ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Airport Travel Center was one of 12 locations selected from a pool of 1,500 applications to receive a Cenex Harvest States grant. Ron Erickson, Owner and Manager of the Airport Travel Center, talked about the process. The Hometown Pride initiative rewards communities with a $5,000 grant, which in this case… Read more »
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Highway Patrol looking for new recruits
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The new Superintendent of the South Dakota Highway Patrol says it takes a special person to be a state trooper. Colonel Rick Miller says they are looking for new recruits. Miller says they have openings they are trying to fill. The Patrol is offering a $5,000 hiring incentive to any certified… Read more »
Committee on Industrial Hemp talks about visit with Kentucky
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Legislature’s Interim Committee on Industrial Hemp held its first meeting in Pierre last week. South Dakota Farm Bureau Lobbyist Mike Held says committee members reported on their discussions with the state of Kentucky about their hemp program. He says the main market for industrial hemp in Kentucky is… Read more »
City to spray for mosquitoes Wednesday night
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spraying for Wednesday, July 17 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. If for some reason we are unable to spray Wednesday night because of inclement weather, we will go Thursday, July 18 between the hours of 8:30 p.m.… Read more »
South Dakota finishes budget year with $19.4 million surplus
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem today announced that South Dakota closed the 2019 budget year on June 30 with a $19.4 million surplus. The state general fund budget ended with lower expenditures than budgeted, while ongoing revenue finished lower than projected levels. “In South Dakota, we don’t spend money we don’t have.… Read more »
USS South Dakota sailors ride across the state
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Ten Navy sailors assigned to the USS SOUTH DAKOTA (SSN 790) submarine spent the night in Pierre Sunday night as part of the “USS SOUTH DAKOTA Ride Across South Dakota.” Commanding Officer Craig Litty says they arrived in the state Friday. Litty took command of the Virginia Class fast… Read more »
Man killed in tractor crash northwest of Tea
TEA, S.D. (Press Release) – A 74-year-old man died Sunday afternoon in a tractor crash northwest of Tea. The name of the deceased has not yet been released pending notification of family members. A 1930 Minneapolis-Moline tractor was mowing the ditches along the 269th Street. The tractor was eastbound in the north ditch when it… Read more »
Disaster unemployment assistance deadline July 26
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Farmers and ranchers, employees and self-employed individuals in 16 counties and reservations across South Dakota who are unable to work as a result of the severe winter storms and flooding from March 13 to April 26 may be eligible for disaster unemployment assistance. Funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency… Read more »
Sioux Falls ranked among least-stressed cities
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WalletHub) – With workplace-related stress alone costing society more than $300 billion per year, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Most & Least Stressed Cities in America as well as accompanying videos. In order to determine where Americans cope best with their stress, WalletHub compared more than 180 cities… Read more »
Body of man recovered from submerged car in Rapid Creek
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Crews have recovered the body of a 23-year-old man from a submerged car in Rapid Creek in southwestern South Dakota. A passer-by alerted authorities about an upside-down vehicle in the creek Sunday morning. The Rapid City/Pennington County Water Rescue Team was dispatched and pulled the man from the car. No… Read more »