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July 16, 2024

Citizen address dog attack at city council meeting in Watertown

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)-  Another resident spoke at Monday night’s Watertown City Council meeting to share an unfortunate incident with another dog that, in the end, caused the death of his dog. He was seeking any potential ordinance changes that could help future incidents. Richard Dunn explains more to the council. Dunn spoke about meeting with the… Read more »

July 16, 2024

Brown County Commission receive update on the situation in Claremont

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Tuesday’s Brown County Commission meeting, the commissioners heard from Scott Vincent, Director of Logistics for Strobel Energy Group based in Nebraska.  The group is involved with bringing the tallow to Claremont coming from the Demkota Beef Plant in Aberdeen. Vincent explains the process used to bring the trucks from Aberdeen to Claremont.… Read more »

July 16, 2024

Aberdeen, SD accepting bids for 2024-2025 roadway deicing salt

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) The City of Aberdeen South Dakota is accepting sealed bids for 2024 – 2025 Roadway Deicing Salt.  Bids will be opened and read on July 30, 2024 at 2:00 PM in the 3rd floor conference room at City Hall 123 Lincoln Street South.  The link for the download of the complete… Read more »

July 15, 2024

Claremont residents object to plan to load tallow in town

CLAREMONT, S.D.(Aberdeen Insider) — A plan to haul liquid beef tallow to Claremont and ship it out on rail cars has met substantial opposition. About 40 local residents attended a community meeting at the city hall on Thursday, July 11 and made it clear they aren’t keen on the idea. Their primary concern is that… Read more »

July 15, 2024
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Wind storm rip through central South Dakota Sunday

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- A storm with some wind gusts exceeding 80mph blew through central South Dakota early Sunday morning. Ryan Vipond (vye-pond) is a meteorologist with the National Weather Service Office in Aberdeen. He says some places saw wind gusts at 90mph or more. Vipond says the storm started in the Corson and Dewey County areas,… Read more »

July 15, 2024

Judge dismisses case challenging abortion rights petition

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(SDPB)- A Minnehaha County court judge is dismissing a case against the backers of an abortion rights ballot question. An anti-abortion group sought to disqualify the petition and get the question removed from the November ballot. Lawyers with Life Defense Fund brought five counts against the abortion rights group Dakotans for Health, seeking… Read more »