ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce will celebrate Chamber Week April 8-12. This year’s event coincides with 135th Anniversary of the Chamber. Chamber Week is annual event, according to Bea Smith, Director of Membership and Events with the Chamber. There are special events planned throughout the week. Thursday’s seminar features a… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The 2020 budget that South Dakota legislators put together was signed by Governor Kristi Noem on the final day of the 2019 session last Friday. Legislators increased spending slightly to just under $1.7 billion. Representative Jean Hunhoff of Yankton, Vice Chair of the House Appropriations Committee, says they used the best… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – David Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will be the speaker at the April meeting of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Committee. Mr. Owen will provide a recap of the 2019 South Dakota legislative session. This event will take place on Thursday,… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem recently signed SB176, a bill to increase habitat programs and strengthen the future of pheasant hunting in South Dakota. “The first century of pheasant hunting put South Dakota on the map as a destination for every hunter,” said Noem. “In recent years, however, pheasant numbers have dropped… Read more »

MANDAN, N.D. (AP) — Police responding to a medical call at a North Dakota property-management business on Monday found “several” bodies, authorities said. The Mandan Police Department issued a three-sentence news release confirming that officers had found “several people who were deceased inside” the business in the city of about 22,000 just across the Missouri… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – The South Dakota Department of Transportation has opened the bridge on Highway 11 over Split Rock Creek located about two-and-a-half miles south of Brandon. The department continues to remind motorists to be aware of flooding and to not drive through floodwaters or go around barricades, the road may be… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a 6-year-old girl is dead after falling from the top of Falling Rock west of Rapid City. The Pennington County Sheriff’s Office says the girl’s fall from the cliff apparently was an accident. It happened around noon Mountain time Sunday.Authorities say the body is being held pending further… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota legislature wrapped up the 2019 session on Friday by sustaining a pair of style and form vetoes issues by Governor Kristi Noem on some appropriation bills. It was Noem’s first session as Governor, following her election last November. Long time lobbyist and legislative observer Dave Owen says she… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – Businesses in the Mid America region continue to show signs of growth despite flooding and other growing risks. Ernie Goss, Director of the Institute for Economic Inquiry at Creighton University in Omaha, says the overall index for the nine state region rose again in March. Any reading over 50 indicates growth… Read more »

HOT SPRINGS, S.D. (Press Release) – Two people died Friday night when they were hit by a truck one mile west of Hot Springs. Names of the three men involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A 2002 Subaru Impreza was eastbound on U.S. Highway 18 when the driver lost control. The… Read more »