ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A Northern State University student is launching a campaign to raise awareness – and funding – toward accessibility on campus. Tyler Goldade, a junior art student from Aberdeen, has created “Mobility Matters.” The campaign will kick off today, April 15 – “Mobility Monday.” Goldade and his classmates from Sara Christensen… Read more »
News Author: Dave Vilhauer
Two prison inmates escape
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Two state prison inmates at the Yankton Community Work Center have been placed on escape status. State corrections officials say Travis Mann and Matthew Weddell failed to report to their community service job site in Yankton on Saturday. The 36-year-old Mann is serving sentences from Brookings County for drug possession and… Read more »
South Dakota woman dies after falling off cliff in Arkansas
JASPER, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old South Dakota woman has died after falling off a cliff in northwestern Arkansas. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says Andrea Norton was fatally injured on Saturday when she accidentally fell from a rock formation near Jasper, about 101 miles northwest of Little Rock. Wheeler says Norton was… Read more »
Millions in damage estimated for Yankton County
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Estimates of $20 to $25 million in damages in Yankton County will go higher. Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says they anticipate finding more damage after last week’s snow. Klimisch says they plan to get their report into the state this week. The County Highway Superintendent advised no travel on any county… Read more »
Latest storm still under previous emergency declaration
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Cleanup from the mid-March bomb cyclone that hit South Dakota and much of the Upper Midwest hadn’t finished when another similar system hit the same area last week. Gov. Kristi Noem says damage from both storms will be combined in the state’s request for a federal disaster declaration. Most state… Read more »
Regents President shares thoughts on tuition increase
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase tuition at state universities next fall by 3.4 percent. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they wait until the legislature wraps up to see what type of state dollars they can work with. Schieffer says they left more cuts on the table. Schieffer… Read more »
Jim Woster to speak Thursday at Agtegra Innovation Center
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota Hall of Fame member Jim Woster will be speaking in Aberdeen on Thursday, April 18. The Aberdeen Chamber’s Ag Committee will host the well-known agriculture expert at 1 p.m. at the Agtegra Innovation Center. Woster began his career with the Sioux Falls Stockyards in 1962. He was the stockyards… Read more »
Latest storm cost will be in the billions
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – As they collect and tally losses and statistics from Storm Wesley, Governor Kristi Noem said Friday that there wasn’t an end to the previous event – for which they are still collecting information – so the emergency declaration that she signed a few weeks ago will cover this… Read more »
Sioux Falls mayor keynote speaker at Community Prayer Breakfast
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken will be the keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Aberdeen Community Prayer Breakfast. The event takes place from 6:45 to 8:05 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Ramkota Hotel Convention Center. TenHaken established a reputation as a leader in marketing technology prior to becoming mayor of… Read more »
Farmers Union leaders meet with policy makers in Washington
HURON, S.D. (Press Release) – Presidents of South Dakota and North Dakota Farmers Union, met with policy makers in D.C. to discuss commodity transportation costs, crop insurance alternatives and renewable fuels on behalf of family farmers and ranchers. “Times are tough throughout production agriculture, so we are working to do what we can to make… Read more »