PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission is moving a proposal forward to get rid of two types of state park entrance licenses.  Parks and Recreation Division Director Jeff VanMeetern presented second reading of the possible change to the Commission last week. VanMeetern says those two particular methods were particularly difficult. VanMeetern… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Hughes County is seeing savings because of an effort to keep youth in trouble with the law out of the corrections system.  Hughes County Commissioners signed off last week on two grant applications for the Juvenile Detention Alternative Initiative or J-D-A-I.  Youth Diversion Coordinator Lacey Boxley says the county is nearing the end… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(KCCR)- The U-S Army Corps of Engineers held an update last week on runoff into the Missouri River.  Ryan Larsen with the Corps in Omaha, Nebraska says rainfall in May outperformed their earlier estimates. Larsen says May rain across the basin and even snow is affecting the increase in runoff. Matt Nelson with the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The America 250 Planning Committee met Thursday to continue putting together how South Dakota plans on celebrating the 250th birthday of the U-S-A.  One effort being targeted is Walk 250 by 2026.  The goal would be to get South Dakotans to walk a mile for each year America has been around and doing… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) ROAD CLOSED:   Beginning at 7am on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, the following road will be closed to thru traffic for watermain replacement: S. Washington St. from 11th Ave. SE to 12th Ave. SE The road is scheduled to be closed from 7am to 5pm Tuesday thru Friday, June 14th, or until completed.  The… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(Press Release)- Local Representative Fred Deutsch of Florence, SD, recently prime sponsored an approved and signed into law bill, House Bill 1076, which is a South Dakota law that requires the South Dakota Division of Human Rights to consider the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism when investigating claims of unfair… Read more »

HAZEL, S.D.(Press Release)-  A vehicle was found stuck in a road construction site in Hamlin County early Sunday morning, leading to citations for a local woman. At approximately 1 a.m. on June 9th, 2024, a vehicle reportedly bypassed road closure barricades on County Road 438 and 183rd Street. The vehicle subsequently became stuck at the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Tuesday, June 11th between the hours of 8:45 PM and 1:00 AM with a backup date of Wednesday, June 12th if inclement weather suspends Tuesday’s spray. The adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph.  The mosquito control… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- A new poll shows two-thirds of South Dakota voters support a repeal on the sales tax on food…but observers say that support is based on false information. South Dakota Retailers Association Executive Director Nathan Sanderson says the repeal measure’s language goes much further than repealing the tax on groceries…and that spells trouble.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELOLAND) — A 30-year-old Sioux Falls man is in the Minnehaha County Jail facing three counts of first-degree murder charges in Lincoln County from an early morning shooting Saturday in southwest Sioux Falls. According to Sioux Falls Police Lt. Aaron Nyberg, the shooting suspect, Justin Cody Rackley, was arrested Saturday after officers found… Read more »