PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – After getting a two and a half percent raise this year, state employees in South Dakota are facing a wage freeze next year due to lower than expected growth in sales taxes. Eric Olilla, Executive Director of the South Dakota State Employees Organization, says that pattern shows the importance of legislators… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The $1.4 trillion 2020 federal budget was passed and signed into law before Congress left Washington for the holiday break. It funds the government through the end of next September. Included in that is more funding for rural water projects. Troy Larson, Executive Director of the Lewis & Clark Regional Water… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – A priority for the South Dakota Board of Regents and the state’s universities is funding for the “Dakota’s Promise” needs based scholarship. Governor Kristi Noem did not include that in her 2021 proposed budget. University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring says it would help more students get to higher education.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The Pierre Street train bridge viaduct in Pierre racked up one more “win” before the end of 2019 when a semi became wedged underneath it around 2:30 Saturday morning. A spokesman for the Pierre Police Department says Frank Hampton from Commerce City, CO, hit the train viaduct and was cited… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Fire crews were called to an explosion at Harm’s Oil on West Highway 12 Monday afternoon. An official on scene confirmed that three people were taken to the hospital. Aberdeen Fire and Rescue, Aberdeen Rural, Columbia, Groton, and Warner fire departments all responded to the scene. The explosion was reported shortly… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) –  Sheriff’s officials say a man who killed a person in a Rapid City apartment has been shot and killed by law enforcement after opening fire on officers. Authorities say officers were called to the apartment building on the 800 block of Minnesota Street about 5 p.m. Sunday, on a report… Read more »

CANTON, S.D. (WNAX) – While no bills for the 2020 South Dakota legislative session have been officially posted yet, those will start to appear in the next couple of weeks. Senator Jim Bolin of Canton says he isn’t planning on introducing many bills. Bolin says with the late start of the session, legislators will be… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, along with other regional Governors and Congressional representatives are asking the Corps of Engineers to raise the flow from Gavins Point Dam higher than the normal winter level to add more flood storage space in upstream reservoirs. Noem says they need to stay in contact with… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered a 1 p.m. local time Monday opening for state government executive branch offices in counties impacted by this past weekend’s winter storm. Those counties with state offices opening at 1 p.m. are: Aurora, Beadle, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule, Buffalo, Campbell, Charles Mix, Clark, Codington,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Pierre firefighters got an early wake-up call Saturday morning as they responded to a house fire. Pierre Fire Chief Ian Paul says firefighters were dispatched around 2:45 a.m. to the 400 block of Dakota Avenue. Firefighters were able to save the nearby residence. Paul says the cause remains under investigation. The… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Brown County Emergency Management will be offering the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Course starting in January. Scott Meints, Brown County Emergency Director, talked about the benefits of the course. He said the course provides a variety of training. Meints said the course will feature 18 hours of training over a… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – The final Dakota Cash drawing of the decade will be a memorable one for one lucky South Dakota lottery player. The $453,995 Dakota Cash jackpot was won in Saturday’s drawing. The winning ticket was purchased at Carlson’s Northside Service, located at 320 Dakota North in Huron. The winning numbers were… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Brown County Courthouse and other non-essential county offices will be closed Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Blizzard like conditions are still expected thru the day on Monday and it’s in best interest for safety of the public and employees to close.

• Plowing on POSTED EMERGENCY SNOW ROUTES will begin at 6 AM, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019. • Plowing on NORTH-SOUTH STREETS in Zone 2 and plowing of all streets and avenues in Zone 3 will begin at 7 AM, ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2019. • Plowing on EAST-WEST AVENUES in Zone 2 will begin… Read more »