ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Aquatic Center is closing for the season on Sunday, Aug. 18, and dogs are sure to love it. The center will be open to the public until 5 p.m., before concluding the year with the annual dog swim from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The season has gone by fast,… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Employers across the region continue to struggle to fill job openings. During the quarterly meeting of Yankton Area Progressive Growth, C.E.O. Nancy Wenande said there were 845 open jobs in Yankton County, with 117 of them in manufacturing. Those numbers have been fairly steady over the past few years. Wenande says… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – When Pierre T.F. Riggs High School students begin classes next week, they’ll notice building security is in the process of being upgraded. Supt. Dr. Kelly Glodt says the changes will give Riggs the same security features as the district’s middle and elementary schools already have.

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Since SkyWest, flying as United Express, took over commercial air service at the Pierre Regional Airport in April, boardings have steadily been going up. Pierre city commissioner Jamie Huizenga (hi-zinga) says reliable service has been restored and people are are using it. Currently, Pierre and Watertown share a daily flight… Read more »

FORT THOMPSON, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe will work together to keep people safe at this weekend’s Crow Creek Dakota Nation Pow Wow. Once again this year, Highway Patrol troopers have been invited by the tribe to work with tribal officers to enforce tribal laws… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Farming and ranching have always been challenging jobs with part of the success or failure of an operation dependent on some things producers can’t control– such as weather, market volatility and global trade wars. With expenses going up and incomes going down, Capital Area Counseling Service CEO Dennis Pfrimmer (frim-er)… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University’s International Friendship Family Program is taking applications for families to share their American experience while making students feel welcome in our community. Through the NSU Friendship Family Program, international students spend time with their “Friendship Family” doing family things at least once a month and keep in… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — Federal court records show 10 men were arrested in an undercover sting operation targeting people using the internet to meet minors for sex at the Sturgis motorcycle rally. The sting conducted this month involved law enforcement posing as girls and a boy age 15. The Rapid City Journal says it was… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Brown County Commissioners are faced with a $4 million gap between requests and revenue. At a Tuesday meeting, talks focused on ways to close that budget gap including the possibility of closing the Juvenile Detention Center and an opt-out, which would have to come to a public vote. The commissioners… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A 36-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to charges he threatened to kill a federal prosecutor and burn down a South Dakota courthouse during a courtroom outburst. Steven Shane McCann entered his plea Tuesday in federal court in Rapid City. McCann faces one count of threatening to murder a federal… Read more »