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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Argus Leader) — An arrest affidavit says the man charged with killing a pizza delivery driver has ties to a group of people in Sioux Falls who had plans to make money by robbing people. Jahennessy Deunique LaPaul Bryant, 21, was arrested Wednesday in Sioux Falls on charges of first-degree murder, second-degree… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – Avera is aware that people in the United States are beginning to be concerned about COVID-19, also known as coronavirus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the virus could now spread within communities among people who have not traveled to China, Italy and other sites.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Randy Houser is coming back to the Brown County Fair. Houser was announced as a co-headliner for the Thursday night of the fair by Derek Ricci, BCF Manager, this morning. Ricci said that Houser has a resume of hits. Ricci will announced the final three acts of this year’s fair next… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The re-boot of so-called “riot boosting” legislation has cleared the South Dakota Senate and its next stop is under the pen of Governor Kristi Noem. Senators voted 27 to 8 to pass the bill on the Governor. Parts of similar legislation last year were found to be unconstitutional. Noem remains confident… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota legislators have only four days left in the session to wrap up business for 2020. One of the major outstanding issues is the budget. Senate Minority Leader Troy Heinert of Mission says they are still focused on increased funding for schools. Heinert says they do agree with Governor Kristi… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The bill authorizing industrial hemp in South Dakota has hit the final stage of debate in the state Senate but has been delayed until next week. Representative Lee Qualm of Platte, one of the sponsors, says there are still some differences with the Governor’s office. Qualm says not all of the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says the state is developing a response to the possible spread of the coronavirus. Noem says the state now has a task force. Noem says she has also been in contact with the federal government. Congress this week approved $8 billion in emergency spending in response… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress has approved an emergency spending bill to deal with a possible outbreak of the coronavirus. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson voted for it. Johnson says the bill will make testing more widely available. Johnson says some the money is designated for a more local response. The Trump Administration had asked… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The Federal Reserve dropped the prime interest rate one half percent this week. Farm Credit Services of America Regional Vice President Wes Chambers says lowering that rate will be good for their farmer customers. He advises producers to lock in those low rates as well as maintain their working capital. Chambers,… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Dacotah Prairie Museum will come to life on Sunday afternoon. The museum will present Museum Alive from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 8. The event is free and open to people of all ages. Patricia Kendall, Museum Director, said the event is something new. There will be five different… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Lots of plans are changing in the face of the possible spread of the coronavirus. South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn says they are reacting to the threat. Dunn says they are working with their international students on and off campus. Dunn says they are working with other state agencies… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Homeowners and contractors have until March 15 to apply for property tax relief through the owner-occupied program. Any South Dakotan who owned and occupied a home on Nov. 1, 2019 is eligible for this classification and its property tax reduction. Taxpayers who have previously received this reduction and still own… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Farm Bureau is backing a watershed bill that passed the state House and is up in the Senate this week. Farm Bureau Lobbyist Mike Held says the measure calls for reorganizing watershed districts that had dissolved earlier. He says the legislation calls for Conservation Districts to hold elections… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota House committee has rejected a proposal to start four schools focused on Native American language and culture despite the bill receiving unanimous support from the Senate. House lawmakers voted 9-5 to effectively kill the bill after representatives from the Oglala Lakota County school district opposed it. They said… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (Yankton Press and Dakotan) — A Yankton man who was convicted of killing his girlfriend and dismembering her body has been sentenced to life in prison without the chance for parole. Stephen Falkenberg was sentenced Monday in the March 2019 death of Tamara LaFramboise, formerly of Aberdeen. A jury convicted him of murder… Read more »
