ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The 2024 Storybook Land Festival will get underway Friday and will run through Saturday. David Eckert with Aberdeen Parks & Recs provides a preview beginning with what’s happening Friday morning. Eckert talks about the unlimited rides pass planned for Friday night. Beginning at 7pm, StorybookLand Theater will present “A Year with Frog &… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson took some time to visit with WNAX on the topic of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the fallout it is producing for the US Secret Service.  Johnson acknowledged that there is an issue. The Representative said that all parties need to get to work finding answers… Read more »

MILWAUKEE, W.I.(KCCR)- The Republican National Convention wraps up today in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  Among the South Dakota delegation to the convention is District 24 State Senator Jim Mehlhaff of Pierre.  Mehlhaff says the Conference has gone well. Mehlhaff says security has been very tight around the event given the assassination attempted on former President Donald Trump.… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – A Sioux Falls man has died while in custody at the South Dakota State Penitentiary. According to the Department of Corrections, 39-year-old Andrew Gordon passed away on Tuesday. Gordon was indicted for Making a False Statement in the Acquisition of a Firearm and Possession of a Firearm by… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – This year’s Leadership Aberdeen class has been raising funds for the past several months to purchase a snow maker machine and snow groomer to make Baird Hill a safer, more usable sledding hill for families to use throughout the winter months.  Last week the class took a big step forward in… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – In order to maximize resources, the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Hats Off to Ag is being combined with another Chamber event, Field to Fork: A Farm to Table Connection. Both events are projects of the Chamber’s Ag Committee. Hats Off to Ag was to take place on Thursday, July 25th.… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The Fort Pierre City Council was updated Monday night on progress with the Western Dakota Rural Water System.  Executive Director Dr. Cheryl Chapman says a feasibility study about bringing Missouri River water to western South Dakota is the systems first big goal. Chapman says 12-point-seven million of the 13-million for the study… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Sturgis City Council on Monday night chose a person to fill out the remainder of Preston Williams term in Ward 3, although it didn’t come without some controversy. In opening remarks, City Attorney Erik Miller informed the council that Mayor Amanda Wilkerson would be allowed to vote for the new council… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- They were looking for feedback…and they got it. Minnehaha County Commissioners Dean Karsky and Joe Kippley brought a Home Rule Charter before the Commission Tuesday morning. The idea would change the structure of County Government, and calls for appointing rather than electing the County Auditor, Treasurer and Register of Deeds. Sioux Falls… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(Press Release)- Residents of and near 315 Kemp Ave. East can expect to see a repaired sidewalk soon. The council passed a resolution authorizing the city to fix the sidewalk themself and bill the property owner of “The Ruins” unfinished apartment complex. Assistant City Manager/Public Works Director Heath VonEye explained more to the council.… Read more »