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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 »
AMES, Iowa (WNAX) – An ongoing weather driver is still active, but not following previous scripts. Dennis Todey, head of the Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says a La Nina advisory continues. Todey says the longer range outlooks don’t track like previous La Nina’s. Todey says the milder weather into late December was not… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – A special response team, the equivalent of a SWAT response, was required for a shots fired situation in Rapid City on Tuesday involving juveniles in a north Rapid City townhouse community. Brendyn Medina, community relations specialist for the Rapid City Police Department, provided more details about the case. The unit,… Read more »
REDFIELD, S.D. (Press Release) – Karen Sjurseth began her duties as the new CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield this week. Redfield CMH is an Avera Partner in Health facility in the Avera St. Luke’s Region. Sjurseth and her family relocated to Redfield from Grand Rapids, Minnesota where she most recently served as the… Read more »
The 2021 Golden Apple recipients are, from left, Brandi Hirsch, Peggy Heermann and Jackie Bindenagel. Courtesy photo ABERDEEN, S.D. (By American News Staff) – This year’s recipients of Golden Apple Awards in the Aberdeen Public School District are Brandi Hirsch, Peggy Heermann and Jackie Bindenagel. The honorees were announced in a news release from the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., has released the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester are eligible for the dean’s list. Students who achieved dean’s list status and requested that their names be released to… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state added 25 more COVID-related deaths, while active cases decreased by more than 300 and hospitalizations remained the same, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths (which included two in Brown County and one in Edmunds County) raised the state’s overall death toll… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a Sioux Falls man has been arrested for threatening people with a machete. The 31-year-old man was arrested just after midnight Wednesday after officers were called to a gas station for a weapons violation. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the man was talking with two people at the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Convention and Visitors Bureau is starting out the new year in a new home. The CVB has already moved into to the developing Malchow’s Plaza on South Main St. Casey Weismantel, Director of the CVB, talked about the new location. The pandemic forced the CVB to think outside the… Read more »
