Clearfield, SD

PIERRE,S.D. (KELO) — The Legislature’s Executive Board decided Monday that Kelly Meiners should be the next member of the South Dakota Investment Council. Meiners is manager of the First Fidelity Bank location in Winner. He will succeed the current chair, Paul Bisson of Sturgis, on July 1. Greg Kulesa of Watertown will move up to chair.

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A man facing a possible life sentence on federal drug and money laundering charges has won the lottery in South Dakota. Forty five year-old Canbie Thompson was featured on the state lottery’s website for winning $40,000 on a scratch-off ticket. Thompson earlier pleaded guilty...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -- While the daytime Saturday is looking good with some sunshine and mild temperatures, the attention turns to this evening into tonight and a First Alert is being issued for parts of the Dakota News Now coverage area. An area of low pressure with...

This month (May) is the 48th anniversary since I started in this crazy and fantastic career of radio. It was Memorial Day evening when I first went on-the-air at KWYR AM and FM in Winner, South Dakota. I am proud to say that, for all 48 years I've lived in the greatest state in the nation,

The South Dakota Department of Transportation says work is expected to begin on the reconstruction of SD Highway 44 in Winner in mid-May. The $20.9 million project includes reconstruction of both SD Highway 44 and US Highway 18 in Winner. Work during the 2022 construction season will primarily focus on...

A funeral service was held in Lincoln, NE, December 2021 for Ruby Doll (Jackson Larsen) Garrett, former Ainsworth and Springview resident. Ruby’s burial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 4th, 2022, at the Ainsworth Cemetery south of town. Please feel free to bring a lawn chair. A time of fellowship with family and friends will be held at the Ainsworth Methodist Church immediately following the service.

DALLAS (AP) — Remember all those thousands of passengers that airlines banned for not wearing face masks? Now the airlines want them back — or at least, most of them. Officials with United Airlines and American Airlines said Thursday that they will lift the bans now that masks are optional on flights.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Shrine Circus is set to make its long-awaited return to a “big top” near you. The event features nearly two dozen performances at six locations stretching from Winner, South Dakota to Windom, Minnesota, but has been canceled the past two years due to COVID-19.

Dale E. Billings was born on June 26, 1936 near Norden, NE to Jay Loy Billings and Myrtle Mary (Reynolds) Billings. He attended grade school in Keya Paha county and graduated from Keya Paha County High School in Springview, NE. Dale lived on his parents’ place. He did live in Ainsworth, NE for a few years and then moved to Bassett, NE. Dale worked at the sale barn in Bassett for a number of years. He was a member of the Bassett Assembly of God Church and was very active in the Rock County Senior Center. He lived in Bassett until he moved into the Sandhills Care Center in Ainsworth, where he passed away on Monday, April 11, 2022 at the age of 85 years.

OK, I guess I didn't become a South Dakotan on Memorial Day 1974. Truth-be-known I suppose I began becoming a South Dakotan that day. I was a fresh-faced Minnesota farm kid back there in what many people call the olden days. With my heart set on becoming a radio star (and actually just became a radio guy), I left Austin, Minnesota's Vocational School at the age of 18 to take my very first professional job.

WINNER – Adam Bohnet won three sprint events Saturday for the Winner Warriors in their home track and field event, the Bill Pistulka Invitational. Bohnet won the 100 meters in 11.9 seconds and the 200 meters in 24.4 seconds. He teamed with Finnegan Bartels, Shawn Hammerbeck and Michael Olson to win the 4×100 relay in 46.2 seconds.