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 »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission has given a wind developer more time to install noise controls on a project in the northeast part of the state. Crowned Ridge asked for the waiver last month after they said weather prevented them from modifying blades before they are installed. The company had… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – Officials say they fear the two men missing on the Pine Ridge Reservation may have died of exposure. Oglala Sioux Tribe Department of Emergency Management director Steve Wilson says 23-year-old Robert “RJ” Kills Enemy Jr. and 25-year-old Vincent Steve Little Dog are presumed dead. Wilson says the men have not… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Police say a woman abducted in Sioux Falls has been found dead. The body of Pasqalina Esen Badi was found Monday afternoon along a road just outside the Sioux Falls city limits. Police said Tuesday that a 19-year-old man who was identified as a “person of interest” in Badi’s abduction… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (DRG News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers isn’t likely to accommodate a request to marginally increase releases from Gavins Point Dam at Yankton this winter. South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds and Gov. Kristi Noem say the increase would create additional storage to hold the anticipated much higher than normal amount of… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota’s university campuses have become the focus of freedom of speech and first amendment rights. The legislature last year passed a law setting out how the universities have to monitor free speech and make a report each year on those efforts. Neil Fulton is Dean of the Law School at… Read more »

SCOTLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has appointed current District 19 Representative Kyle Schoenfish (shane-fish) of Scotland to the vacant District 19 Senate seat. That opened with the resignation of Senator Stace Nelson of Fulton. Schoenfish says he appreciates the appointment. Schoenfish, who would have been term limited in the House, had… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – While the temperatures are about to bottom out, the deals will be heating up during the annual Winter Crazy Days at the Aberdeen Mall next week. The event is set for Friday through Monday, Jan. 17-20 at the mall. Hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and Monday, 10 a.m.… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – The 2020 South Dakota Legislative Session begins one week from today. District 7 Representatvie Tim Reed of Brookings says revenue will drive much of what lawmakers are able to do. Money, or the lack thereof, is often the key topic during session. Reed believes something can get done. He says there… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCCR) – The Senate Finance Committee has moved the USMCA trade deal onto the full Senate for consideration. South Dakota Senator John Thune is a member of the committee and says producers in South Dakota need the certainty of the trade deal. Thune says he’s pleased with what USMCA will do for South… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (Press Release) – A Renner, S.D. man has been identified as the person who died in a fatal crash Saturday morning on Interstate 29 west of Flandreau. A 2005 Toyota Tundra Double Cab SR5 pickup, pulling a trailer with a Utility Terrain Vehicle (UTV) on it, was northbound on I-29 when the driver… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota legislators have invited the Crow Creek Sioux tribal chairman to deliver the annual State of the Tribes address. Lester Thompson Jr. hasn’t said yet whether he will accept. The invitation is a shift from plans to have Secretary of Tribal Relations Dave Flute give the address. Some tribal members… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen City Council on Monday Night approved a Jan. 21 hearing date for a retail on-sale liquor license transfer to a managing partner of Buffalo Wild Wings, ending years of speculation that the popular establishment is coming to the Hub City. Work has already begun at the future home of… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – South Dakota’s 95th Legislative Session begins next week. Legislative Research Council Legislative Attorney Matt Frame says along with providing information for lawmakers, the LRC website– sdlegislature.gov– has basic information for the public. Frame says the LRC website also has information to help the public keep track of topics being discussed.… Read more »