WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Damage assessments from the March storms and flooding are continuing across South Dakota. Brian Hvinden with the Federal Emergency Management Agency says their people are out working with cities and counties. Hvinden says they are looking for lots of damage related documentation. Hvinden says there are a lot of factors that… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – From guitars to piano, from drums to horns, Dakota Music Academy offers lessons for young and old alike. Business owner Andrew Grandpre talked about how the business, which just recently opened at 104 S. Main St., came into being. He said that the academy has multiple staff members who provide instruction… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Rob Wylie, the longtime Executive Director of the South Dakota Retirement System is taking advantage of that system and is himself retiring. He announced his intentions last December and met with the board for the last time last Thursday. Wylie says he set goals for himself and the system when he… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (Press Release) – A day of farm and ranch tours followed by a panel discussion are all part of a Sustainability on the Farm and Ranch event on Sept. 14, 2019, centered at Watertown, S.D. South Dakota Farm Bureau (SDFB) Young Farmers & Ranchers (YF&R) Committee is hosting the event. The day begins… Read more »

ALEXANDRIA, S.D. (Press release) – One person died Friday morning in a tractor-van crash east of Alexandria. Names of those involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A Case Versatile 305tractor, which was pulling a hose trailer used for waste handling work, was westbound on Interstate 90. The vehicle was rear-ended by… Read more »

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities in North Dakota relied on DNA collected from a cigarette butt to charge a man with engaging in a riot for his part in a Dakota Access pipeline protest three years ago that caused damage estimated at hundreds of thousands of dollars, according to an affidavit. Morton County prosecutors also… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota law enforcement oversight board has once again revoked the certification of a longtime sheriff accused of sexual harassment in the workplace. The state Law Enforcement Officers Standards And Training Commission met Thursday to reconsider action against Marshall County Sheriff Dale Elsen after a judge told commissioners to consider… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX ) – The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet of the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on rural broadband in Sioux Falls Thursday. The hearing was Chaired by Senator John Thune. Thune says he hears about the need for reliable broadband across rural parts of the state. Thune… Read more »

MT. VERNON, S.D. (Press Release) – A Mt. Vernon, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died early Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash northeast of Mt. Vernon. A 2018 Nissan Frontier was eastbound on 252nd Street when the driver failed to negotiate a curve near the intersection with 399th Avenue. The vehicle… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A second bank is suing a Sioux Falls school bus company for defaulting on loans. Reliabank Dakota says School Bus, Inc. and its owner Steven Hey owe more than $1 million. Collateral includes at least seven school buses. The Argus Leader reports the lawsuit by Reliabank comes weeks after Frontier… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say one person is dead after a shed collapsed. Crews were called Thursday afternoon to a housing development where someone was demolishing a garden shed and it collapsed. Police say there was a “subsequent fatal medical event” but did not give details. Authorities are reviewing the incident… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota’s annual pheasant count is down 17 percent compared to last year, continuing a downward trend for the state’s signature bird. The survey report says historic winter snow and spring and summer rain had an impact. Pheasants are also down by 17 percent in Minnesota. South Dakota Pheasants Forever thinks… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Ethanol industry groups are contesting waivers the Environmental Protection Agency has given to large oil refiners that cuts back the amount of ethanol they have to blend into gasoline. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there should be no reason to short out the gallons of ethanol needed. Rounds says the… Read more »

  WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – On Thursday, Sept. 5,  at approximately 7:51 p.m., the Watertown Police Department received a report of a motor vehicle crash involving two vehicles in the 3500 block of 9th Avenue SE. A gray Mercury Mountaineer driven by Antonio Otero, age 33 of Lakeville, MN was traveling westbound on 9th Avenue… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – More wind energy sites will be built across South Dakota over the next couple of years. Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson says they are letting the marketplace determine how much is enough wind power. Nelson says most of the power produced by those plants will go out of state. Nelson says… Read more »