YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Lawmakers are making plans for the start of the South Dakota legislative session next week. District 18 Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton will be in his second session and says he learned a lot last year. Cwach says he has some bills ready to file. Cwach says he also wants more… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D. (Press Release) – Avera Queen of Peace will donate 21.7 acres of land to the Mitchell Area Development Corporation (MADC) for the purpose of developing housing for middle-income earners. “At Avera, we see this as an opportunity to work in partnership with the city and MADC to support local employers and employees,” said… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) – Sioux Falls Police reported another emergency room drive-by dump off. This one occurred at Avera McKennan. Police say a man with a gunshot wound to the stomach was left there. Doctors took him into surgery. Authorities say he had serious but non-life-threatening injuries. Police don’t know if it is related… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Homeowners and renters in Aurora County may now register with FEMA for federal disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and loss resulting from the severe storms, tornadoes and flooding that occurred Sept. 9 – 26, 2019. FEMA’s Individual Assistance program includes a range of aid such as emergency home… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Authorities investigating the discovery of a body found along the Missouri River in Pierre Monday have learned the name of the woman found just off the Lewis and Clark Trail just east of the Down’s Marina Peninsula, according to Pierre Police Captain Bryan Walz. Walz says the fingerprints were obtained by… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – In the wake of the exchange of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran, the U.S. House is going to debate a resolution that would limit the ability of the President to take further military action. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says he will look at the resolution. Johnson says he wouldn’t… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Minnesota man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in South Dakota for sexually assaulting a toddler. Seventy-eight-year-old Stephen Charles Schmidt earlier pleaded guilty to one count of sexual contact with a child under 16. In an agreement with prosecutors, two other charges were dismissed. Schmidt was indicted… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — Influenza activity continues to rise across South Dakota according to Dr. Joshua Clayton of the State Health Department. Clayton says the majority of the flu cases being seen are the Influenza-B strain. Flu cases are likely to reach their peak next month. Clayton says the zero flu-related deaths in South Dakota… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The South Dakota Jazz Festival will be celebrating its 50th year on Thursday, Jan. 23. This year’s event will feature No. 1 selling vocalist and trombonist Aubrey Logan. The festival starts at 7:30 p.m. in the Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater at the Johnson Fine Arts Center on the campus of… Read more »

PHILIP, S.D. (DRG News) – A random lottery ticket purchase has netted a woman from Philip $25,000 per year– for life. Karen Hart says she was preparing for a visit from her grandchildren when she bought the ticket. As she was hosting her grandchildren, Hart stopped cooking breakfast to check her ticket. Hart chose the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Passengers boarding SkyWest Airlines planes at Pierre Regional Airport in 2019 reach nearly 15,000 and that was with only eight and a half months of actual service. Pierre City Commissioner and airport liaison Jamie Huizenga says December enplanements were the best in nearly 40 years. Air service didn’t return to Pierre… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Among the issues lawmakers will deal with when South Dakota’s 95th Legislative Session starts Tuesday is Gov. Kristi Noem’s FY2021 budget proposal which gives no funding increase for education or state employees. District 24 senator Jeff Monroe (of Pierre) thinks those areas will see more money come their way. Representative… Read more »

NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem made a couple of appointments to the legislature in District 19 this week. Representative Kyle Schoenfish (shane-fish) of Scotland was named to the vacant Senate seat and then Marty Overweg of New Holland was named to fill the House seat. Overweg says ag issues are… Read more »

WASHINGTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Iran struck back at the U.S. last night by firing a number of missiles at two Iraqi bases which house American soldiers. South Dakota Senator John Thune says every one is waiting now on the reaction from President Trump. Thune says there is always the danger of unintended consequences. Thune says… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking for federal help in dealing with methamphetamine use on the reservation that he says has contributed to homicides. In a proclamation declaring a state of emergency, Julian Bear Runner says families on the Pine Ridge Reservation are living in a constant… Read more »