Makenzie Huber is a business reporter with a focus on local news in South Dakota. She has written for various publications including Yahoo News, Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan, and Rapid City Weekly News. Makenzie covers a wide range of topics including disaster preparedness, education, healthcare, and legislative issues affecting the state.
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Makenzie Huber's coverage primarily focuses on local government and politics in South Dakota. She covers a wide range of topics such as education, taxes, crime, legislative sessions, teacher pay laws, and demographic projections.
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By: Makenzie Huber
Ages and Stages Daycare is the only child care center in Clear Lake, a town near Watertown with a population of 1,218. The owner planned to sell, and longtime employee Hailey Freeman was able to buy the center earlier this month with a $105,000 low-interest loan through GROW South Dakota, the U.S. Department of Agriculture […]
By: Makenzie Huber
The United States Department of Agriculture Rural Development also announced a $750,000 loan to Grow SD to continue child care investments.
By: Makenzie Huber
A new state government video intended to clarify South Dakota’s abortion exception has not settled disputes over the language.
By: Makenzie Huber
South Dakota Department of Health Secretary Melissa Magstadt appears in a video meant to clarify the state’s abortion law.
By: Makenzie Huber
The legislative Government Operations and Audit Committee plans to analyze and question state agencies about alleged crimes within their departments that have come to light this summer.
By: Makenzie Huber
A new state government video intended to clarify South Dakota’s only abortion exception has not settled disputes over whether the exception’s legal language is clear enough.
By: Makenzie Huber, Joshua Haiar
A kayaker explores Sylvan Lake in Custer State Park.
The Coughlin Campanile at South Dakota State University in Brookings. (Courtesy of SDSU)
By: Joshua Haiar, Makenzie Huber
Current property tax laws penalize the maintenance of grasslands and incentivize their conversion to cropland, ranchers and conservation groups told state lawmakers Wednesday.
By: Makenzie Huber
State health officials are unable to pinpoint the cause of an unusual string of suspected overdose cases — including two deaths — during the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.
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