PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Lawmakers will meet in a special session in Pierre on Monday to consider how best to spend federal CARES Act funding. One proposal would allocate $400 million dollars to help small businesses. Nathan Sanderson is Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association. Sanderson says many businesses took pandemic hits. Sanderson… Read more »
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Bergquist to retire as Secretary of DOT
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that Darin Bergquist, Secretary of the South Dakota Department of Transportation, will retire, effective November 13, 2020. “Darin has been a tremendous servant to the people of South Dakota for over 20 years, including 13 years as Secretary of Transportation, and his service will be… Read more »
Watertown High School students return to classroom Monday
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — After a two week shift to distance learning from home, Watertown High School students return to the classroom on Monday. A spike in COVID-19 numbers caused school district officials to get kids out of high school classrooms last month. Superintendent Dr. Jeff Danielsen talked about the situation. Danielsen says they’ve been… Read more »
State officials prepared for Monday’s Special Session
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – When the Special Session of the Legislature takes place on Monday, state officials should be well prepared to discuss funding from the CARES Act. Representative Carl Perry of Aberdeen said from what he can gather, plans are in place to forgive all of the Payment Protection Plan loans that were handed… Read more »
Police shoot, wound man in Madison
MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Police in eastern South Dakota shot and wounded a man during a standoff. Authorities say the standoff happened at a gas station in Madison Wednesday where a man had barricaded himself inside a vehicle. Employees and customers at the Class Corner were evacuated during the standoff. The South Dakota Attorney General’s… Read more »
Foundations help support local projects
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Area Community Foundation recently distributed more than $30,000 in grant funds to several local organizations for projects serving people in the Aberdeen area and beyond, including matching funds from the South Dakota Community Foundation. The AACF made a $5,000 grant to the Aberdeen Hockey Association to support its… Read more »
Clayton says officials had been anticipating surge
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Health Department reported 747 new positive cases of COVID-19 yesterday, a one-day record high. Officials said some of those cases had been delayed from earlier in the week. State Epidemiologist Dr. Josh Clayton says the virus is spreading out across the state. Clayton says they had been anticipating… Read more »
Thune says too early to give grade on handling of outbreak
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – At recent rallies, President Trump gave himself an “A plus” grade for how he handled the COVID-19 outbreak. South Dakota Senator John Thune says that’s a hard thing to grade. Thune says the Administration is trying to keep a handle on the outbreak. Thune says its too early to give anyone… Read more »
Health care leader says facilities have been hit hard by coronavirus
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota legislators will meet Monday for a special session to decide how to spend the rest of the one point two billion dollars the state got from the federal government for pandemic related costs. Several committees have been meeting to come up with recommendations. Mark Deak (DEE-ack), Executive Director of… Read more »
Horse racing this weekend in Fort Pierre
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – After taking last year off, horse racing makes its comeback this weekend (Oct. 3-4, 2020) in Fort Pierre. Track manager Shane Kramme (cray-me) says there’ll be 15 races between the two days. He says pari-mutual betting opportunities will be available for those who want to participate. While the horse… Read more »