PIERRE, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) The group sponsoring an initiated measure to legalize recreational marijuana in South Dakota beat the deadline by handing in 29,030 signatures to the Secretary of State’s office in Pierre on Tuesday, the final day signatures could be submitted. It’s been a mad dash to the finish line for the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AberdeenInsider) A 77-year-old man died in a wreck in Spink County on Tuesday, May 7. The two-vehicle crash was at 4:48 p.m. on State Highway 20 near mile marker 390, according to a news release from the South Dakota Department of Public Safety. That’s about 9 miles southwest of Conde. The names of… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Hub City Radio) The K.O. Lee Public Library in Aberdeen is hosting the Images of the World team, Bruce B. Junek and Tass Thacker, on Thursday, May 9th at 6:30 pm. Junek and Thacker are a happily married couple of 45 years who spend their lives exploring the world and learning about different people and exotic… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Hub City Radio) Storybook Land’s newest ride, Barnyard, is now being installed in the amusement park. The new attraction will twirl and rock, just like Dorothy’s journey through a twister in the Wizard of Oz. The new ride was okayed last year by the Aberdeen Parks and Recreation board in partnership with the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) ROAD CLOSED:   Beginning Monday, May 20, 2024, the following road will be closed to thru traffic: N. Kline St. from 3rd Ave. NE to 9th Ave. NE Work will include the reconstruction of the roadway, sidewalk, water service, storm sewer, and sanitary sewer.  The road is scheduled to remain closed until the completion… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D. (Mitchell Radio Group) South Dakota Secretary of State Monae Johnson was recently in Mitchell to talk about the revival of a regional economic study that was once a part of the Secretary of State’s office.  A memorandum of understanding with Northern State University used to provide for the production of such reports.  This… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) It’s been a rainy past few days in South Dakota. National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Doering (door-ing) says some areas of the state needed the moisture. Unlike states to the south of us, Doering says South Dakota didn’t have severe storms or tornadoes with this round of rainfall. Doering says the… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) Sioux Falls police are investigating a shooting incident from just before three yesterday morning. Police Information officer Sam Clemens says officers were already checking on a report of shots fired in the one-thousand block of west 11th street when they heard more shots just a few blocks away… Clemens says several… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) The most catastrophic accident he’s seen in 17 years of police work…(TR/ID) Sioux Falls Police Lieutenant Andrew Siebenborn arrived shortly after a deadly crash that killed two young teenagers at about 6 Saturday morning at 18th and Second Avenue. The crash took the lives of two 15 year olds…Milana Reeves and… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department Summer Registration Kick-Off day for summer activities will begin Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 a.m.   Register Online: https://webtrac.aberdeen.sd.us/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc (updated link as of April 2024, please bookmark this website) Walk in: Aberdeen Recreation and Cultural Center (ARCC), 225 SE 3rd Avenue Phone: (605) 626-7015   There… Read more »