FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The U-S Army Corps of Engineers brought it’s series of annual fall public meetings on the Missouri River basin to Fort Pierre Tuesday.  Kelly Serr from the National Weather Service in Aberdeen says the forward outlooks don’t bring much improvement for the river basin. Mike Swenson with the Corps of Engineers says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- County auditors across South Dakota are running coordinated election counting and reporting tests. State Election Director, Kea Warne, says each auditor will run batches of mock ballots. Warne says the counting machine results are moved manually to another computer for reporting. Warne says none of the ballot counting machines are directly connected to… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton County Commission was forced to reject all the bids for replacement of the Stone Church Bridge over the James River. The lowest bid was double the estimate for new bridge construction. Commission vice chair Cheri Loest says they will ask for more state funding next year. Loest says there may be… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – The South Dakota State Historical Society Museum in the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre will open its new exhibit titled “The Great and the Small: Selections from the Collections” on Sunday, Nov. 6. The exhibit runs through Memorial Day weekend in 2023. Historical Society Museum Director David Grabitske (gra-bit-skee) says this… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The city of Sturgis held its annual 2022 Post-Rally Summit Tuesday. The event highlights the year’s largest tourist event in South Dakota and looks ahead to next year’s celebration. Released Tuesday were demographic surveys of those attending this year’s Sturgis Motorcycle Rally. It shows the average age of attendees continues to fall,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Summit Carbon Solutions has submitted their full application to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission, while at the same time continuing to work on landowner access and easements for their carbon dioxide pipeline. Summit C.E.O. Lee Blank says they are a long way from talking about eminent domain for the route. Opponents have… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – The next Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) National Prescription Take-Back Day is Saturday October 29. It is an opportunity to safely dispose of unwanted prescription drugs. South Dakotans have been strong participants in the past and are encouraged to take part again. Unwanted medications can be disposed of without question in a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Hughes County State’s Attorney Jessica LaMie (la-me) says the state Division of Criminal Investigation has ended its inquiry into complaints that South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem had misused the state airplane and that the plane’s flight records had been tampered with. LaMie and the DCI concluded that there were no facts to support… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is not involved directly with this year’s mid-term elections in a few weeks.  While Congress is off for the election break, Rounds has found himself a world away, literally. Rounds says African nations are looking for allies to trade with. Rounds also sees opportunity for agricultural trade especially… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The forecasts for winter are pointing toward trends staying pretty much the same. South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says November temperatures should be about normal. She says precipitation expectations for the northern plains next month will again range below normal. Edwards says La Nina will hang around again for another winter. The… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Officials from the University of South Dakota had to explain and defend their plans for the USD at Sioux Falls concept before the legislatures Government Operations and Audit Committee last week. The Board of Regents have moved most of their programs to the former university center now under the USD name. USD President… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Despite facing nominal opposition, republican Congressman Dusty Johnson is running hard, making numerous campaign stops across the state. He says its about respect. Libertarian Collin Duprel is also on the ballot. Democrats failed to find a candidate to oppose Johnson. He says he his hearing a lot about inflation. Johnson says he is… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Monday, at the campaign finance deadline, Jamie Smith’s gubernatorial campaign violated campaign finance disclosure laws. The “Smith for Governor” campaign failed to follow of SDCL 12-27-24. “Jamie Smith committed 33 pages of campaign finance violations today,” said Ian Fury, Communications Director at Kristi for Governor. “There is not a single… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – On October 24, 2022 at approximately 8pm Aberdeen Fire Rescue was dispatched to a structure fire in the 900 block of 8th Ave SE. When fire crews arrived, a detached garage was found to be engulfed in flames. Fire personnel were able to control the fire; however, the adjacent home did… Read more »