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OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The June Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, advanced above growth neutral. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group, directs the monthly survey. Goss says hiring trends are still lagging in the region.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCCR) – President Donald Trump is only days away from helping celebrate America’s 244th birthday. One of those joining Trump at the presidential stone carvings near Keystone will be South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds. Rounds is making his second trip to the monument with a sitting President. Mount Rushmore has been the target… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — Watertown’s Redlin Art Center opened up in June after being closed for 2 ½ months due to COVID-19. Julie Ranum is the center’s executive director. There’s no admission fee to tour the art center, but Ranum says they’ve still taken a financial hit. They’ve slowly re-opened in phases—by design. She says… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Starting today drivers in South Dakota won’t be able to use mobile electronic devices, including cell phones, for texting or other non-calling purposes while they drive. Highway Patrol Major Jason Husby says the new law expands on what is prohibited. Husby says there are some smart device uses that are still… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota’s economy did not suffer as much as many other states during the pandemic induced recession. Jeff Mehlhaff, senior fiscal analyst for the Legislative Research Council says the state got millions of federal dollars over the past few months. Mehlhaff says ag producers also got federal payments. Mehlhaff says not… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – Brookings School officials are trying to figure out what the start of school will look like in August. Superintendent Klint Willert says they still don’t know. He says CDC guidelines are extremely limiting and that’s something they’ve discussed with legal counsel. He says they’re also awaiting guidelines from the State Department… Read more »
Fireworks above Mount Rushmore National Memorial on July 3, 2008. Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Marc I. Lane SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (By Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – Health experts are concerned a crowd of 7,500 gathering without social distancing and masks at the Mount Rushmore fireworks display could cause a… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (Press Release) – A 35-year-old Vermillion, S.D. woman has been identified as the person who died in a two-vehicle crash that occurred Monday night, June 22, in Yankton. The Yankton County Sheriff’s Office was pursuing a 2006 Chrysler Sebring that had been reported stolen. The Yankton Police Department also tried to stop the… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) — A former Rapid City state senator says the danger to the forest, and the danger to lives, don’t justify Friday night’s fireworks at Mount Rushmore. Stan Adelstein (ad-ul-steen) of District 32 says Governor Kristi Noem’s act of inviting Donald Trump to Mount Rushmore Friday will be meaningful, if Trump actually… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – Avera eCARE® has received $803,588 in federal funding to enhance telehealth support for up to 60 hospitals, many in rural locations, as they deal with challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Avera eCARE is the first site in South Dakota to receive these funds. Funds awarded by the Federal Communications… Read more »
