After being acquired by Waitt Broadcasting in 1998, KMEG revived evening and late-night local news as "KMEG News". On October 9, 2006, KMEG began producing a weeknight prime time newscast on KPTH. Known as "Siouxland News at Nine on Fox 44", the broadcast can currently be seen for thirty minutes. Although KPTH is the senior partner in the SSA, KMEG produces the newscasts on both stations. On October 25, 2010, KMEG became the first station in the market to upgrade its news operation to enhanced definition widescreen. Although not truly high definition, the broadcasts matched the ratio of HD television screens. The weeknight news at 9 on KPTH was included in the change. On April 15, 2013, KMEG and KPTH completed an upgrade to full high definition news broadcasts, two years after competitors KCAU-TV and KTIV.