PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – The sponsors of the proposed 2024 open primaries ballot initiative have submitted their petition to South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson for final review. Today’s filing is the last step in the state’s initiative approval process before the campaign can begin collecting the 35,000 signatures needed to qualify for next… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- South Dakotans have moved a lot of snow this season. In some places, it’s been more than double the yearly average. Around the Pierre and Fort Pierre area, National Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Doering (door-ring) says it’s been a winter for the record books. Doering says the Lead area has gotten over 150… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Senator Mike Rounds is spending time throughout the state of South Dakota during their recess from the U.S. Congress. Senator Rounds is scheduling to make a stop in Aberdeen on Wednesday. Senator Rounds will be visiting with Aberdeen Roncalli students on Wednesday morning.  Following that, he will participating at a ribbon cutting ceremony… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota’s four technical colleges reported an increase in spring enrollment. Deputy Director Scott DesLauriers told the Technical College Board last week that most of their growth was in two areas. DesLauriers says tech college enrollment nationally hit peaks and valleys during the pandemic. DesLauriers says dual enrollment is a good entry into… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Chamber’s Agribusiness Committee will be holding its annual 4th Grade Ag Fair on Tuesday, April 25 at the Brown County Fairgrounds. Partnering with Groton FFA, Agtegra Cooperative and the South Dakota Soil Health Coalition, the fair will feature education and hands-on stations showcasing livestock, crops, farm safety, soil health and… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The City of Yankton got another strong sales tax report in February. City Manager Amy Leon says it continues a positive trend. Leon says even with the strong increases, they may be losing ground to inflation. Leon says the city usually sees higher growth in the warmer months. Among the top ten cities… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The expansion of Medicaid services in South Dakota will become official on July first. Voters last November approved a constitutional amendment authorizing the expansion. Tim Rave, President of the Association of Health Care Organizations, says the expansion will stabilize hospital finances. Rave says hospitals, like many others, are facing rising costs. Rave says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Producers in four central South Dakota counties have a limited time to tap into federal funds to help establish windbreaks to control things like snow drifts and wind erosion.  Dillion Blaha is a Resource Unit Conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service.  He says the ActNow funding comes from the Inflation Reduction Act.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- Warmer temperatures are rapidly melting the heavy snow cover across northern parts of South Dakota, adding to flood worries. Phil Schumacher at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says dry ground will soak up a lot of that melt. Schumacher says they don’t expect a repeat of March 2019. Schumacher says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The US spends almost nine hundred billion dollars a year on the defense budget but reports continue to say the military may not be ready to fight any sustained war. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the defense budget is more focused on personnel. Rounds says there is a lot spent on developing… Read more »