ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s June Business After Hours mixer, commemorating 140 years as an organization, will be held on Thursday, June 13 from 5:15 to 7:00 pm at the Kessler’s Champions Club inside the Barnett Center on the Northern State University campus. Host and sponsor is Kessler’s Food & Liquor,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The 2024 Primary election is taking place today across the state of South Dakota.  Brown County Auditor Lynn Heupel talks about the process that they will be using to tabulate votes and send them to the Secretary of State’s Office.  Prior to election day, Heupel informed us that 1,396 citizens voted either early… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- The City Council made two significant approvals at Monday night’s meeting for the Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements project nearing $62 million, which Watertown Mayor Ried Holien says was a well-vetted out process and “justified.” The project’s first agenda was to approve a $607,126 professional services agreement with TEGRA Group Inc. for Owner’s Representative… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D.(KBHB) – The National Weather Service in Rapid City says a tornado that touched down Sunday west of Faith has been rated an EF2. A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service estimated the winds reached 118 mph based on the extent of damage. Weather officials say the tornado touched down just… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Sturgis City Council Monday night ruled on an appeal by Sturgis Meat Service following a citation issued to the company earlier this year for disposing of blood into the city’s sanitary sewer system. According to city documents, city staff witnessed and observed alleged blood draining into the sanitary sewer, which is… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The Sturgis City Council met for their first June meeting Monday night, and continued discussion on a controversial Resolution that sparked heated debate at a special meeting last week. Monday night’s meeting was much more civil, as the council first approved the repeal of the original Resolution; 2024-32. That resolution was to… Read more »

FORT PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The lack of an on-staff city engineer in Fort Pierre is starting to add up to back logging projects and stressed city staff.  The Council last month voted to not reappoint Public Works Director Rick Hahn, essentially firing Hahn for publicly undisclosed reasons.  Mayor Gloria Hanson says it’s having a negative impact… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – South Dakota is home to nearly 14,000 beef farms and ranches caring for 3.5 million head of cattle, outnumbering state residents 4.2 to 1. The South Dakota Beef Industry Council (SDBIC) believes this is the perfect time to introduce the newest campaign to highlight South Dakota Restaurants and the beef farmers… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Monday night’s City Council meeting, the council addressed a resolution dealing with the intent to raise the Bid occupation tax rate.  This was brought up by the Aberdeen Downtown Association for some of the beautification projects.  The current rate is four cents per square foot.  The Downtown Association would like to increase… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Monday, the South Dakota Secretary of State announced that the proposed initiated measure to legalize cannabis, sponsored by the leaders of South Dakotans for Better Marijuana Laws (“SDBML”), has officially qualified for the November 5, 2024 ballot. “We worked extremely hard on this signature drive and we are proud to… Read more »