WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Sam Parkinson, who was Executive Director of the South Dakota Democratic Party for the last four years, left last week for a job with the Association of State Democratic Committees. He says the state job, for the most part, was pretty good. Parkinson says he thinks the state Democratic party needs… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is good with Robert Mueller testifying before Congress but has doubts it will clear the air. Rounds says Federal law doesn’t allow the release of Grand Jury information and that, although much of the information in the Special Counsel report has been made available, that it… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KXLG) – Governor Kristi Noem is confident her habitat Initiative will be a success. The program is intended to ensure the state’s second century of pheasant hunting is as great as the first. The new law, passed by this year’s legislature will appropriate up to one million dollars from the state to protect… Read more »

YANKTON, SD (WNAX) – Rivers and streams across a wide area have been at flood or running high for some time and that will continue.  Wendy Pearson is with the National Weather Service Central Region Headquarters in Kansas City. Pearson says many states still have flood conditions. Pearson says flood risks will continue into summer.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Health insurance companies will be required to offer autism therapy coverage under a proposal from the South Dakota Division of Insurance. State law mandates coverage of the therapy called “Applied Behavior Analysis” but includes an exemption for small group and individual plans. Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton sponsored a bill (HB1236)… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – A pair of walking tours are planned by the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department this week. A walking tour of the Hagerty and Lloyd Historical District is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. Troy McQuillen will lead the one-hour walk in one of Aberdeen’s oldest residential neighborhoods. Information will… Read more »

RAPID CITY, (KOTA News) – A plot of land that has been a golf course in Rapid City is one step closer to being redeveloped into what the parks and rec director called a neighborhood park, which Jeff Biegler said would feature disc golf and trails. Biegler said they had some money in their budget… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 7 AM on Monday May 6, 2019, the spring load limits will be lifted for the City of Aberdeen. The effect of this is that residential roads will have the same regulations for load limits as our truck routes and state highways.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Effective May 6, 2019, Aberdeen City Public Works Department will start summer hours. The department will start work at 7 AM and complete their workday at 4 PM. This change affects Utility, Street, Traffic Control and Solid Waste Divisions. City garbage customers are reminded that the Public Works Department hour… Read more »

MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A man who served more than two decades in prison for raping and killing an 18-year-old South Dakota woman in 1980 will soon be free. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles on April 17 approved the release of Nicholas Scherr, 54, once a parole plan is ready in the… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress left Washington this week without an agreement on expanded disaster funding. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there were more negotiations. The hang up is between extra funding for Puerto Rico and the Midwest. Rounds says the argument won’t impact what FEMA is doing. Rounds says since the final damage… Read more »

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — About 150 inmates at South Dakota’s prison in Springfield took the opportunity to prepare for life after prison at a job fair this week. Ernesto DiFabio was among the men who met with roughly 20 employers at Mike Durfee State Prison on April 29, the Argus Leader reported. DiFabio, who graduated… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – A Native American tribe has told South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem she’s not welcome on one of largest reservations in the country after she led efforts to pass a state law targeting demonstrations such as those in neighboring North Dakota that plagued the Dakota Access oil pipeline. “I am… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The South Dakota Legislature has established an interim study committee evaluate the legal right of a municipality to provide electricity to areas annexed into the municipality. The interim committee comes as the result of a bill (SB66) introduced by the state’s rural electric cooperatives during the 2019 legislative session that… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Presentation College President Maggie Huber used a seasonal analogy as she talked about the school during the monthly Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Luncheon on Thursday. Huber began with autumn, when the school year kicks off. The school has 700 total students: 412 in Aberdeen, 49 on its Fairmont,… Read more »