PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The South Dakota Department of Health kicked off the Wellness on Wheels program Wednesday in Pierre.  The program has outfitted five vans as mobile heath clinics to serve under served and rural parts of South Dakota. State Health Secretary Melissa Magstadt says the vans will provide a number of serves to places where… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) — On Saturday, six Northern State University graduates will earn their degree through a collaborative teach-out agreement between Northern State University and Presentation College. Daiova Manuel Tejeda is one of the six graduates defying the odds. Nationwide, only 47.1% of students re-enrolled at another institution after a closure, and only 36.8% earned… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KMIT)- Senator Thune is not happy about the Biden Administration’s energy policy. Thune says that at the same time Biden is pushing electric vehicles the Administration is curtailing the sources of energy used to create that power. Senator Thune says he’s not against electric cars or alternative sources of energy but that the country… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- It will take several days before we know, but Congressman Dusty Johnson’s run for re-election may be about to become a three-way race. Justin McNeal filed petitions to appear on the ballot as an Independent Tuesday. More petitions are on the way to the Secretary of State’s office via mail. McNeal says… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- A legal challenge is on the way for the Abortion Amendment that’s expected to be on this November’s ballot. Ballot measure opponents say thousands of petition signatures were collected in violation of South Dakota law. Jon Hansen, Co-chair of the Life Defense Fund, says petition circulators violated a number of warnings that… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Wednesday, a group filed a petition with 55,000 signatures to give South Dakotans the option to restore Roe v. Wade rights in South Dakota during the November election. The Freedom Amendment to Restore Roe v. Wade was led by Dakotans for Health. Co-founder Rick Weiland presented the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(KWAT)–April was a wet month across South Dakota. Watertown, for example, saw 5.08 inches of rain last month–well above normal. State Climatologist Laura Edwards. Edwards says all the rain has left soil moisture supplies in good shape. Soil temperatures haven’t warmed up much. Edwards says there’s one corner of the state that could actually… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)-At Brown County Commission meeting held Tuesday, the commissioners received an update on Poet’s involvement with Summit Carbon Solutions from Groton to the plants near the Aberdeen area. Kyle Sueltz discuss the Pipeline Branch from Groton. Sueltz express some concerns to the commission starting with how close the pipelines will be to the properties.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Tuesday’s Brown County Commission meeting, the Aberdeen Police Department responded to comments made by Sheriff Dave Lunzman’s wife, Mary Jane at the previous week meeting. Following their presentation, Sheriff Lunzman commented on those statements. Lunzman discuss the video that was used as evidence addressing the police’s concern about MJ Lunzman’s conduct that… Read more »