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 »

MITCHELL, S.D. (KMIT) – A Texas man involved in a two-vehicle crash on I-90 near Alexandria in September which left a man dead was found not guilty of second-degree manslaughter. 32-year old Jason Ingram of Kempner, Texas was found guilty of three misdemeanor charges – reckless driving, operating an oversized vehicle, and driving without a… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is cancelling recreational skating at the indoor Odde Ice Arena on Saturday, Feb. 15. For further information, please contact the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department office at 626-7015.

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The latest motions hearing was held Wednesday for a 17-year-old boy charged in the shooting death of a Wyoming teen. Michael Gavin Campbell is currently charged as an adult with alternative counts of first and second degree murder in the death of Shaynna Ritthaller of Upton. Ritthaller’s body was found in… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Democrats in the South Dakota legislature held a news conference Wednesday for a mid-session update. House Minority Leader Jamie Smith of Sioux Falls says they have been focused on main street issues. Smith says they have bills addressing health insurance premiums. Smith says Democrats are sponsoring a bill to help find… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — State corrections officials say a security staff member at the South Dakota State Penitentiary has been injured in an assault by an inmate. The South Dakota Department of Corrections says the staffer was cut in the face and taken to the hospital for treatment Tuesday. Officials say the staff member… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Appropriations Committees of the South Dakota legislature got updated revenue projections Wednesday and will use those to build the framework of their 2021 budget. Jeff Mehlhaff, senior fiscal analyst with the Legislative Research Council compared results with last years revenue forecast. Mehlhaff says tax collections are fairly close to what… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Creative South Dakota youth will soon have the opportunity to submit their art to a newly created South Dakota Governor’s Art Competition. Gov. Kristi Noem says it will be a statewide visual arts contest. Department of Tourism deputy secretary Wanda Goodman says tourists are looking for artistic experiences when they… Read more »