OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The October Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, climbed above growth neutral after two straight months of being below the fifty threshold. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group coordinates the monthly survey.… Read more »

BROWNS VALLEY, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died and three others were seriously injured Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash south of Browns Valley. Names of those involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A 2012 Toyota RAV4 was southbound on Valley Avenue traveling around a curve when it drifted across… Read more »

SCOTLAND, S.D. (Press Release) – One adult and one juvenile died and another person was seriously injured Friday morning in a two-vehicle crash south of Scotland. Names of those involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A 1998 Pontiac Bonneville was westbound at the intersection of South Dakota Highways 46 and 25… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (APD Facebook Page) – APD started Halloween off with a bang last night! Yesterday morning, a detective was conducting a welfare check on an elderly male in the 1100 block of 11th Avenue NE. During the course of this check, the detective encountered what was later revealed to be a 60 MM M28A2… Read more »

HOWARD, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died Thursday morning in a two-vehicle crash west of Howard. Names of those involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A 2019 Kenworth W900 truck, pulling a grain trailer, was eastbound on South Dakota Highway 34 near the intersection of South Dakota Highway 25. It… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Multiple rounds of disasters have kept the Federal Emergency Management Agency active in South Dakota for many months. FEMA spokesman Phil Wernisch says they have a long list of disaster assistance requests. Wernisch says there is no set time for those local governments and agencies to get payments. Wernisch says they… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Aberdeen is hosting the 2019 Annual South Dakota Emergency Medical Services Association Conference this weekend. The event runs today through Sunday, Nov. 1-3. Educational and daytime activities will be at the Aberdeen Civic Arena and the Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, while the evening events will be at the Best Western… Read more »

ELK POINT, S.D. (WNAX) – The 2019 harvest grinds one in what has been the latest and slowest many farmers in the region have ever seen. Elk Point area farmer Doug Hanson says they just finished soybeans this week. He says some of the delay was due to the lagging maturity of the soybeans after… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Donut Days buffet is back. Safe Harbor and Kessler’s are once again teaming up for a fundraising effort. Kessler’s will be selling a variety of donuts from 6:30 to 11:30 a.m. both today and Saturday with  half of the proceeds going to Safe Harbor. Gina Karst, Executive Director with Safe Harbor,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Those who deliver cattle to processing plants are required to be transportation certified within the Beef Quality Assurance program. South Dakota BQA Coordinator Heidi Carroll says the deadline for that is Jan. 1. She says there is an in person BQA Transportation Certification training session scheduled for December at Sioux Falls… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota homeowners are reminded to take care of their clocks and smoke alarms this weekend. Daylight Savings Time ends at 2 a.m. local time Sunday, Nov. 3.  That means pushing clocks back one hour before going to bed Saturday night. South Dakota Fire Marshal Paul Merriman also suggests when… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — A new educational partnership was announced today at a signing ceremony at Lake Area Technical Institute (LATI). LATI is partnering with Western Governors University (WGU) in an agreement that will allow LATI graduates who’ve obtained their associates degree, and are interested in obtaining a bachelor’s degree, to seamlessly transfer their credits… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Secretary Craig Price and the Department of Public Safety today announced that a new safety measure designed to keep South Dakota’s state Capitol building safe and accessible to the public will begin this fall. A security screening room will be constructed near the Capitol’s north entrance and located in office… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – A South Dakota legislative committee got an update on the implementation of “free speech” policies on the six state university campuses. Board of Regents Executive Director Paul Beran told the Government Operations and Audit Committee there is a wide split in political opinions. Beran says they want to help bring students… Read more »

WAGNER, S.D. (AP) — Police in southeastern South Dakota suspect a propane leak caused a house to explode. But authorities haven’t said whether anyone was injured in Wednesday’s explosion near Wagner. It happened at Wagner North Housing on the Yankton Sioux Reservation. Lindsay Lasley lives near the house that exploded. Lasley tells KSFY she was… Read more »