ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Due to the Labor Day Holiday observance on Monday, Sept. 7, city garbage pick-up will change. Residents who normally have their garbage picked up on Monday are reminded to have their garbage out for pick up by 8 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8. Both Monday and Tuesday’s garbage will be picked… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Legislature has announced dates for the public to weigh in on how federal coronavirus relief funds should be used. The state has received $1.25 billion in coronavirus relief funds from Congress and has yet to spend most of it. Five committees of lawmakers will meet throughout September… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem got some extra air time on Fox News last week during the Republican National Convention, after the state ran a $819,000 taxpayer-funded ad promoting tourism. Purchasing the Fox News ad while millions of people tuned into the RNC was Noem’s idea, her spokesman Ian Fury… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The inaugural Hub City Hoedown skateboard event is set for Saturday, Sept. 12 at the skateboard park located at Melgaard Park. Nick Ailts, YAPA Supervisor and event coordinator, talked about the Hoedown. There will be six different categories to compete in. Ailts said some are objective while others are subjective. Cost… Read more »

HURON, S.D. (WNAX) – Despite COVID, South Dakota’s number one industry, agriculture is still the focus of this year’s South Dakota State Fair in Huron. It is one of the few state fairs being held in the country and while it looked a bit different, Assistant Manager Candi Briley says the 135-year tradition goes on.… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.  (KWAT) — A Watertown man is being held in the Codington County Detention Center on a million dollars cash-only bond following his arrest Thursday morning for Second Degree Murder. Forty year-old Jeremiah Peacemaker is accused of killing 28 year-old Kendra Owen at her residence in the 300-block of North Broadway. Owen’s body was… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA TV) – Local law enforcement has caught the suspect in a triple assault turned murder case yesterday. The Rapid City Police Department was called to E. Monroe Street for a triple-assault. Police found two female and one male victim that all suffered blunt force trauma. Police were able to quickly identify… Read more »

IDEAL, S.D. (WNAX) – Farmers planting small grains or cover crops this fall need to make sure they are planting legal seed varieties. There has recently been an increase in illegal plantings of non-certified public seed varieties and brown bagged sales by individuals and elevators. Bryan Jorgenson is a certified seed dealer and farmer from… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – COVID-19 cases at the University of South Dakota are surging, with 243 students and staff self-reporting a positive test and 666 currently in quarantine or isolation. USD President Sheila Gestring says they are carefully monitoring. Gestring says they know university life exists outside the classrooms. Gestring says they are working closely… Read more »