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Problems with the Housing Funding Bill

The bill authorizing spending two hundred million dollars in housing infrastructure funding will be back in front of the South…

SD Legislative Democrats & Republicans Update Their Progress

The South Dakota legislature wrapped up the second week of the session and both parties updated their progress. Senate Minority…

The District 18 Legislative Forum

The first legislative forum with District 18 members was held Saturday in Yankton. those in attendance heard from and asked…

The Weekend File – Observing Martin Luther King Jr Day

Welcome to the Weekend File, a public affairs presentation of WNAX News… Congress passed a bill in 1983 to observe…

School Choice Bill Back again in the Nebraska Legislature

Nebraska Senators will again debate a bill this year that would give state tax dollars to parents to send their…

People Still Bugged by Respiratory Illnesses

While health care providers are still seeing people with various illnesses, the numbers seem to be going down. Liz Healy,…

MN Ag Expo

The Minnesota Ag Expo wrapped up yesterday afternoon (Thursday) and we talked with the Minnesota Corn Growers Association about the…

Working together to get things done

It’s important to work together to get things done. One way of doing that is to participate in trade trips.…

Another Weather System moving in

We are watching the possibility of more snowstorms moving across the Midwest over the next few days all part of…

Another Low Year for the Missouri River

The Corps of Engineers is predicting runoff into the Missouri River system will increase just a bit this year. Ryan…

Recent Headlines

6 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…

6 days 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…

6 days 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…

1 week 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…

1 week 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…