WAVERLY, S.D.(Press Release) – A Sisseton, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Thursday morning in a one-vehicle crash east of Waverly. Preliminary crash... Read More
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State Senator Jean Hunhoff won’t take position on grocery tax repeal until 2023
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem made a campaign pledge to cut the four and a half percent sales tax on groceries if she is re-elected. That came up during a... Read More
Hughes County Jail to work with the Department of Corrections
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The ink is dry on a first-of-its-kind agreement in South Dakota for prison inmates to be held at a county-level jail. The Hughes County Jail has reached an... Read More
November is Adoption Awareness Month
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – Adoption has lifelong positive impacts for the children and families involved. Every child needs love, support, and a safe place to call home.... Read More
Mike Bockorny named acting President of the Economic Development Professionals Association of South Dakota
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Economic Development Professionals Association of South Dakota held their second annual conference last month and decided to move ahead and hire a... Read More
Economy in the Mid America region shows signs of stalling
OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- Despite a small rise in the overall index, the economy in the nine state Mid America region appears to be stalling. Creighton University economics professor... Read More
Summit lawsuits take issue with pipeline moratorium in Brown Co., fee increases in Edmunds
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- Both Brown and Edmunds counties are facing federal lawsuits filed by Summit Carbon Solutions and an ethanol plant investor. The case... Read More
Update on housing market in South Dakota
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Buying and selling of homes continues despite a number of outside factors. Yankton realtor Mason Schramm says a very hot market has cooled some. Schramm says... Read More
District 16 House candidate Donn Larson talks about his campaign
HUDSON, S.D.(HUDSON, S.D.)- Voters have the opportunity to make changes in their legislative representation next week. Donn Larson of Hudson is running for the District 16 Senate... Read More
Dry conditions to continue in South Dakota through winter
SOUTH DAKOTA(WNAX)- Dry conditions are expected to continue across much of the northern plains into mid-winter. South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says the drought... Read More