OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- With falling economic indicators the chances for a recession are growing. Creighton University economics professor Ernie Goss says he has turned more negative. Goss says inflation will hang around and impact interest rates. Goss says businesses are seeing some issues ease. Goss conducts the monthly survey of business managers in the nine state… Read more »
News Year: 2022
How Aberdeen is cleaning up during the winter storm
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Aberdeen this week is dealing with weather. The city has been under a Winter Storm Warning since Monday night scheduling to end Thursday morning. City Manager Joe Gaa talks about how the city has handled the situation so far. Freezing drizzle starting falling Monday afternoon. Gaa explains that early Tuesday morning, they started… Read more »
District 3 leglislators discuss upcoming 2023 session
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Members of the District 3 team(Senator Al Novstrup, Representative Carl Perry, & Representative-elect Brandi Schaefbauer) preview what’s to come for next year’s legislative session. Representative-elect Schaefbauer talked about the orientation process she went through last week. Schaefbauer offed her take on the budget addres Governor Noem delivered last Tuesday. Among the topics discussed… Read more »
Governor Noem announces plan to restrict foreign purchases of ag land
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Wednesday, Governor Kristi Noem and legislators announced proposed legislation to restrict foreign purchases of agricultural land in South Dakota. The plan creates a new board, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States – South Dakota (CFIUS-SD), which will investigate proposed purchases of ag land by foreign interests and… Read more »
Salvation Army Drive at its stretch run
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – As The Salvation Army of Aberdeen, SD nears the finish line of its 2022 Red Kettle Campaign, local leadership is making a final push for kettle donations within the community. Donations to Salvation Army red kettles are critically important. Kettle donations make it possible for The Salvation Army to carry out… Read more »
Skywest to resume 2 flight per day at Aberdeen Airport beginning in January
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- On Monday November 28, 2022 the City of Aberdeen issued a public statement regarding changes to the December and January flight schedule at the Aberdeen Regional Airport. At that time the airline operator, SkyWest, had announced the removal of three of the 14 round trip flights between Aberdeen ABR) and Minneapolis (MSP)… Read more »
74th annual South Dakota Cattleman’s Association Convention & Trade Show held in Pierre
PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Despite the weather, cattle producers from across South Dakota are gathering in Pierre for the 74th annual South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association Convention and Trade Show. President Eric Jennings raises cattle in the northern Black Hills, near the Wyoming border. He says policy development is a major piece of the convention. He says this… Read more »
Moms for Liberty address issue with a book in front of Pierre School Board
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A newly-formed parents group is taking issue with a book they believe is too graphic for students in the Pierre School District. Julie Muldoon is vice chair of the Hughes County chapter of “Moms for Liberty.” She says the group isn’t opposed to 10th grade students having to read “The Absolutely True Diary… Read more »
Construction for new Avera hospital in Gregory
GREGORY, S.D.(WNAX)- While rural healthcare continues to see problems, in some parts of the state, there is new construction and optimism. Tony Timanus, President of Avera Gregory Hospital, says their new construction grew out of a remodeling project. Timanus says they may be in a rural area but they are very busy. Timanus says they… Read more »
Repairs coming alon at Marne Creek access trail
YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- The City of Yankton is making slow progress in repairing the damages to the lower Marne Creek access trail from the bomb cyclone of March 2019. City Manager Amy Leon says they have to make some wetland mitigations. Leon says the permit process is underway. Leon says it won’t need action by the… Read more »