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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson held a telephone town hall last week, with a lot of questions about the November election and the perception that President Trump was cheated. Johnson tried to lay out the scenario. Johnson used South Dakota vote totals as an example. Johnson says the pattern in South… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers is predicting below normal runoff into the Missouri River system this year. Kevin Grode, an engineer in the Corps Omaha office, compared last years runoff with this year’s prediction. Grode says soils are dry and there isn’t much snow pack across the basin. Grode says mountain snowpack… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Among the proposals outlined in South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed 2022 State Budget are projects that would be paid for using nearly $200 million in one-time money. District 24 representative-elect Will Mortenson is heading into his first session as a legislator. He wants to see the dollars used on… Read more »
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – Sanford Health will be opening a new clinic in Ponca, Nebraska affiliated with their hospital in Vermillion. Sanford Vermillion senior director Tim Tracy says they were invited to look at the community. Tracy says the town and location are a good fit with their Vermillion facilities. Tracy says they plan on… Read more »
CENTERVILLE, S.D. (WNAX) – Legislators are making their final preparations for the start of the 2021 South Dakota session next week. Richard Vasgaard of Centerville will be sworn into his first term as a Representative from District 17. Vasgaard says he has been doing his homework. Vasgaard, a Republican, says he has been hearing about… Read more »
MADISON, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died and three others were injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday afternoon southeast of Madison. Names of the four people involved are not yet being released pending notification to family members. A 2009 Chevy Impala was westbound on 241st Street and failed to stop at the intersection. It… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state added a dozen more COVID-related deaths, while active cases and hospitalizations dropped to their lowest levels in more than three months, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths (which included one in Brown County and one in Day County) bring the state’s… Read more »
SIOUS FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Records show a South Dakota motel and hotel owner has received a federal coronavirus small business relief grant of more than $300,000 and still owes thousands in back taxes on his properties. KELO-TV reports AG Dakota, owned by Alan Gross, of Covina, California, once owned 20 motels across the state,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Ag groups in South Dakota are split on Governor Kristi Noem’s plan to merge the state Departments of Agriculture with Environment and Natural Resources. South Dakota Corn Growers Association President Scott Stahl says they haven’t taken a position, yet. Also not taking an official position yet is the South Dakota Soybean… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Students will be back on campus at Northern State to start the second semester on Monday. There has been no on-campus learning since before Thanksgiving, with the semester wrapping up online. Justin Fraase, Vice President of Enrollment, Communications and Marketing, talked about the return of students. He said part of what… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Legislators are preparing and filing bills ahead of the start of the 2021 South Dakota legislative session. Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says he has one related to his legal work. Cwach, a Democrat, who is returning to Pierre for his second term, is planning to bring back one of his… Read more »
WALL, S.D. (AP) — Officials say a scenic road in Badlands National Park has been closed because of a 300-feet long landslide. The park’s acting maintenance chief Ken Thompson says Sage Creek Rim Road is closed from Highway 240 south of Wall and west about 6.5 miles. Crews are planning to re-open the dirt road… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Some Congressional leaders are pushing Vice President Mike Pence to initiate action on the 25th Amendment and remove President Trump from office. That is in response to the mob invading the US Capitol earlier this week. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says that’s never been used. Johnson says using the Amendment… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Lewis & Clark Regional Water Project should see another round of federal funding this year. Executive Director Troy Larson says Congress included funding in the omnibus bill that passed just before Christmas. Larson says they hope to get a decent share of the water project funding. Larson says they have… Read more »
HURON, S.D. (DRG News) – A fundraising campaign is underway to come up with a portion of the money needed to build a new livestock complex on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron. Interim state Secretary of Agriculture Hunter Roberts says the Beef Complex building burned down in October, leaving the fairgrounds without its… Read more »
