YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature is working through budget requests of state departments and agencies. Committee Chair, Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says they are splitting into separate groups. Hunhoff says health care providers are telling them of critical funding shortages. In the past, legislators have given the same increase… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen’s first Economic Development Manager will assume their duties on February 6, 2023.  City Manager Joe Gaa is pleased to announce that Megan Kukowski will be joining the City’s staff. Megan earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising and Marketing from South Dakota State University. She has spent the past… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- The Corps of Engineers is predicting runoff into the Missouri River system will increase just a bit this year. Ryan Larsen with the Corps in Omaha says runoff will still be well below normal. Larsen says their prediction is based on current snowpack across the plains and mountains. Larsen says drought conditions persist… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- Law enforcement personnel from Eastern South Dakota and West Central Minnesota gathered in Watertown Thursday to learn more about Fentanyl. Pharmaceutical Fentanyl was introduced in the early 1960s as a potent pain relief medication, especially for cancer patients. The synthetic opioid is 50- to 100 times stronger than morphine, according to health officials.… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- It appears we may be in for a stretch of chilly, snowy weather. Nebraska State Climatologist Martha Durr says the outlook for February calls for below normal temperatures. Durr moderated this months North Central Region Climate update. She says more snow is likely during February. Durr says similar trends are expected for February,… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- While health care providers are still seeing people with various illnesses, the numbers seem to be going down. Liz Healy, infection control specialist at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says flu infection numbers have decreased. Healy says they are having fewer people staying in the hospital. Healy says there was a big… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- Dakota Wesleyan University has announced a teach-out agreement with Presentation College, according to a news release from Dakota Wesleyan. Later in the day, Presentation announced they had reached an agreement with Dickinson State University on a teach-out. Dakota Wesleyan marked the fourth teach-out agreement announced for Presentation students in the wake… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A small faction of South Dakota House members managed to stall out the rapid progress of a bill to clarify the direction of 200-million dollars in funding for housing infrastructure.  Senate Bill 41 was on the House floor Friday.  Representative Roger Chase says the bill is largely unchanged from last year. Representative John… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota legislature is wrapping up the second week of the session and both parties updated their progress. Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree of Madison says they have good connections with the House. Crabtree says the Senate moved quickly on the housing bill. Crabtree says there is strong support for husing bills… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KBHB) — One person has died after an officer-involved shooting in Rapid City just after 10 p.m. Thursday night. A Rapid City Police officer made contact with an individual in the area of Surfwood Drive and North Maple Avenue, and the person “took off running from them,” according to a release from Rapid… Read more »