PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – A bill that would increase the allowable height of baled feed sailed through the Senate Ag and Natural Resources Committee. Sponsor, Representative Caleb Finck of Tripp says the bill came out of conversations between hay haulers and the highway patrol. John Broers, Captain with the motor carrier division of the highway… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Thursday, Feb. 20, is Aberdeen Day at the State Capitol in Pierre. Gail Ochs, President of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce, talked about the event. She said there will likely be about a hundred Aberdeen residents at the Capitol that day. She said if people want to meet up with… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Sioux Falls Regional Airport hopes to build a $27 million, four-story parking garage in 2022. Airport Manager Dan Letellier says airport demand keeps growing, notably last year. Letellier says the new year is starting equally strong. Letellier says this is the largest single project ever at the airport. The parking… Read more »

VEBLEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A Veblen, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died early Wednesday morning in a one-vehicle crash east of Veblen. A 2006 Chevrolet HHR SUV was westbound on South Dakota Highway 25 when it went off the roadway and rolled several times. Conrad Dumarce, the 41-year-old male driver,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – A bill to prevent South Dakota cities from banning plastic bags, straws and beverage containers was killed in the South Dakota House of Representatives on a narrow 30-33 vote Thursday. The bill’s author, Republican John Wiik of Big Stone City, says prohibiting cities from banning plastic bags and straws is needed… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Due the President’s Day Holiday on Monday, Feb. 17, city garbage pick-up will change. Residents who normally have their garbage picked up on Monday are asked to have their garbage out for pick up by 8 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. Both Monday’s and Tuesday’s garbage will be picked up on… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The new Bishop of Sioux Falls, Donald DeGrood, has been installed in solemn, centuries-old ceremonies at the Cathedral of St. Joseph. Bishop DeGrood on Thursday received the tall miter headwear and the hand-carved wooden crozier, two major symbols of his office, to lead all the Catholic faithful in eastern South… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House Transportation Committee passes a measure that would make the use of electronic devices while driving a primary offense. It makes an exception for making phone calls. Such uses are already prohibited but only as a secondary offense, meaning you can’t be pulled over for texting and driving but it… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Many of the republican Senators who voted to acquit President Trump in his impeachment trial said they were worried about the precedent that would be set. South Dakota Senator John Thune says they don’t want to make impeachment cases easier. Following his acquittal, the President fired Alexander Vindman and Gordon Sondland,… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – As health care evolves, technology will play a bigger role, but trained professionals will still be a critical need. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says technology is only part of the diagnostic solution. Ekeren says they work to align their staff with the new technology. Ekeren… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Next week, Feb. 17-21, is School Board Recognition Week in South Dakota. The event has been held for about the past decade, according to Duane Alm, member of the Board of Directors of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, and also a school board member of the Aberdeen School District.… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The federal Bureau of Reclamation says the Lewis & Clark Regional Water System will get $18 million in funding this year, an increase of $3 million over last year. Executive Director Troy Larson says it was what they had anticipated. Larson says the money will be used for three major projects.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — One of Governor Kristi Noem’s major concerns with hemp production in South Dakota is how the associated costs of legalizing it would be paid for. One example she cited recently was how law enforcement K-9 programs around the state would be impacted. Noem says drug dogs that are working in the… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – The U.S. Department of Agriculture is forecasting farm income to fall 9 percent this year. The Department says that’s because of lower government payments, rising expenses and very low prices for corn and soybeans. USDA also expects revenues to increase about 2.7 percent. SDSU Extension Agribusiness Specialist Matt Elliott says those… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) – The Noem Administration is offering South Dakota’s tribes, law enforcement officers to help the reservations fight their raging meth epidemic. State Tribal Relations Secretary Dave Flute says the agreements would respect tribal sovereignty: Governor Kristi Noem says the tribes often don’t have enough tribal police to handle the situation. She calls… Read more »