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YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – With two marijuana ballot issues being approved this week, the next step will be for the South Dakota legislature to write the rules needed to implement the sale and use of medicinal and recreational marijuana. The ultimate regulation will fall to local governments. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says there will… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Avera St. Mary’s Hospital and the Avera Pierre Clinic are implementing surge measures because of an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients needing treatment. President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mikel Holland says while the number of COVID-19 patients varies daily, they continue to see a steady increase in… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota voters approved two marijuana related issues last week, an initiative to allow medical uses and a constitutional amendment allowing recreational use. Drey (dray) Samuelson, spokesman for “South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws” says times have changed. Samuelson says most people want to see regulation of marijuana uses. Samuelson says… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Long time legislator and current Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton will be moving back to the state Senate in January. She beat Democrat Jordan Foos by a 60-40 percent margin in this week’s District 18 election. Hunhoff says she wasn’t sure of a victory. Hunhoff says she ran hard because of… Read more »
WAUBAY, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died early Saturday morning in a vehicle-pedestrian crash near Waubay. Names of the people involved are not yet being released pending notification to family members. A 2005 Chevy Classic car was northbound on Day County One when it struck a 37-year-old male pedestrian who was in the roadway.… Read more »
TYNDALL, S.D. (Press Release) – Names have been released of the two men who died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash north of Tyndall. A 2014 Yamaha Side-by-Side was westbound on South Dakota Highway 46 and was turning south into a driveway when it was struck by an eastbound 1993 Plymouth Voyager. The two vehicles… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported a second straight day of record-setting COVID-related deaths and also saw an increase in active infections and hospitalizations, according to numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 28 more deaths (five in Turner County, four in Lincoln, three each in Beadle and… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (By American News staff reports) – The South Dakota Department of Health, in partnership with the South Dakota National Guard, Office of Emergency Management and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will provide free drive-thru COVID-19 testing in 10 South Dakota communities in the next two weeks. The sites include Aberdeen,… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Congressman Dusty Johnson was reelected to his position during the general election this past week. Johnson said there is plenty of work to do in Congress. Johnson, who was in town for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3M, said that there is not as much dysfunction in Washington as some might believe.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – It’s been a year unlike any other in state history, but South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem said she is proud of the way the state’s residents have rallied around each other during this difficult time. Noem was in town on Friday for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 3M. She also met with… Read more »
