 cash for a man charged with fatally shooting his girlfriend’s teenage son at a home near Rapid City. Prosecutors say 43-year-old Jason Sharp is charged with second-degree murder in the Nov. 24 shooting of 19-year-old Ocean Sun Eberlein at a mobile home park… Read more »
Edmunds Central senior selected winner of Lesson Learned SD
Department of Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Craig Price (left) and Lesson Learned winner Austin Faw of Edmunds Central High School PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – An Edmunds Central High School senior has won a $10,000 prize for promising to be a safe driver. Austin Faw of Roscoe was announced Monday as the winner of this… Read more »
Health department hires new spokesman from Trump campaign
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Department of Health has hired a former press secretary from President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign to serve as its communications director. The health department’s former spokesman, Derrick Haskins, has handled media relations throughout the pandemic, but resigned on Nov. 6. He will be replaced by Daniel Bucheli,… Read more »