South Dakota
One killed, two others injured in head-on crash in Yankton County
YANKTON, S.D (KTIV) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has reported that a 45-year-old man has died in a two-way vehicle crash.
Authorities say the accident took place at 8:49 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 17 in Yankton County, located 7 miles east of Yankton, South Dakota, near Gayville, IA.
The department says the names of the people involved in the crash have not been released to the public due to pending notification to family members.
The department says preliminary information, regarding the crash indicates the driver of a 2002 Ford van was traveling east in the westbound lanes of South Dakota’s Highway 50, located near Gayville, South Dakota. At the same time, a male driver of a 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe was traveling west on Highway 50. The department says the accident was a head-on collision.
Officials say the driver of the Ford van was not wearing a seatbelt and sustained life-threatening injuries. The driver of the Tahoe was wearing a seatbelt and sustained serious injuries. The department says that he was flown by helicopter to a Sioux Falls hospital.
Authorities say an additional female passenger of the Tahoe vehicle, was also transported to a nearby hospital with minor injuries.
The department says the car accident is still being investigated by the South Dakota Highway Patrol, an agency of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety.
All the information released so far related to the accident is preliminary. The accident remains under investigation.
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South Dakota
Republican businessman Toby Doeden advances to primary runoff in South Dakota governor’s race
Republican businessman Toby Doeden has advanced to a runoff in South Dakota governor’s race, NBC News projects.
Gov. Larry Rhoden, who replaced Kristi Noem last year when President Donald Trump nominated her to lead the Department of Homeland Security, was battling with Rep. Dusty Johnson and former state House Speaker Jon Hansen for a second spot in the July 28 runoff. The primary will go to a runoff because no candidate eclipsed 35% of the vote.
Trump did not issue an endorsement in the race. Doeden branded himself on his campaign website as “a total political outsider who’s tired of the government’s failure to deliver on its promises” and one of Trump’s “fiercest supporters.”
Rhoden, a former lieutenant governor, agriculture secretary and lawmaker, campaigned on property tax cuts and lowering crime in his bid for a four-year term.
Johnson is the state’s lone representative in the House, where he previously was chair of the Republican Main Street Caucus. Hansen, who was elected to the South Dakota House in 2010, held several leadership positions before he became speaker.
The Republican nominee will be the favorite to win the general election in the solidly red state this fall. A Democrat has not served as governor in South Dakota since the 1970s, and Trump carried the state by 29 points in 2024.
News
Agronomist: eastern South Dakota crops hit and miss
An agronomist in eastern South Dakota says corn and soybeans are hit and miss as the growing season begins.
Steven Zemlicka with AgTegra Cooperative tells Brownfield, “We’ve got corn anywhere from V1 all the way up to V4. Biggest stuff’s maybe touching V5. Corn’s coming right along, looks pretty good. A little bit of hail here too, but I don’t think it’s going to be much of an issue. Stands for the most part are pretty good, pretty solid.”
Zemlicka says soybean emergence has been slow due to the wet, cool conditions, and there are a few fields that still need planted.
“People were still working on planting soybeans when we got the recent rain.”
He says recent rain totals ranged from a half inch to as much as four inches in the northeast part of South Dakota; the southern part of the state has been drier.
South Dakota’s corn is rated 61 percent good to excellent, with soybean conditions rated 57 percent good to excellent, according to USDA’s first condition ratings of the season.
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – The South Dakota Community Foundation is encouraging nonprofits to apply for funding this June.
Beth Massa and Ginger Niemann joined us live with what you need to know before applying.
Watch the full interview above.
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