KSDN News

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is co-sponsoring a bill that would establish the “2020 Bipartisan Advisory Committee” to look at the integrity of the November elections and make recommendations for improvements to the states. Rounds says the committee would look for best practices. Rounds says there were issues in some states… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota State Fair officials and others are working on a major project to replace the State Fair’s livestock complex which was destroyed by an October fire. That’s the priority for newly elected State Fair Commission Chairman Faron Wahl of Sioux Falls. He says fundraising for the new complex is in… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A bill that would extend the length of permits for confined animal feeding operations in South Dakota has cleared the Senate Chamber.  S-B 52 would double the renewal timeframe for a CAFO to 10 years from the current five.  Prime sponsor, Senator Mary Duvall of Pierre says the South Dakota permit has no wiggle room… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Farm Bureau is working on health care legislation with State Senator Gary Cammack (ka-MACK) of Union Center. Lobbyist Mike Held says they’re backing Senate Bill 87 which would authorize South Dakota Farm Bureau to offer a health benefit plan under a self-funded arrangement through a licensed third-party administrator.… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (DRG News) – When you think of the things you regularly see at the annual Rodeo Rapid City event, human and animal athletes, spectators, judges, vendors and more likely come to mind. However, there’s one thing that’s consistently been there for over a decade that you may not think about– the dirt… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police are investigating a shooting that left a 14-year-old girl wounded. But, authorities say the victim is not cooperating with investigators. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says friends brought the girl to the hospital Monday. She had sustained a gunshot wound to the leg in a shooting at an… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Innovation Challenge was held on Jan. 22-23 and was designed to have students collaborate in teams to solve a dilemma that an organization in the local community faces. This year, Presentation College collaborated with Aberdeen Fire and Rescue to develop a method in which rescue teams can better aid bariatric… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Jonathan Ellis and Joe Sneve Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – Gov. Kristi Noem would support using a grand jury to decide whether charges should be filed against Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg over the fatal car crash he was involved in last summer. Prosecutors have been reviewing evidence in the Sept. 12 crash, in which… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) – The South Dakota House Health and Human Services Committee kills a bill to require that birth certificates reflect biological sex. The measure was brought by Distrcit 4 Representative Fred Deutsch of Florence who has brought a number of bills dealing with transgender matters in past years. He says the law on… Read more »