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WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is back in Washington, attempting to pick up his duties in the Senate following the death of his wife Jean early last month. Rounds says having his wife’s cancer fight out in public actually helped. Rounds says he wants to thanks those from South Dakota and across the… Read more »
TRIPP, S.D.(WNAX)- New maps for 2022 mean some legislators will have to run in different districts. Representative Caleb Finck of Tripp saw his boundary lines change. Finck says the new map made some good district adjustments. Finck says he wants to run for reelection in his new district next year and represent his current district… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Health care providers are trying to get a sense of the potential threat from the latest variant of Covid-19. Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says Omicron is quite different than the last major variant. Healy says there is still a lot they don’t know. Healy says… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- A former Watertown farmer who admitted to bank fraud and was ordered to pay back more than $7.78 million in restitution has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. Richard “Butch” Carpenter, 68, who now lives in Moorhead, Minn., pleaded guilty in federal court earlier this year. He was initially scheduled for sentencing… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Tuesday, December 7, Governor Kristi Noem will deliver the 2021 Budget Address, updating the people of South Dakota on budget plans for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2022 and Fiscal Year 2023. The address will take place at 1pm CT/12pm MT in the South Dakota House of Representatives. The address… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Dan O’s Marine Sales and Service is planning on shipping its operations to Fort Pierre. Owner Dan O. Poppen says Dan O’s restarted in in Pierre in 2014 with successful service and sales to customers, especially those visiting the Pierre/Fort Pierre area. Poppen purchased a lot just south of Chase Auto and R-V… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Several panels of legislators have held hearings on how and where to spend almost one billion dollars of federal funding. Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says they had another quick overview at the last meeting of the Covid Relief Liaison Committee. Hunhoff says the “Build Back Better” bill that is being debated in… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- Monday saw the Rapid City Fire Department respond to a pair of unrelated fires, the first of which was the result of a gas line break on the 900 block of 11th Street. Tessa Jaeger, public information officer for the RCFD, said what started as a safety call turned into an evacuation,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 15 new COVID-related deaths, while active cases & hospitalizations increased, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health. The death total currently at 2,349. The state had 936 new cases and 477 recoveries, decreasing active infections to 7,222. Those hospitalized in connection with the virus is… Read more »
OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- The economy in the nine state Mid America region from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas is still showing growth but is slowing some. Ernie Goss of Creighton University in Omaha coordinates the monthly survey of business managers. Goss says there are mixed signals on supply chain issues. Goss says labor issues also… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- It’s now officially a one-horse town at Pierre Regional Airport. Airport Liaison to the Pierre Regional Airport Jamie Huizenga says SkyWest Airlines is officially beginning to cut back service from Pierre to Denver. SkyWest lost the current Essential Air Service contract to Key Lime Air’s Denver Air Connection in July, but agreed to… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Omicron variant is the latest version of Covid-19 to spark worldwide reaction. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says everyone needs to slow down and wait for more information. Johnson says people still need to make good decisions and protect themselves. Johnson says he hopes the latest variant doesn’t become another political wedge.… Read more »
COLMAN, S.D.(WNAX)- Sioux Valley Energy, based in Colman, is in the middle of a project to replace or rebuild about one hundred twenty five miles of power lines. Through this fall, the electric cooperative has spent over fourteen million dollars on the project. Vice President of Engineering and Operations Ted Smith says most of the… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D.(WNAX)- Buffer strips along creeks and rivers have been slow to catch on. Those are grasslands that slow the movement of pollutants into those waterways. Jay Gilbertson, manager of the East Dakota Water Development District in Brookings, says it takes time for those changes to have an effect. The legislature has offered property tax… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The “Giant Vision” business development competition is again looking for new business ideas. Mary Anne Boyd is with one of the sponsors, the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Boyd says there are some big incentives to get into the competition. Boyd says they usually get really good entries and ideas. The… Read more »
