News Category: Local News

Historic walking tours set for Tuesday and Thursday this week

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – A pair of walking tours are planned by the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department this week. A walking tour of the Hagerty and Lloyd Historical District is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. Troy McQuillen will lead the one-hour walk in one of Aberdeen’s oldest residential neighborhoods. Information will… Read more »

Historic walking tours set for Tuesday and Thursday this week

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – A pair of walking tours are planned by the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department this week. A walking tour of the Hagerty and Lloyd Historical District is set for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 7. Troy McQuillen will lead the one-hour walk in one of Aberdeen’s oldest residential neighborhoods. Information will… Read more »

RAPID CITY, (KOTA News) – A plot of land that has been a golf course in Rapid City is one step closer to being redeveloped into what the parks and rec director called a neighborhood park, which Jeff Biegler said would feature disc golf and trails. Biegler said they had some money in their budget… Read more »

RAPID CITY, (KOTA News) – A plot of land that has been a golf course in Rapid City is one step closer to being redeveloped into what the parks and rec director called a neighborhood park, which Jeff Biegler said would feature disc golf and trails. Biegler said they had some money in their budget… Read more »

Spring load limits to be lifted on Monday

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 7 AM on Monday May 6, 2019, the spring load limits will be lifted for the City of Aberdeen. The effect of this is that residential roads will have the same regulations for load limits as our truck routes and state highways.

Spring load limits to be lifted on Monday

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at 7 AM on Monday May 6, 2019, the spring load limits will be lifted for the City of Aberdeen. The effect of this is that residential roads will have the same regulations for load limits as our truck routes and state highways.

Summer hours for Public Works Department start Monday

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Effective May 6, 2019, Aberdeen City Public Works Department will start summer hours. The department will start work at 7 AM and complete their workday at 4 PM. This change affects Utility, Street, Traffic Control and Solid Waste Divisions. City garbage customers are reminded that the Public Works Department hour… Read more »

Summer hours for Public Works Department start Monday

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Effective May 6, 2019, Aberdeen City Public Works Department will start summer hours. The department will start work at 7 AM and complete their workday at 4 PM. This change affects Utility, Street, Traffic Control and Solid Waste Divisions. City garbage customers are reminded that the Public Works Department hour… Read more »

Man serving prison term for Walworth County killing to be paroled

MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A man who served more than two decades in prison for raping and killing an 18-year-old South Dakota woman in 1980 will soon be free. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles on April 17 approved the release of Nicholas Scherr, 54, once a parole plan is ready in the… Read more »

Man serving prison term for Walworth County killing to be paroled

MOBRIDGE, S.D. (AP) — A man who served more than two decades in prison for raping and killing an 18-year-old South Dakota woman in 1980 will soon be free. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles on April 17 approved the release of Nicholas Scherr, 54, once a parole plan is ready in the… Read more »

Congress unable to reach agreement on expanded disaster funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress left Washington this week without an agreement on expanded disaster funding. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there were more negotiations. The hang up is between extra funding for Puerto Rico and the Midwest. Rounds says the argument won’t impact what FEMA is doing. Rounds says since the final damage… Read more »

Congress unable to reach agreement on expanded disaster funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress left Washington this week without an agreement on expanded disaster funding. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says there were more negotiations. The hang up is between extra funding for Puerto Rico and the Midwest. Rounds says the argument won’t impact what FEMA is doing. Rounds says since the final damage… Read more »

Inmates participate in job fair

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — About 150 inmates at South Dakota’s prison in Springfield took the opportunity to prepare for life after prison at a job fair this week. Ernesto DiFabio was among the men who met with roughly 20 employers at Mike Durfee State Prison on April 29, the Argus Leader reported. DiFabio, who graduated… Read more »

Inmates participate in job fair

SPRINGFIELD, S.D. (AP) — About 150 inmates at South Dakota’s prison in Springfield took the opportunity to prepare for life after prison at a job fair this week. Ernesto DiFabio was among the men who met with roughly 20 employers at Mike Durfee State Prison on April 29, the Argus Leader reported. DiFabio, who graduated… Read more »

Gov. Noem not welcome on Pine Ridge Reservation

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – A Native American tribe has told South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem she’s not welcome on one of largest reservations in the country after she led efforts to pass a state law targeting demonstrations such as those in neighboring North Dakota that plagued the Dakota Access oil pipeline. “I am… Read more »

Gov. Noem not welcome on Pine Ridge Reservation

PINE RIDGE, S.D. (AP) – A Native American tribe has told South Dakota’s Republican Gov. Kristi Noem she’s not welcome on one of largest reservations in the country after she led efforts to pass a state law targeting demonstrations such as those in neighboring North Dakota that plagued the Dakota Access oil pipeline. “I am… Read more »

Interim study committee to look at municipalities

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The South Dakota Legislature has established an interim study committee evaluate the legal right of a municipality to provide electricity to areas annexed into the municipality. The interim committee comes as the result of a bill (SB66) introduced by the state’s rural electric cooperatives during the 2019 legislative session that… Read more »

Interim study committee to look at municipalities

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The South Dakota Legislature has established an interim study committee evaluate the legal right of a municipality to provide electricity to areas annexed into the municipality. The interim committee comes as the result of a bill (SB66) introduced by the state’s rural electric cooperatives during the 2019 legislative session that… Read more »

PC President provides details of school year during Chamber Luncheon

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Presentation College President Maggie Huber used a seasonal analogy as she talked about the school during the monthly Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Luncheon on Thursday. Huber began with autumn, when the school year kicks off. The school has 700 total students: 412 in Aberdeen, 49 on its Fairmont,… Read more »

PC President provides details of school year during Chamber Luncheon

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Presentation College President Maggie Huber used a seasonal analogy as she talked about the school during the monthly Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce’s Community Affairs Luncheon on Thursday. Huber began with autumn, when the school year kicks off. The school has 700 total students: 412 in Aberdeen, 49 on its Fairmont,… Read more »