HURON, S.D. (KWAT) — Preparations for the 2020 South Dakota State Fair are well underway. This week, fair officials announced their theme and released the official logo for next year’s fair. State Fair Assistant Manager Candi Briley provides the details. The 2020 State Fair will be held Sept. 3-7, with Channel Seeds Preview Night being… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Dakota Access Pipeline Company is providing a major donation to the South Dakota FFA Foundation as well as support for FFA Foundations in North Dakota, Iowa and Illinois. South Dakota FFA Foundation Executive Director Geri (jerr-ee) Eide (eye-dee) says the $10,000 donation benefits several South Dakota FFA members. She says… Read more »

KENNEBEC, S.D. (Press Release) – Names have been released of the two people who died in a one-vehicle crash that occurred early Tuesday morning north of Kennebec. A 2007 Dodge Ram 2500 pickup was northbound on South Dakota Highway 273 when the vehicle went off the roadway, went into the ditch and rolled. All three… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Executive Board of the South Dakota legislature heard reports from most of the summer study committees this week. The Government Operations and Audit Committee had the Department of Education in front of them several times during the interim, and Committee Chairman, Senator Ryan Maher of Isabel, says they got a… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress approved and President Trump signed another short-term continuing resolution that keeps the federal government funded and open for another month. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds voted “no”. Rounds says the CR covers only a small part of the entire federal budget. Rounds says passing a CR has costs, pointing to… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will have some bills for the 2020 legislature. He says drug offenses will again be a priority. Ravnsborg says much of what he has planned will depend on the Governor’s budget proposal. Governor Kristi Noem will present her budget to legislators on Dec. 3.

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Visitors to the 2020 South Dakota legislative session will find more restrictions in getting into the Capitol Building. Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price outlined the new security process to members of the Executive Board this week. Price says the entrance will have metal detectors and an x-ray machine. He… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This weekend marks the opening of the East River deer hunting season. Some hunters will be out before sunrise on Saturday, Dec. 23. Nick Cochran, Conservation Officer with the Game, Fish and Parks Department, said there is something important to keep in mind this season. Cochran said it is always important… Read more »

PITTSFIELD, Mass. (Press Release) – Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker is in more than 140 cities in the U.S. and Canada, with three simultaneously performing companies, from November 1 through December 30, 2019. The Great Russian Nutcracker will be in Aberdeen on Monday, Nov. 25, at the Johnson Fine Arts Center at Northern State University… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Executives of an Idaho company that claimed to help schools fund athletic programs have been sentenced for taking thousands of dollars from the Oglala Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. The owner of All Around Sports LLC and two of his supervisors were sentenced Monday in U.S. District Court. Company owner… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Members of the South Dakota Farm Bureau are holding their 102nd annual convention in Sioux Falls this week. President Scott VanderWal says one of the key issues they’ll be talking about is industrial hemp. He says another critical conversation they will have is on livestock zoning in South Dakota and… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 8 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 25, the following road will be reduced to one lane for construction work: Eastbound Lane of First Ave. SW from S. First St. to South Main St. Work is expected to last through the end of day on Monday. Motorists are advised to… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Dell Rapids man charged with molesting girls at sleepovers has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. In handing down the maximum sentence, Judge Susan Sabers told Torin Lodmell that he preyed upon the trust of children and their parents. Lodmell pleaded guilty to four attempted rape charges and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXLG) – Farmers hard hit by low commodity prices, the result of the ongoing trade war, could be bracing for bigger worries as tough harvest conditions continue to make for another difficult year. Senator Mike Rounds spent an hour with President Trump this week where he and others talked about the troubles in… Read more »