PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- You’ll see far more Highway Patrol troopers on South Dakota Highways this Memorial Day weekend.  Major Rob Weinmeister with the Highway Patrol says Memorial Day tends to bring extra travelers to the state’s roads. The South Dakota Highway Patrol will be engaged in two enforcement efforts over the holiday. Troopers have been pulling… Read more »

KANSAS CITY, M.O.(WNAX)- La Nina, the cooling of the Pacific Ocean surface, which has an impact on North American weather has faded away. Doug Kluck, Regional Climate Service Director for the National Weather Service in Kansas City says those temperatures have normalized. Kluck says La Nina may reappear later this year, but it will take… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KELO Radio)- The unofficial start of the summer tourism season is Monday, Memorial Day. South Dakota Secretary of Tourism, Jim Hagan said is staff recently played the “license plate game” while in the hills. Hagen says things are already off to a great start in the Black Hills. Hagen says to expect a big… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Another round of hundreds of millions of federal dollars will be heading to the state under the “American Rescue Plan” passed by Congress earlier this year. There are lots of rules involved with using the federal money and Brian McGinnis, a Community Development Specialist with Planning and Development District Three in Yankton is… Read more »

IPSWICH, S.D.(Press Release) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation says the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Company will begin railroad crossing repair work on S.D. Highway 45 in Ipswich on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The railroad crossing repair operations will temporarily close S.D. Highway 45. There will be no suitable local detours and it… Read more »

GROTON, S.D.(Press Release) – One person died early Wednesday morning in a one-vehicle crash north of Groton. The name of the one person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2018 GMC Sierra pickup was southbound on South Dakota Highway 37 when it left the roadway,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s June Business After Hours mixer will be held on Thursday, June 17 outside Malchow Plaza, 506 South Main Street. The event is hosted by the Aberdeen Development Corporation and sponsored by Huff Construction, Dakota Broadcasting, the Small Business Development Center, Grow South Dakota and the Aberdeen… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem ordered that flags be flown at half-staff statewide, effective immediately until sundown on May 30, 2021, in honor of the victims of the recent tragedy in San Jose. This is in response to a proclamation by President Joseph R. Biden, which can be found here

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A trial date has been set for the South Dakota attorney general who struck and killed a man along a Hyde County highway. Jason Ravnsborg will go on trial Aug. 26 on three misdemeanor charges, including careless driving, operating a vehicle while on an electronic device and driving outside of his… Read more »