PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Wednesday, Governor Kristi Noem appointed Robert (Bob) Perry as Secretary of the Department of Public Safety (DPS). Craig Price, the current secretary, will retire from state government. Perry’s appointment will be effective on September 22. “Craig Price has been an outstanding leader and public servant throughout his law enforcement career.… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined 53 other Attorneys General in asking Congressional leaders to create an expert panel on how Artificial Intelligence…or A-I as it’s called… is used to exploit children. During a stop in Watertown Tuesday, Jackley talked about this topic, and what he wants to see get done. In… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–A win in court Tuesday for the prosecution team in the pending murder trial of Jeremiah Peacemaker of Watertown. He’s charged with killing Kendra Owen in her Watertown apartment in the 300-block of North Broadway on September 2nd, 2020. Peacemaker’s defense team filed a motion to have all references to Kendra Owen’s blood found… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KWAT)–The Watertown Development Company delivered the results of a housing study to the city council Tuesday night. It shows the occupancy rate for rental units in Watertown is very high, but there’s a need for more single family homes in all price points–especially entry-level homes. Development Company Executive Director Chris Clifton. Clifton says salaries… Read more »

HURON, S.D.(KOKK)- As the 2023 South Dakota State Fair was wrapping up on Labor Day afternoon a large structure fire ignited at a Huron Business.  The scene was met with a second tragic event in the line of duty death of an area firefighter.  On Tuesday September 5th Huron Fire Chief Ron Hines gave an… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen City Council passed the first reading on next year’s budget.  City Manager Joe Gaa explains that this budget is balanced. The Aberdeen City Council members started placing amendments to the budget starting with Councilman David Novstrup amendment impacting economic development. City Manager Gaa express his opposition to adding new staff members… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) — U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) Tuesday joined several of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing a Congressional Review Act resolution to overturn President Biden’s reckless income-driven repayment (IDR) rule that would forgive student loan balances after 10 years of payments for certain borrowers, including those in high-income households. On June 30,… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Wednesday, August 6th between the hours of 8:00 pm and 12:00 am.  West Nile Virus has been identified in Aberdeen and city officials urge citizens to take reasonable precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes.  You can reduce the… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Delta Kappa Gamma Aberdeen chapter will be hosting a book sale beginning on Thursday at the Wylie Park Pavillion. Member, Sue Jerde explains what the organization does. Jerde runs down the dates & times for the book sale at Wylie. Most books will cost anywhere between a quarter to as much as… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Tuesday’s Brown County Commission meeting,weekly meeting.  The manager of the Brown County Fair, Rachel Kippley  provided an update on what the fair is doing in regards to ticket agencies used for the Grandstand events. Kippley also address the issues they’re having with Showclix. Reminder, there will be no Brown County Commission next… Read more »