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BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Students are returning to college campuses across the state as many classes start this week. South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn says they have been planning for many months. Dunn says the goal is to control and contain any possible outbreaks of the coronavirus. Dunn says their student… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota farmers were able to plant more this year than they did last year despite spring storms and flooding. A total of 1,279,908 acres were not planted this year, including 897,773 acres of corn and 296,425 acres of soybeans. That number is down 67.6% from 2019 in which nearly… Read more »
CANTON, S.D. (Press Release) – One man died early Monday morning in a one-vehicle crash southwest of Canton. The name of the person is not yet being released pending notification of family members. He was the only person involved. A 2005 GMC Sierra pickup was southbound on 476th Avenue, south of the intersection with 286th… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s active COVID-19 cases rose by a dozen and there were no new deaths in numbers reported by the South Dakota Department of Health today. South Dakota had 86 new cases combined with 74 new recoveries, pushing the active infections to 1,194. The state has had 10,360 total confirmed cases… Read more »
BARNARD, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – A family in Barnard is unable to stay in its home after a fire Sunday night. Volunteer firefighters from Frederick, Columbia and Aberdeen Rural were called to the home at 301 Main St. at 11:17 p.m. Frederick Fire Chief Kevin Barton said the house has heavy fire and… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:45 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Two teenagers from Pierre are charged with Aggravated Assault and Underage Consumption and their victim was treated for serious injuries after a stabbing incident Sunday morning in Pierre. Information from the Pierre Police Department says officers were called to the 500 block of South Jackson Avenue shortly before 4 a.m.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – With most of the focus this summer on the coronavirus, there hasn’t been much attention on the West Nile Virus. The battle against mosquitoes has gone pretty well, according to Tyler Bierman, Park Superintendent with the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department. Bierman said they have done just one aerial spraying… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has spurned President Donald Trump’s order to extend federal unemployment benefits by $400 a week, saying that the state does not need the program. Trump last week attempted to bypass Congress in ordering states to extend additional unemployment payments of up to $400 a week… Read more »
MITCHELL, S.D. (WNAX) – Bikers from all over the country were heading home from the Sturgis rally. Mike Walter and his wife from Pennsylvania took a break in Mitchell Saturday on their way home. Walter says they didn’t see or hear a lot of concern about the coronavirus while they were there. Walter says… Read more »
WAVERLY, S.D. (KWAT) — A man escaped injury Sunday afternoon when he jumped from the roof of a Waverly home that was on fire. The fire was reported at 215 First Avenue a little before 3:00 p.m. The Codington County Sheriff’s Office says 22 year-old Bradford Thompson crawled out a bedroom window and onto part… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – Brown County commissioners started their 2021 budget discussion with a $467,000 gap between projected revenues and proposed expenses. But after discussion in work sessions last week, they closed that gap and approved a balanced provisional budget Tuesday at the board’s regular meeting. That budget is $30.75 million, which… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School District has prepared an extensive back to school plan to help students return to their classrooms safely. There is also an option for parents who want their kids at home, learning online. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they have a small number of students planning to take lessons that… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers will hold releases from Gavins Point Dam at 30 thousand cubic feet per second will into fall. Tom Curran, Manager at Gavins Point, says the entire Missouri River basin is seeing below normal precipitation. Curran says the engineers in their Omaha office will soon set the winter… Read more »
CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – Renewable fuel supporters want the Trump administration to allow wider use of E-30 fuel. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says that higher blend is part of the answer to improving the rural economy as well as benefitting the health of all citizens. He says Governor Kristi Noem has been… Read more »
