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PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte is term limited in that body this year but wants to return to Pierre. He has filed to run for the Senate in District 21. Incumbent Senator Rocky Blare of Ideal has now filed to run for the House. Qualm says they talked about… Read more »
STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – In response to the Coronavirus, the city of Sturgis is implementing what it calls a “Good Deed Initiative,” – an effort to try and stop the spread of COVID-19 to those people it hits the hardest. Sturgis City Manager Daniel Ainslie says the initiative will assist high-risk residents who are age… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — Businesses in South Dakota are making all sorts of changes to keep serving customers in these days of social distancing. Curb-side service, for example. Nathan Sanderson, President of the State Retailers Association talked about that service. Sanderson says some grocery stores have started reserved shopping hours for the elderly and others,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KBHB) – Another day of no changes in coronavirus numbers in South Dakota. That’s due to a delay in testing because of a lack of necessary supplies. The COVID-19 count remains at 11. Noem says they will resume testing today. Due to the temporary delay in testing, the number of pending cases continued… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Gov. Kristi Noem says South Dakota has obtained more supplies to run tests for COVID-19. The state lab will be prioritizing tests for people deemed to be at high risk of the coronavirus. There are 402 tests waiting at the lab. She hasn’t said how many tests the lab will… Read more »
CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Federal Trade Commission says the USDA needs to go back and rewrite its proposed farmer fair practice rules that would amend federal protections for independent producers from dealings with large meatpackers. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke agrees and says consumers and producers are getting gouged while packers are… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The U.S. Senate passed a $100 billion rescue plan and started talks on another that could top $1 trillion. South Dakota Senator John Thune outlined some of what in contained in the bill. Thune says they are negotiating on the massive recovery bill. That bill could include direct payments to taxpayers.… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The main run of the 2020 South Dakota legislative session turned out to be pretty productive. Dave Owen is President of the state Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a long time legislative observer. Owen says several of their issues got through this year. Owen says legislators debated and then defeated… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – A circuit court judge rules in favor of Brookings County and says the construction of a jail expansion may move forward. That ruling came down Friday in the case of Brookings County versus the City of Brookings. A year ago, the City Council voted 5-2 to head to court for a… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – There are many facets to dealing with the COVID-19 virus and one of those impacted in a major way is Vitalant Blood Services. Abbie Arneson, Senior Donor Recruiter for Vitlant, stopped short of calling the need critical, but said there as never been a need for blood quite like the present.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Catholic Schools will be back in session next week, although it won’t be in a traditional school setting. Tim Weisz, Aberdeen Roncalli Superintendent, talked about the changes. Learning will take place solely through online communication. He said provisions have been made to make sure every student has access to… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The Sioux Falls Regional Airport is seeing a 50 percent or more reduction in passenger volume since the Coronavirus Crisis kicked in. Airport Manager Dan Letiller says the decline could grow bigger in the coming weeks. He says the 50 percent decline equates to the loss of 2,000 in-bound and… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – People receiving checks from the South Dakota Retirement System will not see a delay in service because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but members will experience temporary changes in operations. Executive director Travis Almond says they remain focused on long-term sustainability and the delivery of adequate benefits to members. He says… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) – Officials have announced South Dakota’s public health lab has halted COVID-19 testing due to a shortage of supplies. At an appearance at Monument Health in Rapid City today, Governor Kristi Noem says the lab had to delay testing after running out of supplies both from the Centers for Disease Control… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Officials have announced South Dakota’s public health lab has halted COVID-19 testing due to a shortage of supplies. The lab had to stop this week after running out of supplies both from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and private suppliers. It ran tests for medium and high risk… Read more »
