PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Many businesses were able to continue in operation through the pandemic due to government help like the Payroll Protection Plan and other grant and loan programs. Dave Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, says those programs were a vital bridge. Owen says the business help from… Read more »
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Noem questions outcome of election on national TV
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem questioned the outcome of the Presidential election during an appearance on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos” by saying any talk of cooperating with the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden on dealing with the COVID-19 surge was premature. Noem says there are vote fraud allegations… Read more »
Yankton City Manager says regulation of marijuana will fall to local governments
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – With two marijuana ballot issues being approved this week, the next step will be for the South Dakota legislature to write the rules needed to implement the sale and use of medicinal and recreational marijuana. The ultimate regulation will fall to local governments. Yankton City Manager Amy Leon says there will… Read more »
Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre activates surge plan
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Avera St. Mary’s Hospital and the Avera Pierre Clinic are implementing surge measures because of an increase in the number of COVID-19 patients needing treatment. President and Chief Medical Officer Dr. Mikel Holland says while the number of COVID-19 patients varies daily, they continue to see a steady increase in… Read more »
Marijuana spokesman says times have changed
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota voters approved two marijuana related issues last week, an initiative to allow medical uses and a constitutional amendment allowing recreational use. Drey (dray) Samuelson, spokesman for “South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws” says times have changed. Samuelson says most people want to see regulation of marijuana uses. Samuelson says… Read more »
Hunhoff moving back to Senate
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Long time legislator and current Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton will be moving back to the state Senate in January. She beat Democrat Jordan Foos by a 60-40 percent margin in this week’s District 18 election. Hunhoff says she wasn’t sure of a victory. Hunhoff says she ran hard because of… Read more »
One killed in vehicle-pedestrian accident near Waubay
WAUBAY, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died early Saturday morning in a vehicle-pedestrian crash near Waubay. Names of the people involved are not yet being released pending notification to family members. A 2005 Chevy Classic car was northbound on Day County One when it struck a 37-year-old male pedestrian who was in the roadway.… Read more »
Men identified in fatal crash north of Tyndall
TYNDALL, S.D. (Press Release) – Names have been released of the two men who died Wednesday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash north of Tyndall. A 2014 Yamaha Side-by-Side was westbound on South Dakota Highway 46 and was turning south into a driveway when it was struck by an eastbound 1993 Plymouth Voyager. The two vehicles… Read more »
State sets another record with 28 more COVID deaths
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported a second straight day of record-setting COVID-related deaths and also saw an increase in active infections and hospitalizations, according to numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 28 more deaths (five in Turner County, four in Lincoln, three each in Beadle and… Read more »
Free COVID-19 testing planned for Aberdeen, Watertown, Mobridge
PIERRE, S.D. (By American News staff reports) – The South Dakota Department of Health, in partnership with the South Dakota National Guard, Office of Emergency Management and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, will provide free drive-thru COVID-19 testing in 10 South Dakota communities in the next two weeks. The sites include Aberdeen,… Read more »