April 28, 2020

PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced her plan to help South Dakotans get “Back to Normal” as they continue to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. “The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly changed the path so many South Dakotans were on. Some of us lost friends and loved-ones,” Noem said. “This disease also stole our most […]

WASHINGTON — President Trump has used the Defense Production Act to ensure a reliable supply of products like beef, pork, and poultry. Trump signed an Executive Order providing authority to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure meat and poultry processors continue operations uninterrupted to the maximum extent possible. To ensure worker safety, these processors […]

BLACKHAWK, S.D. – Engineers have been on scene trying to determine what caused two large sinkholes to open up in a Blackhawk neighborhood Monday night. The two sinkholes led to the evacuation of several homes. Law enforcement were initially dispatched to the Hideaway Hills subdivision on East Daisy Street Monday after a report of a […]

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health reported 68 news cases of COVID-19 in its Tuesday report and no new deaths. Minnehaha saw the most cases with 59, although Stanley County saw an additional four cases, sending their total to 6. Buffalo County on the Crow Creek Reservation also reported their first positive […]

RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery that took place in Rapid Valley early this morning. According to authorities, three masked males entered the Corner Pantry just before 5:00 a.m. Tuesday. One suspect was holding a rifle. They ordered the clerk to open the cash drawer and took […]

PIERRE, SD – Millions of American schoolchildren, including tens of thousands in South Dakota, are suffering a loss of learning and reduced exposure to instructional rigor now that schools across the country have closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the best efforts of administrators, teachers and parents to engage in remote learning with students, […]

YANKTON, SD – Congress last week added another two hundred fifty billion dollars to the Paycheck Protection Plan for businesses. The Small Business Administration opened applications again yesterday (Monday) at 10:30. That website crashed about ten minutes later, but was restored later in the day. Rob Stephenson, President and CEO of First Dakota National Bank […]

PIERRE, SD – The South Dakota unemployment system has seen a rush as people filed for benefits following layoffs and furloughs connected to the coronavirus pandemic. State Labor & Regulation Department Secretary Marcia Hultman says they are making adjustments as they go including letting businesses making mass filings. “We are working with Monument Health in […]

BUFFALO, S.D. – The Harding County Sheriff’s Office is looking into who is responsible for taking their A.T.V.’s off designated trails and causing damage. On Monday, Harding County Sheriff Wyatt Sabo took to Facebook sharing that last week, the department investigated two separate cases of A.T.V.’s driving off the trails. A witness had seen several […]