Local station honored for weather record-keeping
(Local News ~ 11/29/17)
George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin … And Steve Schwaller? It turns out the area’s radio news director has something in common with our Founding Fathers: They all checked thermometers and rain gauges to maintain weather records. The National Weather Service office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota says the daily data collected at KUOO/KUQQ becomes a permanent part of the climatic record for the local area and the nation...