YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton County Commission has officially declared an emergency following record flooding on the James River. Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says that is only the first step. All four county maintained James River bridges were closed due to the high water and a number of other roads were inundated. Klimisch says… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Fourth Annual Create ‘N’: A Festival Celebrating Entrepreneurship, Creativity, Innovation and Workforce is set for Wednesday, Sept. 25 at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of Northern State. Doug Ohmer, Interim Dean of the School of Business, talked about the event. Create ‘N’ kicks off with keynote speaker,… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Record flooding on the James River caused all four of the county maintained bridges over the river to be closed. Yankton County Highway Superintendent Mike Sedlacek told the county commission that all the bridges need to be inspected before they can be reopened. Sedlacek says some of the bridges were totally… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Someone’s been passing out KKK recruitment flyers in the historic McKennan Park neighborhood of Sioux Falls. Residents brought examples to City Council Tuesday night as proof of what’s been going on. “Save Our Land, Join the Klan. KKK pamphlets included with lollipops in them,” as a man described them as… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – The Beef Bowl is set for Saturday, Sept. 21, at South Dakota State in Brookings. SDSU Animal Science Professor Cody Wright says they’ll be holding an auction and serving beef barbecue to help raise money for scholarships. He says they continue to see growth with their animal science program. Wright says… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – An individual who was injured during a fatal four-wheeler accident seven miles west of Aberdeen Sunday night has been identified. A 2014 Polaris Ranger 900XP four-wheeler was northbound on 378th Avenue, which is a gravel road. The driver lost control turning onto 132nd Street, causing the vehicle to roll. Nicholas… Read more »

WEBSTER, S.D. (Press Release) – The search for a 35-year-old male has resumed this morning in Day County in regards to locate the individual involved in a hit and run accident North of Webster on Wednesday, Sept. 18, which occurred just after 5:30 pm. The male subject involved, fled the accident scene and ran into… Read more »

OACOMA, S.D. (KCCR) – Officials from the South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers held the first of two public information meetings on invasive zebra mussels in Oacoma Wednesday night. The Aquatic Invasive Species or A-I-S was found at Big Bend Dam in Fort Thompson this summer. G-F… Read more »

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — An attorney for a South Dakota man says DNA evidence found on a cigarette butt doesn’t prove his client participated in a riot during the Dakota Access pipeline protest three years ago. The Bismarck Tribune reports attorney Bruce Nestor on Monday filed a motion in state court seeking dismissal of the… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A grandmother has been sentenced in South Dakota to 9½ years in prison for being an accessory to the beating death of her 2-year-old grandson. Federal Judge Jeffrey Vixen gave 51-year-old Sonya Dubray a sentence longer than guidelines recommend on Tuesday afternoon in Rapid City. Viken asked Dubray how she… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s attorney general will investigate Minnehaha County’s top prosecutor over his absence from work. Gov. Kristi Noem sent a letter Wednesday to Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg requesting an investigation of State’s Attorney Aaron McGowan. McGowan was out of his office starting in mid-July. He returned to work Sept. 9, telling… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The new federal budget is supposed to start on Oct. 1. It again looks like Congress will have to approve another short-term continuing resolution to keep the government open. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says its an embarrassing situation. Johnson says continuing resolutions have become crutches. Johnson says it looks like… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is completing his term as Commander of an Army Reserve Battalion. He says its been just over two years. He has been in command of the 394th Combat Services Support Battalion with units in South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska and Missouri. Ravnsborg says he will… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The wet conditions will probably lead to a delay when it comes to harvest activity in the northeast part of the state. Laura Edwards, State Climatologist, said that things are pretty much at a standstill right now. She said the moisture will probably lead to a later harvest of corn this… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Fields in Yankton County have standing water following recent James River flooding. Yankton County Farm Service Agency Executive Director Dave Charles says while it’s been slow moving, the flood waters have drenched a lot of fields and it will be a challenge for producers to get things dried up enough to… Read more »