SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The family of longtime Senator Tim Johnson announced he passed away Tuesday evening in Sioux Falls. He was 77. After nearly a decade in the South Dakota State Legislature, Johnson served five terms as a United States Representative from 1987 to 1997 and then served three terms as… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELOLAND) — There’s fewer names on the state’s voter rolls, according to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and Secretary of State’s office. In a news release Monday, officials said “273 noncitizens are being removed from the South Dakota voter roll.” According to the release, DPS found the need for the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- A band of brothers is rumbling across the upper Midwest this week raising awareness of drug education and remembering one of their own.  The Red Ribbon Motorcycle Ride is stopping at the South Dakota State Capitol Wednesday afternoon. Emily Murray with the Drug Enforcement Administration, Omaha Division says there is a reason why… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- The people and places of South Dakota’s past and present offer some powerful life lessons for our students. That’s the approach of a new program announced by the State Department of Education. Education Secretary Dr. Joe Graves says the idea is to go beyond the academic study of things like history and also… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- The dispute over language of a high-profile South Dakota ballot measure is ratcheting up. State Senate Pro-Tem Lee Schoenbeck and House Speaker Hugh Bartels have sent a letter to Rick Weiland, whose group circulated petitions to put the measure on the ballot. They’re concerned that IM-28 is much broader than advertised…repealing the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Aberdeen Development Corp. is hosting a press conference on Friday, Oct. 11 to announce a new business. The announcement will be at noon at the Kessler’s Champions Club Room in the Barnett Center at Northern State University. The public is invited to attend and lunch will be provided, though registration is… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Brown County Fair Manager Rachel Kippley reported to the Commission Tuesday on revenues generated from this year’s Brown County Fair. Kippley points out that the numbers are not finalize yet. Kippley discuss among revenues generated from vendors and the grandstand. Kippley reviews contracts signed for this year’s fair. Revenues: Grandstand tickets: $893, 435… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Brown County Commission received an update from Highway Superintendent Dirk Rogers regarding culverts in and around the Mansfield area. Rogers discuss the potential of a culvert near Brown County Highway 27. Rogers offered his recommendation to the Brown County Commission. Landowner Jared Bossly encourage the commission to consider placing a culvert on… Read more »