SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Heavy rain this week is pushing rivers in eastern South Dakota to even higher flood stages. Mike Gillispie with the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says the James River will rise rapidly. Gillispie says the river near Scotland was below flood stage….briefly. The river at Scotland is predicted to… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was in Sioux Falls Wednesday looking over damage from overnight storms and tornadoes and meeting with local officials. She says the response has been very well coordinated.   National Weather Service officials said three tornadoes touched down, with winds estimated at 120 to 130 miles… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Residents and business owners in Sioux Falls are dealing with the aftermath of destructive tornadoes and straight line winds. Some neighborhoods are a maze of roads closed by fallen trees as drivers navigate alternative routes. Crews repair gas and power lines damaged in the storm overnight Tuesday. A backyard shed… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The Meade 46-1 School Board met in special session last night at the new Central Meade County School in Union Center. The topic of the special hearing – a proposal to split the district in two – with the rural areas of Union Center and Enning being their own district. Dr.… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) – South Dakota Health officials have confirmed two cases in the state of illnesses related to E-cigarette use, otherwise known as “Vaping.” Dr. Svien (VEEN) Senne (SEN-E), a pulmonologist with Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown says that E-Cigarette use is a whole new problem for physicians and the effects on the body… Read more »

PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, in an op-ed in the “Wall Street Journal” said if the industrial hemp issue comes back before the 2020 legislature, she will veto it again. A bill legalizing hemp passed the legislature earlier this year but was vetoed by the Governor. Representative Lee Qualm of Platte… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University will celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 17. Constitution Day is the federal observance of the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787. Across the Northern campus, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to wear patriotic clothing or decorate their workspaces with a patriotic theme.… Read more »

CROOKSTON, Neb. (AP) — A father and his teenage son who farmed near the border of South Dakota and Nebraska have died in a single-engine plane crash. Todd County, South Dakota Sheriff Barry Bailey identifies the victims as 39-year-old Clint VanderWey and his 16-year-old son, Jed VanderWey. Both were killed when their Cessna 140 crashed… Read more »

WASHINGTON (AP) — On his third Sept. 11 anniversary as president, Donald Trump on Wednesday remembered the victims, first responders and U.S. troops that have battled in Afghanistan, and he unleashed threats against militants contemplating another attack on America. “If anyone dares to strike our land, we will respond with the full measure of American… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KWAT) —The American Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter in Sioux Falls for residents who are displaced after a powerful tornado tore through the city last night. Gretchen Hjelmstad is the chief communications director for Red Cross in the Dakotas. The tornado struck Sioux Falls a little before midnight. Hjelmstad says… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Severe weather, including a probable tornado, struck South Dakota’s largest city, leaving a trail of damaged buildings, downed power lines, fallen trees and some reports of injuries, officials said Wednesday. Fire Chief Brad Goodroad said at an early morning news conference that at least 37 structures collapsed in Sioux Falls… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police have offered to pay a man’s medical bills after the department’s dog bit the wrong person. Officers were trying to track down a man wanted on a warrant Saturday and were using the K9 to find him. They knocked on doors in one neighborhood and told residents… Read more »

This is part of the damage that occurred at Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls on Tuesday night. Photo by Todd Epp SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — KELO.com News toured much of south Sioux Falls where a tornado hit. Brett Wulf, general manager of the Advanced Auto Parts store on 41st Street near the Western… Read more »

Jo-Ann Fabrics sustained major damage following a tornado that moved through Sioux Falls Tuesday night. Photo by Todd Epp SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Major damage is being reported in much of southern Sioux Falls from storms that moved through late last night and early this morning. At an early morning briefing, Todd Heitkamp from… Read more »