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AVON, S.D. (WNAX) – The State of South Dakota is launching the “K-12 Connect” program which will provide free internet service to eligible students and their families for the rest of the school year. Avon School Superintendent Tom Culver says there is a need for that type of help. Culver says most of their students… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Current South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chairman Gary Hanson is running for his fourth six-year term on the commission. He says he is hearing from voters. Hanson says Commissioners have to follow the law and facts in each case before them. Hanson says a big change at the Commission in his… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — There will be a mask mandate at the Dakota Dome in Vermilion next month for the South Dakota High School Football Championships. John Krogstrand, Assistant Executive Director of the State High School Activities Association, talked about the new policy. Masks are required on the University of South Dakota campus anyway,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Part of South Dakota’s First Family will host the annual Halloween trick-or-treat festivities at the Governor’s Residence in Pierre tomorrow (Oct. 31) from 5:30-7:30 p.m. CT. Kassidy Peters says she and her husband Kyle will join her parents, Gov. Kristi and First Gentleman Bryon Noem giving out treats. Again, trick-or-treating… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported 12 more COVID-related deaths and active infections rose by more than 1,000 according to numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths included one in Brown County, three in Walworth County, two in both Codington and Turner counties, and one each in Beadle, Minnehaha,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Leaders from Facebook, Google and Twitter faced questions over how they handle content on their sites at a Senate Commerce Committee hearing this week. South Dakota Senator John Thune says political bias from those sites is a real concern. Thune says its difficult to find out how the various platforms allow… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – After a couple of record-setting lows this past week, the area can expect above normal temperatures for the start of November. However, after that stretch, it will be back to colder conditions, according to Laura Edwards, State Climatologist. She said that La Nina will also likely play a key role in… Read more »
MURDO, S.D. (Press Release) – A Breckenridge, CO man has been identified as the person who died Saturday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash near Murdo. A 2006 Ford F-150 pickup was westbound on Interstate 90 when the vehicle went into the north ditch and rolled. Jesse Redding, the 31-year-old passenger was wearing a seat belt,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – COVID-19 cases continue to surge in South Dakota with now over 12,000 active cases. Governor Kristi Noem says the focus continues to be on hospital use. Noem says they expect the surge in cases to continue. Noem says she hears the criticism over the rising numbers. Noem says the “Mask Up… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (KWAT) – Mount Marty University in Yankton is in the middle of their five-year strategic plan. Part of that plan is to grow enrollment and President Marc Long says they are on track. Long says they are setting some records. Long says they have early indications that the growth will continue. The school… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — When South Dakotans vote on Election Day, they’ll be deciding two marijuana questions on the ballot. One question asks whether medicinal marijuana should be approved. The second question asks whether using recreational marijuana should be made legal and be included in the state constitution. State Senator Lee Schoenbeck of Watertown does… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The latest advisory from the Climate Prediction Center says that a La Nina has developed in the Pacific Ocean and is expected to linger into the spring. A La Nina occurs when sea surface temperatures average below normal over time. Matt Rosencrans, a meteorologist at the CPC, says they will update… Read more »
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – The University of South Dakota dashboard is reporting 37 students and four employees as having active cases of COVID-19. USD President Sheila Gestring says they are seeing cases ripple up and down. Campus cases spiked at over 230 when classes started in August. Gestring says they have been actively working to… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – Record numbers of early votes may slow down election night reporting. Janna Farley with ACLU of South Dakota says we will all need to be patient. Farley says there are many extra steps in processing and counting absentee ballots. Farley says slow returns don’t mean anything suspicious is going on.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Point of Dispensing (POD) is offering free seasonal influenza vaccine to all children 6 months through 18 years of age and college/university students. The free flu clinic for children will be held at the Aberdeen Civic Arena (203 S Washington St, Aberdeen, SD 57401) on Friday, October 30th,… Read more »
