PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – Friday, Governor Kristi Noem signed an executive order regarding license and permit knowledge tests and to authorize dentists to aid in vaccine distribution. Executive Order 2021-04: Provides a 180-day grace period waiving the knowledge test requirement when individuals renew their expired licenses and permits.  This only applies to individuals who allowed… Read more »

CLARK, S.D.(Mike Tanner, Alpha Media)–Authorities have released the name of a man who drowned in Clark County while ice fishing this week. Clark County Sheriff Robert McGraw says it appears 65 year-old Carl Iverson of Hitchcock drove his snowmobile into open water in foggy conditions while fishing on Dry Lake #2, north of the town… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) —  The Avera Addiction Care Center in Aberdeen will be moving from South Main Street to the Main Campus of Avera St. Luke’s Hospital. “This move will allow us to centralize our services. Clients will benefit new location convenience and additional parking while still have access to quality care,” said Jessi Paysen,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The City Manager of Aberdeen, Joseph Gaa came to our studios this week and provided updates on a number of different issues. Gaa told us how hotels and restaurants have recovered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaa talks about the mask resolution and how COVID-19 vaccines could impact that going forward.… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- The impeachment trial of former President Trump is set to start in the Senate next week. He will be charged with inciting the riot that led to a mob overrunning the US Capitol on January sixth. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is keeping an open mind. Thune says the Presidents words… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Northern State University Symphonic Band will present its Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in the Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater. In honor of Black History month, the featured piece on the program is a special arrangement of “Shenandoah” by Omar Thomas, one of the country’s pre-eminent… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Northern State University Theatre Program will present the play “God of Carnage” in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre. Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. nightly Feb. 18-20 and at 3 p.m. Feb. 21. In “God of Carnage,” Playwright Yasmine Reza brings together two sets of parents after… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee will hear a bill today that would expand the information available on the security costs for Governor Kristi Noem. Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price says the security is set by his department. Noem has traveled across the country in the past year, making campaign… Read more »

WINNER, S.D.(Press Release) – One person died and three others were injured Wednesday night in a two-vehicle crash east of Winner. Names of the four people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 1995 Chevrolet GMT 400 pickup was southbound on South Dakota Highway 49 when the driver failed to… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- A second man charged in a fatal shooting in downtown Mitchell last month pleaded not guilty to several counts on Thursday.  28-year old Luis Perez-Melendez is charged with first degree murder, second degree murder, and manslaughter.  On the night of January 9th, Perez-Melendez and 27-year old Jose Morales Acevedo allegedly went to the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KJJQ)- The Senate State Affairs Committee delays action on a bill to allow sports betting in Deadwood. The committee could not take action on Senate Bill 44 because of the lack of a prison and jail cost impact statement. The vote will come later. This follows on the passage if Constitutional Amendment ‘B’ in… Read more »

WILLOW LAKE, S.D.(Mike Tanner, Alpha Media)–A man has drowned while ice fishing on a lake in Clark County. Sheriff Robert McGraw says authorities were called to Dry Lake #2, about four miles north of the town of Willow Lake, Wednesday morning on a report of a man who’d gone fishing there Tuesday night, but never… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- A strong cold front will bring in snow, wind and much colder temperatures. Brad Temeyer of the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says the front will bring the coldest are of the winter. Temeyer says the pattern will stay cold for a while. January just wrapped up with much above normal temperatures… Read more »