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RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)-The Rapid City Fire Department has released its statistical report for 2020. Tessa Jaeger, public information officer for the RCFD said calls for service to the RCFD continue their decade long upwards trend. In total, 1,337 of those calls were for fires or potential fires. But it’s not only calls for fires, as Jaeger said many in the public don’t realize RCFD operates the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – While state aid to education is usually the priority for schools, there are always other issues advocates are watching. Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, says they appreciate the state aid increase proposed by the Governor. Pogany says they are watching a pandemic liability bill.… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KBHB) – The Wednesday COVID-19 report indicated 34 new deaths, sending the state’s death toll since the pandemic began to 1,739. In all, there were 24 men and 10 women included in the death toll. Active cases fell by 190 to 3,238 but the number of people hospitalized due to the virus was… Read more »
Huron, South Dakota, Jan. 27, 2021(Press Release) – Due to the national public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs administered by the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – The South Dakota Senior Health Information and Insurance Education (SHIINE) program is advising Medicare beneficiaries to be suspicious of scams during the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. South Dakota Department of Human Services Secretary Shawnie Rechtenbaugh said, “Scammers rapidly alter their tactics and adapt their schemes to the changing landscape,… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – The U.S. Small Business Administration is taking steps to improve the First Draw Paycheck Protection Program loan review so that small businesses have as much time as possible to access much needed PPP funds. The Biden-Harris Administration is focused on ensuring small businesses receive the support they need to… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Danielle Ferguson Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – South Dakota is going to be receiving more COVID-19 vaccine doses in the coming weeks, the Department of Health said Wednesday. The state will start to receive about 12,800 weekly doses next week, said Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon, up from the previous weeks’ 11,000 doses. The… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 34 more COVID-related deaths, while active infections continued to decrease and hospitalizations edged up, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths (which included two in Brown County and one in Day County) increased the state’s death toll to 1,739. The state… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A House bill endorsed by both parties seeks to disclose the security costs for Gov. Kristi Noem’s travel on behalf of former President Donald Trump’s campaign last year. Requests for the information by The Associated Press and other media outlets have been rejected with officials citing security concerns. Republican Rep. Taffy… 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.
GROTON, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 82nd Annual Carnival of Silver Skates takes place on Sunday, Jan. 31 in Groton. Lindsey Tietz, Chairperson of the event, talked about this year’s program. Cost is $3 per person for the afternoon show. There is no cost to attend the evening performance. She said there will be nearly 100… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Senate Republicans and Democrats reached agreement on continuation of the filibuster as part of the Democrats taking majority control. The Senate is split 50 – 50 and Vice President Kamala Harris will be the tie breaker as President of the Senate. South Dakota Senator John Thune gave a floor speech talking… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Republican lawmakers have revived a proposed law that would have banned people from changing the sex designation on their birth certificates. A House committee earlier rejected the bill that LGBTQ advocates decried as an attack on transgender people. Republicans in the House forced the bill to be brought to… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is co-sponsoring a bill that would establish the “2020 Bipartisan Advisory Committee” to look at the integrity of the November elections and make recommendations for improvements to the states. Rounds says the committee would look for best practices. Rounds says there were issues in some states… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota State Fair officials and others are working on a major project to replace the State Fair’s livestock complex which was destroyed by an October fire. That’s the priority for newly elected State Fair Commission Chairman Faron Wahl of Sioux Falls. He says fundraising for the new complex is in… Read more »
