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PIERRE,S.D.(WNAX)- At least eight members of the South Dakota House tested positive for Covid-19 in the past week, but the session is continuing in Pierre. House Majority Leader Kent Peterson of Salem says they have made adjustments. Peterson says they will be flexible. Peterson says leadership has talked about options, but is optimistic they can… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota Department of Health Wednesday provided an update on the latest regarding COVID-19. State epidemiologist Josh Clayton gave an update on the latest CDC guidelines regarding those who have received the COVID-19 vaccination. South Dakota Secretary of Health, Kim Malsam-Rysdon said there will be an increase in allocation and provided an… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)–Hopes of building a new multi-purpose ice arena in Watertown got a big boost Tuesday with an announcement from Councilman Ried Holien (ho-leen), who chairs the local Ice Arena Committee. The Watertown Hockey Association last month committed to raising a minimum two million dollars toward the arena, and the Watertown Figure Skate Club has… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Argus Leader)- A bill requiring doctors who deliver babies born after failed abortion attempts to give them the same care they would any other baby is one step from becoming law. The South Dakota Senate voted 32-3 Tuesday to pass House Bill 1051, sending it to the governor’s office where it awaits Gov. Kristi… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- One person has died in an overnight house fire in Yankton. Assistant Yankton Fire Chief Larry Nickles says they got the call about 12:30AM. Temperatures were below zero at the time and Nickles says the cold caused some problems. Nickles says they got to the victim fairly quickly. Nickles says there were three… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported no new COVID-related deaths for the 3rd straight day, while active cases & hospitalizations both went down, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The death remains at 1,844. The state had 95 new confirmed cases and 224 recoveries, decreasing active infections to… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:30 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.
LITTLE ROCK, A.R.(DRGNews & AlphaMedia)- People in South Dakota and about a dozen other states in the central part of the US are being asked to continue conserving energy this morning to help reduce the huge demand on the electrical power grid brought on by widespread and extreme cold weather conditions. The Southwest Power Pool… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D.(AlphaMedia)-Brock Greenfield of Clark released a statement on his political future Tuesday. The longtime State Senator from Clark announced he will seek the nomination for the office of Commissioner of School and Public Lands in the 2022 election cycle. Greenfield says the man who holds that job now–Ryan Brunner–has done an excellent job, and… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- After some negotiations last week, members of the Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature agreed on budget numbers. Senator Reynold Nesiba of Sioux Falls says the current budget got a big bump. Nesiba, a democrat, says the committee took a conservative turn on the revenue numbers. Nesiba says the revenue estimate… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D.(KBHB) – A New York man charged in three murders here in South Dakota pleaded not guilty before Seventh Circuit Court Judge Robert Gusinsky Tuesday. Arnson Absolu, 36, is accused of killing 29-year-old Ashley Nagy, 26-year-old Charles Red Willow and 22-year-old Dakota Zaiser. Nagy and Red Willow were found dead of gunshot wounds… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators return to Pierre Tuesday after a four-day weekend and the beginning of a Covid-19 outbreak. At least eight House members are reported to have tested positive for the virus since last week. Assistant House Majority Leader Chris Johnson of Rapid City says despite all that, there are many good things… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem issued the following statement in response to the dangerously cold temperatures threatening lives across more than a dozen states right now: “Families all across the U.S. are facing life threatening cold right now,” said Governor Kristi Noem. “This should remind everyone – including President Biden – that an… Read more »
(Pierre, SD) SDBA — The polar vortex now gripping middle states from Canada to Texas has created an ‘unprecedented’ demand for power. South Dakota PUC Commissioner Kristie Fiegen says the demand for power on Monday was at an ‘all time high’ and that Tuesday’s demand may exceed even that. She described the current cold weather… Read more »
PIERRE, S. D.(AlphaMedia)- A prolonged, bitterly cold stretch of weather brought the electric grid to its knees Tuesday. South Dakota rural electric cooperatives began implementing rolling blackouts that morning in response to overwhelming demand for power during record-setting low temperatures and wind chills. The Southwest Power Pool, which covers a group of utilities across 14… Read more »
