YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- A project for Lewis & Clark Behavioral Health will expand mental health services in southeast South Dakota. Tom Stanage, Executive Director of Lewis & Clark, appeared before the Yankton City Commission this week. Stanage says they will be able to offer more immediate mental health services. Stanage says there are a number of… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- NDN Collective, a Rapid City-based indigenous advocacy group, has received a $50 million grant from the Bush Foundation to be distributed to indigenous peoples in need across a three state area. That area being the Dakotas, Minnesota, and the 23 native nations which first called the land home. Nick Tilsen, president of… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- The National Weather Service has issued a High Wind Warning and a Winter Weather Advisory that started at 6pm and continues through 6am tomorrow morning. NWS meteorologist Megan Mulford says the wind is what could cause problems. Mulford says central South Dakota will likely get both rain and snow.

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- SkyWest, flying as United Express, will end its commercial air service at the Pierre Regional Airport early next month, but a reduction in the number of flights to Denver isn’t the only change that comes with the company’s departure. City commissioner Jamie Huizenga  says the easiest way for travelers to scheduled flights depends… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Northern State University Center for Public History and Civic Engagement has received a $35,000 grant from the Knight Foundation. The grant, from the Knight Aberdeen Fund in the South Dakota Community Foundation (SDCF), will fund three years of activities, including a speaker series and continuing education opportunities for K-12 teachers… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- Future economic growth in the US and the Mid America region will be tied again to the Covid-19 pandemic. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss says the omicron variant will have an impact either way it goes. Goss says interest rates will rise, depending on the spread of the variant. Goss says growth… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- Mike Gage was sworn in as a member of the Brown County Commission during Tuesday’s regular meeting at the courthouse. Gage was selected to replace Rachel Kippley, who resigned her position after being hired as manager of the Brown County Fair. Gage will serve as a commissioner through 2022. The board also appointed commissioner Mike… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The former head of the South Dakota appraiser certification program says Governor Kristi Noem’s daughter got an extra opportunity to complete her appraiser license upgrade. Sherry Bren spoke to the legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee Tuesday. Bren detailed the meeting she had with the Governor and others in July of 2020. Bren… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- In front of the Journey Museum in Rapid City, a collection of red dresses flutter solemnly in the wind, encircling a wooden teepee. Lily Mendoza, founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society, which highlights cases of missing and murdered indigenous peoples, said this display is part of a long history of communal… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Yankton City Commission unanimously approved a forty-four-million-dollar project to make major upgrades to the existing wastewater treatment plant in Riverside Park. Environmental Services Director Kyle Goodmanson told the commission the plant will be an ongoing project. There had been some debate over moving the plant to a new location at a cost… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam is very low as flows from the dam have been cut back to twelve thousand cubic feet per second. Operations Manager Tom Curran says all of that water is going through their hydro electric generators. Curran says other dams on the river will pick up the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- While there have been warnings of a sharp jump in natural gas prices this winter, there appears to be some rounding of that curve. South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says wholesale gas prices are backing off. Nelson says prices haven’t dropped to last years level yet. Last February, freezing temperatures… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release)- A solution in search of a problem – that’s what Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed legislation banning transgender women and girls from competing on the sports teams that match their gender identity and forbids their participation in both high school and collegiate athletic activities amounts to. The ACLU of South Dakota opposes Noem’s… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, Governor Kristi Noem released the text of draft legislation to defend fairness in girls’ sports at both the K-12 and collegiate level. This legislation will codify Governor Noem’s executive orders and extend further protections to women and girls. “This is about fairness. Every young woman deserves an equal playing… Read more »