Station: WNAX AM

Sanford Health Mandating Covid-19 Vaccines for all Employees

Sanford Health is mandating Covid-19 vaccines for all employees.

HSC Numbers

Members of the Joint Committee on Appropriations of the South Dakota legislature got an update this week on a strategic planning process underway at the Human Services Center in Yankton.

Questions About Big Sioux River Watershed Improvements

There were some differences of opinion between legislators on the Joint Committee on Appropriations and state officials over a state funded program to improve the Big Sioux River watershed.

Schools Searching for Teachers

With the start of classes about a month away, school districts across the state are filling in their last teaching openings.

Extension Specialist Advises Producers On Dealing With Extreme Heat And Drought

The extreme heat continues this week compounding the impacts of this year’s drought in the Northern Plains. University of Nebraska…

FTC Votes Unanimously To Fight Restrictions On Right To Repair

This week, the Federal Trade Commission voted to fight Right to Repair Restrictions. Their vote strengthens enforcement against illegal restrictions…

NPPC Urges Congress To Address Ag Labor Reform

The National Pork Producers Council is urging Congress to address Comprehensive Ag Labor Reform. The group testified at a Senate…

Good Year for Dam Work

The dry weather this summer has at least one benefit, and that is making repair work on several dams easier

SD Winter Wheat Harvest Underway, Spring Wheat Near Disaster

Wheat production will be down substantially in South Dakota this year. The winter wheat harvest has already started in the…

Producer Optimism Seen At Nebraska Pork Expo This Week In York

Pig farmers gathered in York Wednesday for the 2021 Nebraska Pork Expo. Nebraska Pork Producers Association Executive Director Al Juhnke…

Recent Headlines

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…

4 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…