News

Wagner Voters Support Four Lane Highway

Wagner Voters Support Four Lane Highway

Photo: WNAX


The South Dakota Department of Transportation is planning on a fifteen-million-dollar project to convert the current four lane configuration of Highway 46 through Wagner to a three-lane highway. In August, the Wagner City Council unanimously approved a resolution of support. This week, city voters rejected that resolution by a tally of one hundred thirty-three no, to sixty four yes votes.
Gerrit Juffer of Wagner supports the current four lane highway…

Juffer says they would like the city council to rethink their position….

Juffer says they will follow up with the state D.O.T…….

The project was scheduled for construction in 2025.

Recent Headlines

7 days ago in Local

WHAT DOES MARIJUANA RECLASSIFICATION MEAN FOR SOUTH DAKOTA?

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – President Trump’s executive order to reschedule marijuana from a Schedule 1 to a…

1 week ago in Local

GOVERNOR RHODEN ANNOUNCES $200,000 GRANT SUPPORTING KEEP FARMERS FARMING PROGRAM

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Monday, Governor Rhoden announced a $200,000 grant from the Future Fund for…

1 week ago in Local

ICE’S YEAR IN SOUTH DAKOTA, FROM SMALL TOWNS TO OPERATION: PRAIRIE THUNDER

SOUTH DAKOTA (Molly Wetsch / South Dakota News Watch) – Five months after Operation: Prairie Thunder officially began, the South Dakota…

2 weeks ago in Local

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE ECONOMIST SAYS FARM ECONOMY HAS HELD BACK SALES TAX REVENUES

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Joshua Haiar / South Dakota Searchlight) – South Dakota’s State Economist Derek Johnson told the state Banking…

2 weeks ago in Local

STATE SPENDS $43,000 IN TROOPER OVERTIME FOR OPERATION PRAIRIE THUNDER

PIERRE, S.D. (John Hult / South Dakota Searchlight) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a saturation patrol…