The Corson County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of their team members. Sheriff Alan Dale says Sergeant Mike Varilek’s K-9 partner Taz passed away Sunday at the age of 12. He had served the citizens of Corson County for almost 11 years. Taz was diagnosed with metastatic histiocytic sarcoma, an aggressive form… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Record setting temperatures were recorded in a variety of locations around South Dakota over the past few days, while other locations had challenging records to break. National Weather Service Meteorologist Scott Doering (door-ing) says the longer records have been kept in a particular location, the more difficult it is to set new ones.… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A South Dakota Senate Committee passed a bill last week designed to take confusion out buying grain for ag producers.  Senate Bill 22 amends language regarding the licensing period for a grain buyer.  South Dakota Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson says the bill comes from a case the P-U-C handled last year. Nelson… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KMIT)- Week 2 of this year’s South Dakota legislative session begins on Tuesday.  The South Dakota Education Department is bringing four bills for lawmakers to consider.  One of those bills would address an issue Governor Noem talked about in her budget address last month.  Education Secretary Joe Graves. Governor Noem says since she took… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- This may be a new year…but nothing’s new on the nation’s southern border. Record numbers of migrants are pouring across the border, and it seems nothing is being done to stop them. In a recent interview with Gordon Deal, Congressman Dusty Johnson said it will take cooperation in Washington to fix the problem.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- With one week down of the 2024 South Dakota Legislative session, two major items haven’t received any mention…pipelines and prisons. Landowners are fighting against carbon capture pipelines…and the proposed location of a men’s penitentiary near Harrisburg. Former State House Speaker Steve Haugard says there’s something missing in the prison discussion…a point that’s… Read more »

Aberdeen, SD (Press Release) – Toby Doeden, who is exploring a run for U.S. Congress against Dusty Johnson, is hosting an event called Conservative Voices for South Dakota on Monday, January 15th at 6:00PM CT at the Engel’s Event Center. Topics will include how to reenergize the conservative movement in South Dakota and how to… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A bill to sunset the sunset clause in last year’s point-three percent sales tax cut has passed the South Dakota House of Representatives in the Legislature’s first week.  House Bill 1001 would remove a clause that returns the state sales tax to four-point-five percent in 2027.  Removing the sunset has been a mission… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Over night Thursday and Friday morning, the Montana-Dakota Utilities company and the Pierre Volunteer Fire Department has been dealing with a lot of extra “stink” in some of the company’s natural gas supply. Company spokesman Mark Hanson says the addition of the product producing the rotten egg-type smell is done to alert people… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — South Dakota medical marijuana dispensaries would be required to add an acknowledgment on applications for cannabis that the user cannot legally purchase or own firearms or ammunition under federal law if they have a card. While medical cannabis is legal in South Dakota and many other states, federal law still classifies… Read more »