PIERRE, S.D. (From American News Staff Reports) – Gov. Kristi Noem has proposed spending $4 million in state money to replace the Elm Lake dam. She made the proposal in her annual budget address Tuesday afternoon in Pierre. Elm Lake is the source to about one-third of Aberdeen’s drinking water, the governor said. She said… Read more »
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Active infections and hospitalizations down slightly, one new death
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s COVID-19 numbers did not alter much according to totals released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 539 new confirmed cases and 568 recoveries, lowering the amount of active infections by 29 to 16,783. Hospitalizations were down by 12 and there was one new COVID-releated… Read more »
Rapid City City Council tables mask mandate ordinance
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A mask mandate drew a capacity crowd to Rapid City Hall where public comment and debate on the proposed ordinance for nearly two and a-half hours. In the end, the City Council voted to table the mask ordinance Monday night. Mayor Steve Allender cast the tie-breaking vote to effectively kill… Read more »
Battle of the Badges Wednesday through Friday
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Battle of the Badges blood drives takes place this week at City Lights in Aberdeen. Bailey Gemar, Donor Recruitment Representative with Vitalant, provides the details of the event which pits Aberdeen Law vs. Aberdeen Fire in a friendly competition. She said that blood is always needed at this time… Read more »
Sturgis gun shop burglarized for second time in two months
STURGIS, S.D. (AP) — After operating without incident for five years, a Sturgis gun store has been burglarized for the second time in two months. Police said in a release that Sturgis Guns was broken into at 4:21 a.m. on Sunday. Authorities arrived to find a a broken side window and learned that nine rifles,… Read more »
Rounds shares thoughts on possible cabinet selections
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says President-elect Joe Biden will have to take the Senate in consideration when he makes selections for his cabinet. Rounds says a Republican Senate won’t be willing to go along with liberal cabinet picks. Rounds says the Senate elections in Georgia next month will be critical… Read more »
Hughes County looking at new court facility
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Hughes County Commission continues moving toward looking at new space to facilitate Circuit court operations in the County. Hughes County has looked at sites for new buildings or additions at the Courthouse site in Pierre and near the Hughes County Courthouse in east Pierre. Loren Schafer with Broz Engineering of… Read more »
City outlines plan for spending nearly $6.4M in 2020 savings
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – With $6.39 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding covering personnel expenses for public safety employees, Aberdeen officials have outlined a plan for the use of resulting unspent city funds. That money can be spent on unbudgeted COVID-19 expenses and budgeted public safety personnel expenses, according to city council meeting… Read more »
Rapid City Fire Department addresses suspicious fires
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – A string of fires kept Rapid City firefighters busy early Sunday morning, though a suspicious pattern quickly emerged after four of the five blazes happened within one mile radius of one another, and appear to have been human-caused. Tessa (Yea-Ger) Jaeger, public information officer for RCFD, said the fires started… Read more »
Corps making progress on snowpack monitoring system
OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – Following the floods of 2011 in the Missouri River basin, state and federal officials asked the Corps of Engineers to develop and install a snowpack monitoring system across the plains. Kevin Grode with the Corps office in Omaha says they are making progress on the planning and development. Grode says they… Read more »