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1 week ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Sioux Falls’ State of the City address revealed how the city is handling and preparing for population growth amidst a financial whirlwind. Mayor Paul TenHaken acknowledged that he did not want to raise current taxes moving forward. He hopes to be able to take the hit and invest in the future despite some of the uncertainty that Governor Rhoden’s bill presents.
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1 week ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On Friday, Governor Larry Rhoden and three other governors sent a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency asking for it to encourage more renewable fuel production. The state leaders are looking for standards of 15 billion gallons for conventional ethanol and 5.25 billion gallons for biomass-based diesel.
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2 weeks ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Grant Green
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On Thursday, South Dakota’s Public Utilities Commission met to decide whether to extend the schedule for Summit Cabon Solutions’ permit or to deny the permit altogether. Summit’s attorney Brett Koenecke couldn’t give a definitive answer as to how the company plans to operate under its currently submitted permit with House Bill 1052 going into effect in July.
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2 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - With the 2025 legislative session in the rearview mirror, lawmakers, citizens, and lobbyists have had time to reflect on a session that saw a lot of new faces. One South Dakota organization created its own scorecard. Family Voice Action has been releasing scorecards since 2015. The scorecard listed a variety of bills that the organization supported and whether or not a lawmaker supported that bill affected their grade.
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2 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Dakotans for Health recently announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the Secretary of State regarding a recently signed bill that affects the ballot initiative process. The filing of this lawsuit comes just two weeks after House Bill 1184 was passed. House Bill 1184 moves the deadline to file a ballot measure ahead by three months. Currently, South Dakotans have until May of an election year to do so but this would bring that deadline back to February.
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2 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Today a former South Dakota Department of Agriculture representative announced that she is going to be doing some town halls around the state in Rapid City, Sioux Falls and Vermillion to make up for the job she says South Dakota’s current congressional delegation is not doing.
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2 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Stanley County Sheriff’s Office told the United Judicial System (UJS) that they received more than 30 reports regarding suspicious phone calls. There are some key signs to recognize a scam like these telling people that they missed jury duty. The callers told Stanley County residents that there was a $2,000 warrant for their arrest and instructed individuals to visit a local convenience store and send money using Bitcoin.
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3 weeks ago | 
dakotanewsnow.com | Grant Green
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced on Thursday that Lonna Carroll, a former DSS employee, was found guilty of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services. Carroll was found guilty by a Hughes County jury of two felony counts of Aggravated Grand Theft. She faces up to 40 years in prison and $80,000 in fines.
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1 month ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Grant Green
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - A lack of precipitation has caused a statewide drought, especially on the west side of the state. The US Drought Monitor shows that the eastern end of the state is experiencing a D1 category drought which can lead to some damage to crops and water shortages developing. Other parts of the state have it even worse, on the west side of the state, some counties are experiencing a D3 category drought which can lead to major crop loss and widespread water shortages.
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1 month ago | 
kfyrtv.com | Grant Green
MITCHELL, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - Governor Larry Rhoden continues to travel across South Dakota as part of his Open for Opportunity Tour. On Monday, he stopped by Boyd’s Hardwood Gunstocks in Mitchell to sign a handful of pro-Second Amendment legislation. Senate Bill 100 will allow college students to conceal carry firearms on campus if they have an enhanced permit. House Bill 1218 will allow for local government employees to conceal carry on property owned by that government.
