ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Rebekah Tuchscherer rtuchscherer@aberdeennews.com) – A contract employee for the U.S. Marshals Service has been suspended from work after posting a burning Black Lives Matter flag on his personal Facebook page. Jeff Carlson, a retired Aberdeen Police Department and school resource officer, was suspended from his contracted position as a security officer at… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Northern State University Theatre Program will present “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” this week in the Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theatre at the Johnson Fine Arts Center. Putting together a live theater production during a pandemic is a challenge, according to Kane Anderson, Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing at NSU… Read more »

ROWENA, S.D. (Press release) – One person died and two others were injured Sunday afternoon in a one-vehicle crash near Rowena. Names of the three people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2001 Ford Explorer was eastbound on South Dakota Highway 42, near the intersection with 483rd Avenue, when… Read more »

SIOUX Falls, S.D. (AP) — Sioux Falls police say a man is dead after an officer-involved shooting. Police say two officers responded to an apartment building late Friday night for a person who was refusing to leave. Police say the man began shooting at one of the officers who arrived on the scene. Police say… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Mayors of South Dakota’s 16 largest communities have signed a joint letter asking people to take actions to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Yankton Mayor Nathan Johnson says they felt a unified message was necessary. The Mayors are asking people to wear masks when appropriate, stay socially distanced and stay… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Hughes County Auditor Jane Naylor is expecting a 70 to 75-percent voter turn-out for the upcoming General Election. Over 2,200 absentee ballots have been turned in to the Hughes County Auditor’s Office and Naylor says those wanting to use the mail to vote absentee need to get to it. Naylor says… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The National Weather Service issued the official winter outlook for the U.S. Mike Halpert, Deputy Director of the Climate Prediction Center, says a developing La Nina will be a driver this winter. Halpert says precipitation trends will set up in zones north and south. Halpert says much of the country may… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – South Dakota business owners currently have a couple options to help them pay for COVID-19 related costs. The process to get federal Paycheck Protection Program loans forgiven has been simplified and the application period to receive state grant dollars is open until Friday (Oct. 23). South Dakota Retailers Association executive… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (WNAX) – It is becoming more likely that a La Nina will have an impact on winter weather across the northern plains. South Dakota State Climatologist Laura Edwards says those chances have increased. Edwards says past La Nina’s have trended cooler than normal temperatures. Edwards says a La Nina could bring more snow… Read more »