ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At the end of Monday night’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, City Manager Robin Bobzien provided some updates on what’s happening in Pierre that could impact the city. Bobzien discuss HB1229(Representative Carl Perry’s bill) that deals with secondary highways. The bill is just awaiting Governor Noem’s signature. Bobzien next address 911 calls and the… Read more »
News Year: 2024
Aberdeen Police looking for help regarding car windows being shot
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Unfortunately with the nice weather this past weekend, it meant that those with nothing better to do, were out causing problems in the city. The APD received at least 11 reports of vehicles having windows shot out or being egged. This senseless damage is extremely frustrating for the property owners and the… Read more »
DemKota Beef denies former lab tech’s claim of discrimination
ABERDEEN, S.D.(The Dakota Scout)- An Aberdeen beef processing plant is rejecting allegations brought by its former wastewater lab technician that it pushed him out of his job after hiring a younger replacement who didn’t have the education and certification required for the post. Donald Foster alleges that DemKota Ranch Beef brought in a new wastewater… Read more »
House Commerce & Energy Committee passes SB201(State overriding county/city ordinances)
PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota House Commerce & Energy Committee heard testimony on SB201. The bill would provide new statutory requirements for regulating linear transmission facilities, to allow counties to impose a surcharge on certain pipeline companies. The bill’s prime sponsor for the House was the House Majority Leader Will Mortenson: Mortenson talks about what… Read more »
Senator Thune endorse Donald Trump for President
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – South Dakota Senator and Minority Whip John Thune has chosen the candidate he’s supporting in the Republican primary. FOX News reported that Thune spoke with former President Trump over the phone after his decisive victory in the South Carolina primary and gave him his endorsement. Trump’s last remaining challenger… Read more »
House Majority clarify the procedure “called to action”
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Republican leadership in the South Dakota House of Representatives says they have addressed an incident that happened on the House floor two weeks ago. Democratic Representative Kayden Whitman of Sioux Falls brought a bill that would have created a specific penalty for intentionally removing a condom without telling an intimate partner. The act… Read more »
Legislators working on next year’s budget
MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- There are only eight days left in this year’s legislative session in South Dakota. This is typically the time when the budget bill starts to come together. District 20 Representative Lance Koth of Mitchell, who is on the Appropriations Committee which puts the budget together, says the committee went through more than two… Read more »
South Dakota citizens could do another vote on Medicaid eligibility
PIERRE, S.D. (SDBA) — Another citizen’s vote on Medicaid eligibility is a step closer after passage by a House committee Monday. The House State Affairs Committee passed SJR501 11 to 2 to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 ballot that would allow the state the option to implement a work requirement for “able-bodied” Medicaid… Read more »
Home prices rising
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Home prices and interest rates have both moved sharply higher. Bender Commercial Real Estate President Reggie Kuiper (KIGH-per) says that’s pushing the home ownership part of the American dream out of reach for Generation Z. The average home price across the country is now 400-thousand dollars. Student Loan debt is also at… Read more »
Plane crash at Watertown Regional Airport
WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–There were no injuries Sunday afternoon when a single-engine plane crashed at Watertown Regional Airport. There were two people on board. They were an aviation student from Lake Area Technical College (LATC), and a flight instructor from LATC. The school’s president, Tiffany Sanderson, says the student was practicing touch and go landings when the… Read more »