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PIERRE, S.D.(KJJQ)- The Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday unanimously kills a bill that would have changed the open fields doctrine in South Dakota. U.S. law holds that Game, Fish and Parks Administration conservation officers can go onto private land without permission. House Bill 1140 would require landowner permission in most cases. The measure was supported by… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) — Early this spring, Avera St. Luke’s will begin to decommission Lourdes Hall, including the archway that connects the historical building to the main hospital, and the former Northeastern Mental Health buildings that are within Avera St. Luke’s main campus. Although Lourdes Hall has been on the Avera campus since 1941, it… Read more »
(Doland, SD)(Press Release) – BASEC (Beadle and Spink Enterprise Community) recently added a new member to their Board of Directors: Tony Haarstad. Haarstad joined the BASEC board in January, 2021. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Iroquois, SD, where he is a realtor. They have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. “Being born and raised,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported no new COVID-related deaths, while active cases increased & hospitalizations stayed the same, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The death total currently at 1,888. The state had 182 new cases and 125 recoveries, increasing active infections to 1,975. Those hospitalized in… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)– Tim Toomey has been named Watertown’s next police chief. The action came on a unanimous vote at Monday night’s city council meeting. Toomey, whose been the assistant chief for the past eight years, replaces Police Chief Lee McPeek, who retires next month after 27 years with the department. Mayor Sarah Caron was asked… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – An eye opening political announcement was made Monday when former South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says he will run again for his old job in 2022. Jackley’s announcement comes as current Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg faces calls for his resignation and potential impeachment for his involvement in a fatal car… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota legislators are heading into crunch time, as they hit the final two weeks of the main run of the 2021 session. Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, Chair of the Appropriations Committee, says they are still pulling all the spending bills together. Hunhoff says they are still hearing requests for all the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- A South Dakota House Committee will begin hearings this week on Articles of Impeachment of Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg. That follows the release last week of several hours of investigative interviews with the Attorney General in connection with car – pedestrian death of Joe Boever of Highmore last September. South Dakota House Speaker… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – Drs. Audrey Miller and Travis Netzer will perform a Faculty Recital at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 4, at Northern State University. Miller, assistant professor of clarinet, and Netzer, adjunct professor of tuba and euphonium, will perform in the Johnson Fine Arts Center’s Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater. Admission is free. Masks… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D.(WNAX)- Glacial Lakes Energy, based in Watertown, and its four biorefineries have joined a partnership with Summit Carbon Solutions. Glacial Lakes CEO Jim (sigh-ur) Seurer says it’s an exciting and large project where Summit has partnered with biorefineries throughout the upper Midwest to capture, transport and store carbon dioxide underground. He says being part… Read more »
