Amy Hofer and Samantha Noethlich DOLAND, S.D. (Press Release) – BASEC (Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community) recently announced changes within their office, including naming a new Executive Director and adding to their staff with an Executive Assistant position. Previously the Finance Manager at BASEC, Amy Hofer was named BASEC’s Executive Director by BASEC’s Board of… Read more »

SELBY, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – Walworth County and its commissioners have been sued, and the lawsuit claims they continue to operate the county jail while knowing it is an unsafe environment. Rapid City attorney James Leach filed the civil suit on behalf of seven defendants — Megan M. Agard, Chico Baker, Robert DeSersa,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – October’s sobriety checkpoint schedule has been released by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. Monthly checkpoints are scheduled in different counties as a way to discourage drivers from drinking and then driving. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will host a “Drive-Thru Dusty” town hall in Aberdeen on Monday for constituents. Constituents are encouraged to attend, ask questions, share concerns, bring issues with a federal agency they need help with or just stop by to meet their Congressman. He will also tour the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Northern State Larry and Julie Poeppel Family Common Read Lecture is set for Wednesday, Oct. 14. This year’s event will take place virtually at 7:30 p.m. on the NSU Facebook page. Dr. Kristi Bockorny, NSU Honors Program Director, talked about this year’s event. Bockorny provided some background on the author.… Read more »

MAVERICK JUNCTION, S.D. (Press Release) – A Hot Springs, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Monday afternoon in a pedestrian-vehicle crash near Maverick Junction. A 2018 Chevy Impala was eastbound on U.S. Highway 18 traveling on a crest in the highway when the driver saw the pedestrian walking across the roadway.… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – For the fourth straight month, the Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, advanced above growth neutral and to its highest level since May 2018. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group, says there… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The Senate approved a short term continuing resolution Wednesday night to keep the federal government funded into the new fiscal year. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says it carries the government past the election. Rounds says the Senate would normally adjourn until after the election but that is uncertain right now.… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — South Dakota has seen some of the highest per capita coronavirus infection rates of any state in the country over the past few weeks, and that means those traffic checkpoints on some of the state’s Indian Reservations remain in place. South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem talked about the situation. Noem says… Read more »

MARION, S.D. (WNAX) – Many electricity providers, including those for rural cooperatives are moving away from coal-fired power plants. Brad Schardin (shar-DEEN), Manager of Southeastern Electric based in Marion, says their supplier, Basin Electric is also in that process. Schardin says they still need enough generation for current and future loads. Schardin says they are… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCCR) – After years of pressing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the first parts of a snowpack monitoring system will be installed over the next five years. The system will be used to help the Corps manage runoff into the Missouri River system. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says four universities in… Read more »