YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- People and equipment from Lake Area Technical College in Watertown filled the CM-TEA building in Yankton Thursday to show off high tech education. LuAnn Strait, Director of Student Services at LATC, says it is their first “Mini-Maker Camp”. Strait says they were giving students a wide range of experiences. Strait says they are… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Reaction continues to come about after the House Select Committee of the South Dakota Legislature recommended not impeaching South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg for his conduct relating to a fatal pedestrian crash he was involved in near Highmore in 2020.  District 24 Representative Will Mortenson brought the original articles of impeachment that… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota cannabis organizations have compiled and released a legislative scorecard, analyzing votes on significant cannabis bills during the legislative session. Ned Horsted, executive director of the Cannabis Industry Association of South Dakota, says there were some surprises. Horsted says there were was also a bill (HB1045) that would have taxed cannabis and… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission fined an out of state company for buying grain without a license. Staff attorney Kristen Edwards told the commission that Atlantic Grain and Trade of South Carolina has been cooperative. The company bought about sixty train carloads of what was called “bird seed material” over the last… Read more »

SPEARFISH, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Board of Regents reorganized and elected new officers at their meeting this week at Black Hills State University. Regents selected Pam Roberts to lead the board, replacing John Bastian, who remains on the board. Roberts says she has worked with leadership for several years. Roberts says the Regents have a… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Thursday night, Congressman Dusty Johnson held his latest Tele-Town Hall allowing citizens of South Dakota to express their views about a variety of topics. Before taking questions Johnson addressed two different issues.  Johnson provided an update on the latest happening in Ukraine. Johnson also address the inflation issue. Johnson addressed a question… Read more »

IPSWICH, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- Avantara Ipswich has announced plans to close the nursing home by the end of May. “It is always a difficult decision to close a skilled nursing facility, but the challenges related to staffing and the continued impact of COVID-19 have created an environment where we can no longer keep the doors of… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release)— U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, today released the following statement after his Ocean Shipping Reform Act was unanimously passed by the United States Senate. Thune’s legislation, which he introduced with U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would support U.S. exporters, strengthen the… Read more »

WALLACE, S.D.(Press Release)– An Aberdeen, S.D., woman has been identified as the person who died early Monday morning in a two-vehicle crash west of Wallace. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2017 Ford F150 pickup was westbound on SD Highway 20 when the driver failed to stop for a stop sign. The vehicle collided in… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- A bill was introduced in this years South Dakota legislative session that would have required a forensic audit of any Presidential year election if there was less than a ten percent margin of victory. The bill was ultimately defeated. Secretary of State Steve Barnett says he still hears some questions about the 2020… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. – April’s list of statewide sobriety checkpoints has been announced by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. The monthly checkpoints are designed to encourage people not to drink and then drive. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Wednesday, we had an opportunity to check up with City Manager Joseph Gaa & Councilwoman Tiffany Langer to update us on the latest issue here in Aberdeen. Gaa provide an update on various water issues.  Gaa update us on the wastewater plant. Gaa talks about the money coming from the ARPA funds… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Coors Bull Riding Classic is coming up Friday & Saturday at the Holum Expo Building on the fairgrounds in Aberdeen. Calcutta will begin at 7pm each night. Wally Mosbrucker previews what’s to expect each night. Mosbrucker talks about the Calcutta that begins on Friday night.    

CENTERVILLE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators spent hundreds of millions of dollars and dealt with almost six hundred bills during the thirty-eight-day session. Representative Richard Vasgaard of Centerville says it was and up and down session. Vasgaard says he is optimistic that the housing and infrastructure bills will help rural areas. Vasgaard says he was among… Read more »

AVON, S.D.(WNAX)- Farmers Pride, a cooperative based in northeast Nebraska, is buying the Avon Farmers Elevator. The elevator had its bond revoked by the PUC last summer and Farmers Pride leased the grain facilities in September. Farmers Pride President and C.E.O. Dean Thernes says the lease led to talks with the Avon elevators board of… Read more »