PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Last week, Hughes County Sheriff Patrick Callahan graduated from the Law Enforcement Training Academy to become a fully certified law enforcement officer in the state.  This week, Callahan returned to the Hughes County Commission chamber to update Commissioners about the activities of the Sheriff’s Office.  Callahan says his deputies are addressing traffic complains… Read more »

SALEM, S.D.(WNAX)- McCook County was hit hard by the derecho and storms last month and the damages are still being assessed. Randy Sabers runs an insurance agency in Salem and says the damage is stunning. Sabers says the recovery process is underway. Sabers says rising costs will lead to some difficult decisions. Winds gusted over… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Denver Air Connection had its best month of the year in May ferrying just shy of 1500 passengers from Pierre Regional Airport. A total of 1488 enplanements were logged in May.  Last year, May tallied 1,229 enplanements.   May’s 1488 compares to 1251 in April; 1249 in March and 999 in February.  Through five… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KOTA)- Describing the current pains at the gas pumps as “policy induced,” South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the ag economy is certainly feeling the pinch. As for the long-term outlook, Rounds didn’t mince words. Rounds reminds who is hurting the most in this situation. Rounds rejected the Biden Administrations current energy and economic… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Republican candidate for the South Dakota House is withdrawing his candidacy amid a challenge from his Democratic rival over his eligibility for the race. Logan Manhart, who was running as a Republican for a District 1 House seat, says in a statement released on Twitter that he had received… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A proposed carbon transport pipeline continues to have life after South Dakota regulators declined to approve a request to end the project.  Attorney Brian Jorde is representing a number of intervenors who are opposed to Summit Carbon Solution’s plan to pipe C-O-Two from ethanol plants in three states to North Dakota for storage. … Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- On Tuesday the Watertown Library Board of Trustees met to discuss what to do on a personnel issue with the previous Director Dee Dee Whitman. Whitman was not present but called in to speak live over the phone. Board member Jean Moulton allowed Whitman to speak first. Whitman says she felt denied her… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- All South Dakota republican incumbents won their statewide races in Tuesday’s primary election. Governor Kristi Noem easily defeated state Representative Steven Haugaard of Sioux Falls by a seventy-six to twenty four percent margin. Congressman Dusty Johnson defeated state Representative Taffy Howard of Rapid City by a margin of fifty nine to forty… Read more »

SOUTH DAKOTA(WNAX)- South Dakota voters will have a chance in November to decide on Medicaid expansion. Erik Gaikowski, state director of AARP-South Dakota says they are supporting that. Gaikowski says without that expanded funding, many rural health care providers may close. Gaikowski says the state would also get hundreds of millions of federal dollars connected… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Traffic fatalities in South Dakota are down compared to last year and the Highway Patrol is working to keep that trend going. As of the middle of May, thirty-six people had been killed on state highways, compared to fifty-four a year ago, a thirty three percent decline. There was also a thirty percent… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- An interim South Dakota legislative committee to study juvenile justice will hold their first meeting later this month. Committee member, Representative Mike Stevens of Yankton says the current system has been underperforming. Stevens says they found they didn’t have enough time to fix the problems during this years legislative session. Stevens says they… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A permit application for a proposed wind farm on the Hughes/Hyde County border is a step closer to restarting now that the Hughes County Commission has approved a haul road agreement with the project’s developer.  County Manager Kevin Hipple says the agreement comes after months of work and months after Hyde County approved… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)-  South Dakota held elections across the state Tuesday night.  Here are some reaction from candidates in the area. Drew Dennert received the most votes in the Brown County Commission race.  Dennert was pleased with the results. Amendment C was defeated Tuesday night.  Dennert was surprised by the margin that it was defeated. Commissioner… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Tuesday night, the people of Brown County & South Dakota voted in the elections for a variety of different positions. Candidates reacted to the results as they were coming in. Governor Noem won her primary against Representative Steven Haugaard.  That came as no surprise to Democratic candidate for Governor Jamie Smith. Smith… Read more »