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The US Supreme Court Sets New Direction

Following the US Supreme Court ruling on Roe v Wade, sending enforcement of abortion laws back to the states, Justice…

Getting the Lead Out

The Environmental Protection Agency is moving toward rules that would require municipalities and other water services to create an inventory…

Two Dead Following Robbery, Standoff

One man is dead following a weekend shooting in Hartford. The suspect in that shooting died following a standoff at…

Woman Rescued After Fall from the Discovery Bridge

Friday night, about 8:30, Yankton Police, Yankton County EMS, and Yankton County Search and Rescue responded to the Discovery Bridge…

The Weekend File – Selling Cemetery Land

Welcome to the Weekend File, a public affairs presentation of WNAX News… The Yankton City Commission decided to move ahead…

Giving SD Voters a Choice on Abortion

A citizens group that already placed a Medicaid expansion initiative on this year’s ballot is now looking toward a constitutional…

Names Released in Gregory County Fatal Crash

A 55-year-old Winner woman has been identified as the person who died last Sunday morning in a two-vehicle crash east…

Big Impact from the Missouri National Recreational River

A new report from the National Park Service shows more visitors to the Missouri National Recreational River are having a…

Flash Drought Expanding

An expanding area of the northern plains may be seeing impacts of a “flash drought” over the next few weeks.…

Mid America Economic Growth Slowing

Economic activity in the nine state Mid America region is still showing signs of growth, but that rate is slowing.…

Recent Headlines

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…

2 weeks 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…

3 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…

3 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…