PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The latest drought monitor shows severe dry conditions continuing to expand over much of western and northern South Dakota. State Climatologist Laura Edwards says Lemmon is at the center of the dry area. Edwards says many of those areas are showing big moisture deficits for the year. Edwards says a warm and dry… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- For an eleventh straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, stayed in growth territory. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group, says the overall index set a record. Goss says while the economy… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem has proclaimed May as Foster Parent Appreciation Month in South Dakota to thank foster families for all they do for children in need. “Foster parents step up when children have nowhere else to go, offering a safe, nurturing, and stable home during a difficult and emotional time,” said… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Codington County deputies arrested three women Sunday morning following a vehicle pursuit on Interstate 29. Sheriff Brad Howell says just after 10 a.m., a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle in the southeast portion of the county near the Clear Lake exit. The vehicle was registered to a Sioux Falls man wanted on a… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Amanda Mack will be Watertown’s first ever city manager. She was the choice of the Watertown City Council and mayor after interviewing with them Friday afternoon. Mack, whose husband is from Kranzburg, says the move to Watertown feels right. Mack verbally accepted the position on Friday, and hopes to start in mid-June. She currently… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D.(WNAX)- With all the attention at the state and federal level on funding infrastructure, a long-time ongoing project is ready to jump to the front of the line. Troy Larson, Executive Director of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water Project says their completion is shovel ready. Larson says full funding of their construction would… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The US Small Business Administration will open applications for their “Restaurant Revitalization Fund” today. Jaime Wood, South Dakota SBA Director says the twenty nine billion dollar grant program is designed to help food service businesses hit by the pandemic. Wood says a wide range of grants are available. Wood says there are also… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Summer hours begin Monday for the Aberdeen Public Works department. The department will start work at 7 a.m. and complete their workday at 4 p.m. This change affects utility, street, traffic control and solid waste divisions. City garbage customers should place their garbage out for pickup by 7 a.m. on their garbage… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Beginning at approximately 7:30 AM on Monday, May 3rd, 2021, the following intersection will be closed to thru traffic in order to install new water main:   9th Avenue and North Main Street Both North/South and East/West traffic will be impacted, motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work is… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Beginning at approximately 7:30 AM on Monday, May 3rd, 2021 the following road will be closed to thru traffic to replace storm sewer lines:                       3rd Avenue SE from S. Weber St. to S. Harrison St.   Work will be completed as… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety has released the list of sobriety checkpoints to be held during May. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement. The goal of the checkpoints is… Read more »

PIERRE, SD(Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem filed a lawsuit against officials in the Biden administration over their cancellation of the Mount Rushmore Fireworks Celebration. The lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota Central Division. “Mount Rushmore is the very best place to celebrate America’s birthday… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Governor Kristi Noem was in Watertown Thursday night speaking to a local group at the Codington County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner. This week there were arguments before the Supreme Court on Amendment A–which legalizes recreational marijuana in the state, and which was approved by voters in November. Governor Noem was asked if she had… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Just three weeks after Watertown’s police chief retired, the fire chief has announced he’s leaving too. Watertown Fire Rescue Chief Doug Kranz says his last day on the job will be May 31st, which will be 33 years to the day he joined the department. “My dad always said leave something in better shape… Read more »