ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Battle of the Badges blood drives takes place this week at City Lights in Aberdeen. Bailey Gemar, Donor Recruitment Representative with Vitalant, provides the details of the event which pits Aberdeen Law vs. Aberdeen Fire in a friendly competition. She said that blood is always needed at this time… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — After operating without incident for five years, a Sturgis gun store has been burglarized for the second time in two months. Police said in a release that Sturgis Guns was broken into at 4:21 a.m. on Sunday. Authorities arrived to find a a broken side window and learned that nine rifles,… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says President-elect Joe Biden will have to take the Senate in consideration when he makes selections for his cabinet. Rounds says a Republican Senate won’t be willing to go along with liberal cabinet picks. Rounds says the Senate elections in Georgia next month will be critical… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Hughes County Commission continues moving toward looking at new space to facilitate Circuit court operations in the County. Hughes County has looked at sites for new buildings or additions at the Courthouse site in Pierre and near the Hughes County Courthouse in east Pierre.  Loren Schafer with Broz Engineering of… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – With $6.39 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding covering personnel expenses for public safety employees, Aberdeen officials have outlined a plan for the use of resulting unspent city funds. That money can be spent on unbudgeted COVID-19 expenses and budgeted public safety personnel expenses, according to city council meeting… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – A string of fires kept Rapid City firefighters busy early Sunday morning, though a suspicious pattern quickly emerged after four of the five blazes happened within one mile radius of one another, and appear to have been human-caused. Tessa (Yea-Ger) Jaeger, public information officer for RCFD, said the fires started… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – Following the floods of 2011 in the Missouri River basin, state and federal officials asked the Corps of Engineers to develop and install a snowpack monitoring system across the plains. Kevin Grode with the Corps office in Omaha says they are making progress on the planning and development. Grode says they… Read more »

NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed merging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources into the state Ag Department and would call it the Department of Ag & Natural Resources. The incoming Chairman of the House Ag & Natural Resources Committee, Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland, says he… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the City of Aberdeen to provide a small number of Aberdeen businesses with face masks and hand sanitizer, at no cost, for their employees and customers. Interested businesses are required to complete a brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q96ZSZD. Once the business’s information… Read more »