WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) – Glacial Lakes Energy announced back in August that they were purchasing Advanced BioEnergy ethanol plants in Huron and Aberdeen, and expected the transaction to close in late September. The purchase is still “on,” but the deal still hasn’t closed. Glacial Lakes CEO Jim Seurer (sye’-ur) says he expects everything to be… Read more »
News Year: 2019
Pierre Regional Airport adding another event to next year’s schedule
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Pierre Regional Airport is adding another event to a busy 2020 schedule. Just weeks ago it was announced a large air show will be held at the airport on Independence Day weekend. Mayor Steve Harding says Pierre Regional has been named a stop on a unique air race through the middle… Read more »
Body of man found in Irene
IRENE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says the body of a man was found about 9:30 Monday night in an alley intersecting the 200 block of East Main Street in Irene. While investigating it was determined the man had been hit by a vehicle and was related to a report of a… Read more »
DCI assisting with shooting incident in Sisseton
SISSETON, S.D. (KWAT) —South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Director David Natvig confirmed today that DCI agents are assisting local authorities in a shooting incident in Sisseton that occurred Wednesday night. A Sisseton Police Department officer, conducting a traffic stop, was shot at by an individual. The officer was not injured. Natvig says in… Read more »
Road to be closed on Monday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 16, 2019 the following road will be closed to thru traffic for work on a water line: North Kline Street from 3rd Ave NE to 4th Ave NE Work is expected to last through Tuesday, Dec. 17. Motorists are advised to take… Read more »
Aberdeen woman receives 40 years in prison
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – An Aberdeen woman has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the death of another woman. Tanisha Renee Jordan-Mondo, 39, of Aberdeen, was given the sentence on Wednesday after pleading guilty to felony manslaughter, but mentally ill, in the death of Michelle Ladner, 37, of Aberdeen. Ladner was stabbed on… Read more »
DSS Secretary tells legislators how meth campaign was developed
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The “Meth, we’re on it” message launched by the State of South Dakota was the first step in a multi month campaign. Laurie Gill, Secretary of the Department of Social Services, told legislators this week how the project was developed. Gill says the Minneapolis ad agency they chose had the best… Read more »
PUC reviewing $100 million solar electricity generation project
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota agency could vote next month to approve a permit for a historic $100 million solar electricity generation project on a reservation in the southwestern part of the state. The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission reviewed a settlement stipulation Tuesday for Lookout Solar Park I LLC’s project, the… Read more »
Man identified in fatal Sioux Falls stabbing
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Sioux Falls police have identified a man who was fatally stabbed. Police say 25-year-old Dugan Francis Tobacco of Sioux Falls died early Tuesday. Tobacco was stabbed in Sioux Falls along with another 26-year-old man. That man was taken to a hospital with non-life- threatening injuries. Police say that “all involved… Read more »
Brookings Supt. calls lack of school funding ‘slap in the face’
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – Next year could prove challenging for school districts across South Dakota. Governor Kristi Noem has proposed no increase for K-12 education in her budget proposal. Brookings School Superintendent Klint Willert says it’s disgraceful. In addition, Willert says state law calls for education funding to be increased annually by either three-percent or… Read more »