RAPID CITY, S.D.(KOTA)- Running as an alternative Republican choice to Governor Kristi Noem is Steve Haugaard, who has served in the state House of Representatives since 2015, including a stint as Speaker of the House. Haugaard said the decision-making process for his governor run is a response to the last few years of policymaking. Haugaard… Read more »

AMES, I.A.(WNAX)- Outlooks for the coming months continue to indicate drier and warmer conditions, with expanding drought over much of the northern plains. Dennis Todey, head of the Midwest Climate Hub in Ames Iowa, says there are already stress on crops. Todey says the driest areas so far are on the western edge of the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people pushed routine doctor visits aside. SD Interim Health Secretary Joan Adams: Examples Adams provided were a rise in mental health issues, as well as a decrease in children being vaccinated against common diseases. January’s surge in COVID-19 cases restarted conversations on the importance of… Read more »

ONIDA, S.D.(KCCR)- Dozens filled the Sully Buttes Gym in Onida Tuesday night as the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission kicked off the first of four input meetings for the Summit Carbon Solutions carbon pipeline.  Onida and the Ringneck Ethanol plant is on the end of one of the proposed spurs of the pipeline that would… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen American News)- An innocuous introductory meeting with the Brown County Commission Tuesday ended up being a lengthy question-and-answer session for representatives from Summit Carbon Solutions. Jay Volk was one of two representatives from Summit who appeared at the meeting. His primary aim was to get some initial details about procedures and contact information for the… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Following the end of the main run of the South Dakota legislative session, members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee sent a letter, detailing their concerns with HB1281, a compromise bill dealing with spending authority for federal funds. Senator Jean Hunhoff of Yankton says those legislators may try to bring the bill… Read more »

In the final days of the 2022 South Dakota legislative session, House Majority Leader Kent Peterson of Salem had to personally smoke out some of his bills from the Appropriations Committee to fund the USD Discovery Center and the DSU Cyber Lab both in Sioux Falls. He says its about opportunities for young people. Peterson… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A bill passed by the South Dakota legislature is causing great concern among some state agencies and that bill hasn’t even been signed into law yet.  Department of Transportation Secretary Joel Jundt brought his concerns over House 1281 up to the state Aeronautics Commission last week. Jundt says it could impact cities that… Read more »

IRENE, S.D.(WNAX)- A contract has been awarded for another major highway construction project in southeast South Dakota. Regional Department of Transportation Engineer Greg Rothschadl says Foothills Contracting of Webster got the nineteen million dollar contract for work on about twenty miles of Highway 46. Rothschadl says this year will be mostly prep work. Rothschadl says… Read more »