ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Registration deadline for this year’s annual Pheasant Sandwich Shootout is Thursday, Oct. 31. The event is in its third year and will take place on Thursday, Nov. 14. Rita Moe, Finance and Visitor Relations Manager with the Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitor’s Bureau, talked about the shootout. There is no cost… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
USDA to introduce new rules on hemp
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The USDA is introducing new rules that will establish what the department called a consistent regulatory framework around hemp production in the United States. USDA Undersecretary Greg (eye-baw) Ibach says the interim final rule on industrial hemp will be published in the federal register on Thursday. Interstate shipment of hemp may… Read more »
Lt. Gov and his wife to host trick-or-treat at Governor’s Residence
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Lieutenant Governor Larry Rhoden and Sandy Rhoden will host the annual trick-or-treat festivities at the Governor’s Residence in Pierre on Thursday, Oct. 31 from 5:30 to 8 p.m. CT. “Sandy and I don’t usually get very many kids that stop by our ranch out at Union Center, so this will… Read more »
Nichols among finalists for UND President
GRAND FORKS, N.D. (KWAT) – Six candidates have accepted invitations to visit the University of North Dakota campus to interview for the position of President. The visits will take place in mid-November, and the State Board of Higher Education will name UND’s next president at its Dec. 3 meeting. A total of 61… Read more »
Fouberg named Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Dr. Erin Hogan Fouberg has been named the new Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs at Northern State University. Fouberg, professor of geography and director of the NSU Honors Program, joined Northern’s faculty in 2007 and was awarded NSU Outstanding Faculty Member in 2011. As Northern’s new associate vice president,… Read more »
Keystone man identified in fatal crash
KEYSTONE, S.D. (Press Release) – A 49-year-old Keystone, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash west of Keystone. A 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 pickup was westbound on Old Hill City Road when the driver lost control of the vehicle near Lafferty Gulch Road. The pickup… Read more »
City Council passes new conflict of interest ordinance
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen City Council passed a new conflict of interest ordinance during a meeting Monday night. The ordinance passed on an 8-1 vote. The old ordinance came into the spotlight when Mayor Travis Schaunaman, owner of Production Monkeys, submitted a bid for a city project. Some considered that to be a… Read more »
Owen to speak at Community Affairs Committee meeting
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The November meeting of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Committee will feature David Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce & Industry, as the speaker. Mr. Owen will be giving a preview of the 2020 South Dakota legislative session. This event will take place on… Read more »
Pedestrian struck and killed by pickup in downtown Sturgis
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Sturgis police say a 68-year-old man was struck and killed by a pickup in the city’s downtown. Authorities say the man was struck as he walked in a crosswalk on Monday morning. The Rapid City Journal reports the victim as pinned under the pickup. Officers and bystanders were able to move… Read more »
Noem holding firm in opposition to hemp
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – While legislators have been working on an industrial hemp bill during the interim, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem is holding firm in her opposition. She says she has not heard from any major farm group supporting industrial hemp. Noem says the only profit being made in hemp now is in CBD… Read more »