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August 17, 2020

Teens arrested in stabbing incident in Pierre

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Two teenagers from Pierre are charged with Aggravated Assault and Underage Consumption and their victim was treated for serious injuries after a stabbing incident Sunday morning in Pierre. Information from the Pierre Police Department says officers were called to the 500 block of South Jackson Avenue shortly before 4 a.m.… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Mosquito numbers expected to drop off within next month

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – With most of the focus this summer on the coronavirus, there hasn’t been much attention on the West Nile Virus. The battle against mosquitoes has gone pretty well, according to Tyler Bierman, Park Superintendent with the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department. Bierman said they have done just one aerial spraying… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Noem rejects Trump’s unemployment plan

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has spurned President Donald Trump’s order to extend federal unemployment benefits by $400 a week, saying that the state does not need the program. Trump last week attempted to bypass Congress in ordering states to extend additional unemployment payments of up to $400 a week… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Bikers did not see a lot of concern about coronavirus

MITCHELL, S.D. (WNAX) – Bikers from all over the country were heading home from the Sturgis rally. Mike Walter and his wife from Pennsylvania took a break in Mitchell Saturday on their way home.   Walter says they didn’t see or hear a lot of concern about the coronavirus while they were there. Walter says… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Man escapes house fire in Waverly

WAVERLY, S.D. (KWAT) — A man escaped injury Sunday afternoon when he jumped from the roof of a Waverly home that was on fire. The fire was reported at 215 First Avenue a little before 3:00 p.m. The Codington County Sheriff’s Office says 22 year-old Bradford Thompson crawled out a bedroom window and onto part… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Yankton has small number planning to do online learning

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School District has prepared an extensive back to school plan to help students return to their classrooms safely. There is also an option for parents who want their kids at home, learning online. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they have a small number of students planning to take lessons that… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Missouri River basin seeing below normal precipitation

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers will hold releases from Gavins Point Dam at 30 thousand cubic feet per second will into fall. Tom Curran, Manager at Gavins Point, says the entire Missouri River basin is seeing below normal precipitation. Curran says the engineers in their Omaha office will soon set the winter… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Sombke says E-30 part of helping economy and health

CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – Renewable fuel supporters want the Trump administration to allow wider use of E-30 fuel. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says that higher blend is part of the answer to improving the rural economy as well as benefitting the health of all citizens. He says Governor Kristi Noem has been… Read more »

August 17, 2020

Work continuing on sediment plan for Lewis & Clark Lake

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – A cooperative effort to come up with a plan to manage sediment flowing into Lewis & Clark Lake is moving slower than backers had hoped. Sandy Stockholm, Executive Director of the Missouri Sediment Action Coalition, gave an update to the Yankton City Commission last week. She says studies of the problem… Read more »