WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks are urging ice fishermen to be cautions driving across the lakes in Northeast South Dakota. With fluctuating temperatures, the ice remains inconsistent in different areas of the region. Austin Norton is a Wildlife Conservation Officer with the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Office… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 27, the following road will be closed to thru traffic for work on water lines: South Lamont St. from 10th Ave. S.E. North to the Maverick’s Restaurant Entrance. The intersection of 10th Ave. S.E. and S. Lamont St. will remain open. Work… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota Department of Public Safety Cabinet Secretary Craig Price was appointed by Attorney General William P. Barr to the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Wednesday. “I am honored to be part of this commission, and I look forward… Read more »

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – Authorities have detained a man after his brother died in a fight on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in southwestern South Dakota. Officers from the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s Department of Public Safety were called about an assault at a home near Porcupine early Wednesday. A witness told arriving officers that… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – A continuing trend of falling student numbers at South Dakota’s universities will have a bottom-line impact. South Dakota State University President Barry Dunn says they are feeling it. Dunn says some of their initial recruitment targets are in Sioux Falls. Dunn says they also promote the long term return of higher… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The Sturgis Economic Development Corporation says 2019 was a good year, and they are hoping for a better 2020. S.E.D.C.’s Amanda Anglin provided the Sturgis Council a yearly recap Tuesday night. Anglin says 64 new jobs were created last year. SEDC also issued $489,000 in loans to businesses and entertained 13… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The City of Fort Pierre is already formulating plans on dealing with the Emerald Ash Borer. The Asian inset, which is fatal to all true ash tree types, was found in Sioux Falls last spring. Ron Schreiner with the Pierre Arbor Board was recently at an Ash Borer presentation and… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers is dropping releases from Gavins Point Dam on the Missouri River near Yankton three thousand cubic feet per second to 27 thousand cubic feet. Gavins Point Project Manager Tom Curran says dropping levels on Lewis & Clark Lake could cause some problems. Curran says they hope to… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – Watertown Mayor Sarah Caron revealed on Wednesday morning that a partnership between the Watertown Development Company and the City of Watertown has been formed to build a new ice arena in Downtown Watertown. The ice area would be located in the former Metz Bakery location. Mayor Caron says the project will… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – A Sioux Falls day care provider has been charged with manslaughter following the death of a baby who became strangled in a car seat. Prosecutors say Kayla Styles left the 9-month-old boy in the car seat to nap Nov. 14 and when she checked two hours later she found the… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – Missouri State Patrol investigators are in South Dakota this week looking into the Melissa Peskey murder. The Missouri State Patrol also has investigators in two unnamed states looking into the crime. Peskey, 40, from Hartford, was killed between Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri on Interstate 70 on Dec. 13,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The House State Affairs Committee passed a bill 8-5  that would prosecute doctors who administer treatment to minors under the age of 16 to help them change their gender. The measure would make it a felony for South Dakota doctors to administer puberty-blocking drugs, gender-changing surgery and other gender-change treatment to… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – On Tuesday, Jan. 21, at 3:14 p.m., Aberdeen Fire Rescue responded to a structure fire involving a single family home at 501 S. Congress Street. On arrival crews found a residence filled with heavy black smoke. The fire was quickly located by firefighters and contained to the furnace, but there… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A shortage of mental health professionals in rural South Dakota could be addressed by having trained counselors remotely assist police officers using readily available technology. State lawmakers are considering a package of eight bills this year aimed at addressing shortfalls in mental health care. The Centers for Disease Control says South… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota jury convicted a man of killing his girlfriend and dumping her dismembered body in a river in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula last year. Jurors in Yankton on Tuesday found 45-year-old Stephen R. Falkenberg guilty of first-degree manslaughter and second-degree murder in the March 1 death of 46-year-old Tamara LaFramboise.… Read more »