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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The man who was hurt after a fire got out control in Minnehaha County has died from his injuries. Seventy-four-year-old Michael Schuldt died Sunday, according to Capt. Josh Phillips with the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities say the incident took place Sunday afternoon outside a residence on Sand… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress approved about $8 billion in emergency spending last week to deal with the rising coronavirus threat. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says U.S. supplies could be impacted. Rounds says the government will have to react as those shortages develop. Rounds says other supply lines will have to be developed. China… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (Rapid City Journal) — The Oglala Sioux president is suspending all travel for tribal employees and is urging people who don’t live on the reservation to stay away because of the international outbreak of coronavirus. Julian Bear Runner has called an emergency meeting Monday morning to address the travel ban he’s enacted… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A man suffered non-life-threatening injuries Friday night after being rescued from a grain bin. Pierre Fire Chief Ian Paul says the Pierre Rescue Unit along with the Pierre Rural and Harrold Fire Departments were called to grain bin east of Pierre off Highway 34 three miles south on Joe Creek Road.… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota legislative session is down to the final four days of the main run. The budget will be the final bill passed. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says she doesn’t know what the spending levels will be. Hunhoff, a member of the Joint Appropriations Committee, says there will be… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Army Corps of Engineers is expecting above normal runoff into the Missouri River all year in 2020. Officials with the Corps and National Weather Service held a briefing on the river Thursday. Kevin Lowe with the National Weather Service’s Missouri Basin River Forecast Center says plains snow pack is mostly… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Aberdeen, Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department’s Summer Job Fair will take place on Tuesday, March 10 at the Eagles Nest at the Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center. Hours are 4-7 p.m. Gene Morsching, Recreation Superintendent, provides the details. He said there are a variety of job opportunities available. These… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency is redrawing flood risk maps for much of the region. Yankton County Commissioners talked about that process at their meeting last week. Commission Chair Cheri Loest says there could be some big changes. Loest says the public will have a chance to comment on the process.… Read more »
WEBSTER, S.D. (Hub City Radio.com and Press Release) – The movie “SILO” will bring awareness to grain entrapment safety on March 10, 2020, in Webster, thanks to support from community organizations. Jerry Mork, Clark-Day County Farm Bureau President, talked about the background for the idea. Inspired by true events, SILO follows a tense day in… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The NSU Counseling Center received a grant to aid in opioid misuse prevention from the Department of Social Services Division of Behavioral Health. The $20,000 grant will help the NSU Counseling Center provide Generation Rx University Opioid Prevention and Education training to the students of Northern, as well as support social media… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(APD Facebook Post) – The Aberdeen City Council passed an ordinance that establishes truck routes, sets axle and tire load limits to help prevent unnecessary damages to City roadways. The links to view the City Ordinance, Truck Route Map, and Permits Options are on the City of Aberdeen Website under the Engineering Department and… Read more »
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 »
