OACOMA, S.D.(WNAX)- Al’s Oasis, the long-time stopping point on I-90 on the Missouri River in South Dakota is changing hands. R.F. Buche, President of the Buche chain of grocery stores says he took an option to buy the entire business. Buche has been operating the grocery store in the Oasis for the past couple of… Read more »

MARION, S.D.(WNAX)- Southeastern Electric Cooperative based in Marion saw a jump in new service connections last year. Manager Brad Schardin says they added almost eleven hundred new customers. Schardin says they also had quite a few new connections and expansion in ag operations. Schardin says with new services added, they have to constantly monitor their… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators are working through a pile of policy bills to get to what could be dozens of spending bills. Senator Jean Hunhoff, Co-Chair of the Joint Committee on Appropriations, says those spending bills will filter through various committees. Hunhoff says they will have to match the spending bills with updated revenue… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release)- Today, Governor Kristi Noem signed Senate Bill 46, which protects fairness in women’s sports. In the press conference that follows Governor Noem wanted to thank the legislators for bringing it to her desk. Governor Noem has transgender friends and she was asked how to explain the bill to them. Governor Noem compares… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KBHB) – Representatives from three different groups came together yesterday to discuss issues affecting the cattle industry. The Need For Unity in the Cattle Industry Town Hall was held at the Barnett Fieldhouse at the Black Hills Stock Show. Representatives from the National Cattlemens Beef Association, R-CALF-USA and the United States Cattlemen Association… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Members of the House Select Committee on Investigation are looking for more information ahead of their next meeting later this month. Committee member, Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton, says they made a motion to investigate the robo calls they got. Cwach says they also asked Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg to recuse himself from… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem proposed a so called “heartbeat bill” that would ban abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually about six weeks after conception. The House State Affairs Committee didn’t hold a hearing on the bill and Noem released a statement critical of the no action. Noem says it was… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KYNT)- A bill that would have done away with the bar exam for USD Law school graduates in South Dakota was killed in committee Wednesday morning. Representative Mary Fitzgerald of Spearfish introduced the bill so that University of South Dakota law school graduates wouldn’t have to take the South Dakota bar exam to become… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- During Veterans Service Officer update at the County Commissioners meeting, Todd Rose spoke on disabled vets license plates. Todd explains more. Todd quoted the current law. Chief Toomey also confirmed with City Attorney Matt Roby. Below is a link to the government’s disabled plate permit website. https://dor.sd.gov/individuals/motor-vehicle/cars-trucks-vans/disabled-parking-permits-plates/

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Federal Emergency Management Agency is updating flood maps across the region and that could have an impact on flood insurance rates for property owners. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says they gave some updated information to FEMA late last year. Leon says they did some aerial mapping of the areas that could… Read more »

AVON, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission finished the clean up of the bond default of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator in Avon. The elevator defaulted on its bond last July and was closed for a time as the finances were sorted out. PUC attorney Kristen Edwards said the producer payoff process was in place.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The so called “Bingo Tax” bill has cleared the South Dakota legislature but not before a series of questionable questions about the bill and a number of puns. Representative Greg Jamison of Sioux Falls presented the bill to the House Chamber and fielded a half dozen semi serious question about Senate Bill 37,… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Governor Kristi Noem says she’s “disappointed” after the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee declined to introduce the governor’s proposal to ban abortion in the state after a heartbeat is detectable. According to a statement from Noem, lawmakers took “unprecedented action” during the Wednesday hearing. “The South Dakota state legislature… Read more »

MILLER, S.D.(KCCR & DRGNews)- School is out for the remainder of the week in the Miller School District after an explosion Wednesday morning in a shop area.  High School senior Cynthia Ford and three friends were in class together around 8:45 am when the explosion happened. Six students and one faculty member were in the… Read more »