PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota rolled over eighty-six million dollars into a special reserve fund at the end of the fiscal year on June 30th. That was a combination of increased tax revenues and under budget spending. The state now has over three hundred million dollars in all reserve funds. The state got… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The State of South Dakota recorded a big jump in sales taxes in the fiscal year that ended June 30th. State financial analysts, appearing before the Joint Committee on Appropriations called the increase, “historic”. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says not all of his members shared in that… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory from 1-7pm today and tomorrow in much of central & eastern South Dakota. Weatherology meteorologist Michael Karow says we’re on the eastern periphery of a big high pressure system that’s still stuck over the western US. Karow says a high dew point will be… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — A federal contempt of court trial involving three members of the U.S. Marshals Service has been moved from Aberdeen to Sioux Falls. Three supervisory marshals, including the agency’s Chief of Staff John Kilgallon, were accused of allowing a deputy marshal to leave the courthouse in Aberdeen with prisoners in tow on… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Aberdeen American News) — Authorities found the body believed to be that of a missing woman Saturday afternoon in Richmond Lake. The Aberdeen Police Department responded to a call at the lake about a suspicious object in the water near west bridge, according to a Facebook post on the department’s page. Police and Brown County Dive Team… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D.(WNAX)- Wheat production will be down substantially in South Dakota this year. The winter wheat harvest has already started with USDA pegging progress at 33% done on Sunday.   SDSU Extension Agronomist Jonathan Kleinjan says the early yield reports have been quite variable. The big surprise for Kleinjan comes in the quality and high protein… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- With the start of classes about a month away, school districts across the state are filling in their last teaching openings. Wade Pogany, Executive Director of the Associated School Boards of South Dakota, says there are lots of needs. Pogany says there are still quite a few openings. Pogany says schools will figure… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- School activities will start early next month, some before the start of classes. Dan Swartos, Executive Director of the South Dakota High School Activities Association, says they will soon have the final Covid-19 guidelines for the new school year. Swartos says they will also be working on adding another sanctioned sport. Swartos says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- There were some differences of opinion between legislators on the Joint Committee on Appropriations and state officials over a state funded program to improve the Big Sioux River watershed. The legislature approved three million dollars for the program this year and Representative Taffy Howard of Rapid City questioned why the Department of Ag… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- The first three weeks have gone well for the new Essential Air Service contract holder for the Pierre and Watertown regional airports. Jon Coleman is the Director of Business Development for Denver Air Connection, the company that now receives a federal subsidy to provide commercial air service to both airports. He says staff… Read more »