The latest in station news.
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Biden Administration is stepping up the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines to the states. South Dakota Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says those increases will start next week. Malsam-Rysdon says they will stay focused on people in the “Phase 1-D” group. Malsam-Rysdon says the timing for getting vaccinated will change over… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota House debated and passed a bill that requires a birth certificate record of a person’s sex at birth. The bill had been defeated in a House committee but was smoked out for debate on the floor. Bill sponsor, Representative Fred Deutsch (doy-tch) of Florence says vital data needs… Read more »
(Photo courtesy of Aberdeen American News) ABERDEEN, S.D.(Elia Sand, esand@aberdeennews.com)-Aberdeen city officials approved the placement of a new mural in downtown Aberdeen. The mural will be painted off site with the finished product installed on the north side of 605 S. Main St. That building, formerly occupied by Anchors of Faith, is now home to… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)-The House Local Government Committee of the South Dakota Legislature effectively killed a bill that would have revised the rights of landlords and tenants when tenants abandon a rented property. Prime sponsor, Representative Tina Mulally of Rapid City has rental properties and some issues when a tenet leaves personal belongings behind. Representative Will Mortentson of… Read more »
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – The Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature has been hearing from the Board of Regents and all their institutions this week. University of South Dakota President Sheila Gestring explained their ongoing strategic plan. Gestring says they had over one thousand people give them input on the plan. Gestring… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)-The Rapid City Fire Department has released its statistical report for 2020. Tessa Jaeger, public information officer for the RCFD said calls for service to the RCFD continue their decade long upwards trend. In total, 1,337 of those calls were for fires or potential fires. But it’s not only calls for fires, as Jaeger said many in the public don’t realize RCFD operates the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – While state aid to education is usually the priority for schools, there are always other issues advocates are watching. Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, says they appreciate the state aid increase proposed by the Governor. Pogany says they are watching a pandemic liability bill.… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KBHB) – The Wednesday COVID-19 report indicated 34 new deaths, sending the state’s death toll since the pandemic began to 1,739. In all, there were 24 men and 10 women included in the death toll. Active cases fell by 190 to 3,238 but the number of people hospitalized due to the virus was… Read more »
Huron, South Dakota, Jan. 27, 2021(Press Release) – Due to the national public health emergency caused by coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), the U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced the temporary suspension of past-due debt collections and foreclosures for distressed borrowers under the Farm Storage Facility Loan and the Direct Farm Loan programs administered by the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – The South Dakota Senior Health Information and Insurance Education (SHIINE) program is advising Medicare beneficiaries to be suspicious of scams during the distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine. South Dakota Department of Human Services Secretary Shawnie Rechtenbaugh said, “Scammers rapidly alter their tactics and adapt their schemes to the changing landscape,… Read more »
