PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Seven months into 2019 and current statistics show there’s been about half the number of fatal traffic accidents in South Dakota as there were last year at this time. South Dakota Office of Highway Safety director Lee Axdahl says so far there have been 35 fatal crashes and 38 deaths… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – USDA has announced the details of the next market facilitation program. Non-specialty crop payments will be based on a single county payment rate multiplied by a farm’s total plantings of MFP eligible crops in total in 2019. South Dakota Farm Service Agency Executive Director Paul Shubeck says county payment rates range… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced today that 54-year-old Ervin Morris Cook, Jr., was sentenced to 60 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Yankton County Court. Cook entered a guilty plea to Kidnapping in the First Degree stemming from an incident on August 4, 2018. Cook was already a prisoner… Read more »

BRANDON, S.D. (Press Release) – A Luverne, MN woman has been identified as the person who died Tuesday morning in a four-vehicle crash that occurred on Interstate 90 northwest of Brandon. The crash happened as a 2014 Chevrolet Impala, a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee and a 2013 GMC Terrain were westbound on Interstate 90 and… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – A divided U.S. House approved a two-year budget deal Thursday, increasing spending by over $300 billion and suspends the debt ceiling for two years. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says he couldn’t support the bill. Johnson says the bill doesn’t do anything to address the expanding national debt. Johnson says Republicans… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The Congressional Budget Office estimates the federal deficit for the current budget year is over $740 billion, up over 23 percent from last year and may end up over a trillion dollars by the end of the fiscal year in September. South Dakota Senator John Thune says Congress can only easily… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KXLG) – The Electric Services in an Annexed Area Study Committee  held its first meeting on Thursday at the State Capitol in Pierre, S.D. The interim committee was created through the passage of Senate Bill 66 by the 2019 Legislature. SB 66, otherwise known as the Territorial Integrity Act, sought to freeze electric… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The U.S. Senate will vote next week on the budget deal approved in the House this week. The budget increases spending for military and domestic programs and extends the debt ceiling for two years. Many conservatives are critical of the $320 billion in extra spending. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Authorities have charged a second man in the kidnapping and killing of a South Dakota woman last year. A federal indictment filed July 17 charges Ramon Simpson, of Norfolk, Nebraska, with kidnapping resulting in death and conspiracy to commit kidnapping in the killing of Phyllis Hunhoff. Joseph Lloyd James was also… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Crews working in a storm have rescued a 23-year-old man who fell into a ravine and became wedged between rocks in southwestern South Dakota. Pennington County authorities say the man started walking after his vehicle became disabled and fell into the ravine at Sheep Mountain Overlook in Badlands National Park… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Grants from the Federal Emergency Management Agency are going out to individuals in South Dakota that had their homes and businesses damaged in the March storms and flooding. FEMA spokesperson Pam Saulsby says they have seen all types of damages. Just under $7 million has been paid out so far. Saulsby… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The search is on for evidence of more zebra mussel infestations. Lake Sharpe on the Missouri River was the latest water body found to have the invasive pests. Dan Klimisch of Yankton is Chairman of the James River Water Development Board of Directors and says the river has not been checked.… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Elm Digital Marketing is offering a workshop for small businesses on Tuesday, July 30. The event runs from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Downtown Workshop, 208 S. Main St. Josh Latterell, Owner and CEO of Elm Digital Marketing, said this workshop is to help small businesses get more leads and… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Keeping health care services and providers in rural areas is becoming a major challenge. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says the area has strong medical community now. Ekeren says it will be more difficult to find and recruit doctors in the future. Ekeren says they need… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The August meeting of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Committee will feature Mayor Travis Schaunaman as the speaker. Mayor Schaunaman will speak about his vision and goals for the Aberdeen community. This event will take place on Thursday, August 1 from noon to 1 p.m. at the… Read more »