PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – State Department of Public Safety officials say sobriety checkpoints are planned in 18 counties statewide during November.   Checkpoints are done monthly in different counties as a way to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving.  The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The USDA announced that their interim rule on production and growing of industrial hemp will be published in the Federal Register on Thursday. South Dakota Farmers Union Lobbyist Mitch Richter says even though the rule is calling for hemp testing at DEA labs, he doesn’t think that will cover all of… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – Authorities have identified the victim of Monday’s vehicle vs. pedestrian accident. Police have identified the victim as 68-year-old Jerry Watkins of Sturgis. Watkins was in the crosswalk, attempting to cross Sherman Street at the intersection with Harley Davidson Way when he was struck by a westbound pickup truck being driven by… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – A moose on the loose in Sioux Falls is still rare, but increasingly not unheard of. Sioux Falls Animal Control Officer Julie DeJong said moose in the area have become more common. DeJong has been monitoring the bull moose in a cornfield near Marion Road and I-90. He seems unconcerned… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Governor Kristi Noem has issued another round of disaster declarations for a number of counties hit by storms and flooding in late summer and early fall. Many of those counties have run through much of their budget making multiple rounds of repairs. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says legislators have heard… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Lincoln County man is facing murder and manslaughter charges in the September death of a woman. Fifty-nine-year-old Dean Torrence is being held in the Minnehaha County Jail on $250,000 bond. Authorities say he’s responsible for the death of 47-year-old Sherry Willey. The cause of her death has not been… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A small plane near Aberdeen that killed the pilot was caused when the plane hit a tree in wind and fog at night. The National Transportation Safety Board’s preliminary report Tuesday said the pilot, 70-year-old Gerald Seliski of Hecla, South Dakota, crashed about 10:30 p.m. on Oct. 9 soon after takeoff… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCCR) – The U.S. Senate is expected to take up an appropriations package this week that would fund a number of domestic programs for 2020. U.S. Senator Mike Rounds says the process should have been done by now. Rounds says the continuing resolutions or C-Rs and pushing the appropriation process can change funding… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The USDA’s Risk Management Agency is advising producers who currently have Federal crop insurance and are experiencing a delay in harvesting their crop to file a notice of loss request to give them more time to harvest. South Dakota Corn Grower’s Association President Doug Noem says they should contact their Approved… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Northern Plains cattle producers have been facing challenges this year with the wet conditions. SDSU Extension Beef Specialist Julie Walker says they’re dealing with muddy feedlots, continuously wet pastures and difficulties trying to wean calves. She says the wet weather and late crops have also created some feeding challenges for producers.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Registration deadline for this year’s annual Pheasant Sandwich Shootout is Thursday, Oct. 31. The event is in its third year and will take place on Thursday, Nov. 14. Rita Moe, Finance and Visitor Relations Manager with the Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, talked about the shootout. There is no cost… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The USDA is introducing new rules that will establish what the department called a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production in the United States. USDA Undersecretary Greg (eye-baw) Ibach says the interim final rule on industrial hemp will be published in the federal register on Thursday. Interstate shipment of hemp may… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden and Sandy Rhoden will host the annual trick-or-treat festivities at the Governor’s Residence in Pierre on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. CT. “Sandy and I don’t usually get very many kids that stop by our ranch out at Union Center, so this will… Read more »

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KWAT) – Six candidates have accepted invitations to visit the University of North Dakota campus to interview for the position of President.   The visits will take place in mid-November, and the State Board of Higher Education will name UND’s next president at its Dec. 3 meeting.   A total of 61… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Dr. Erin Hogan Fouberg has been named the new Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northern State University. Fouberg, professor of geography and director of the NSU Honors Program, joined Northern’s faculty in 2007 and was awarded NSU Outstanding Faculty Member in 2011. As Northern’s new associate vice president,… Read more »