ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – The Aberdeen City Council will discuss mask mandate options next week. This announcement came from City Manager Joe Gaa at the end of Monday’s city council meeting. It followed discussion earlier in the meeting with Brown County Emergency Management Director Scott Meints, who emphasized the need for everyone… Read more »
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Residents can now discharge sump pumps into sewer system
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Effective Nov. 1, 2020 Aberdeen residents are authorized to begin discharging water from their sump pumps into the sanitary sewer system for the winter season. Residents will be notified in the spring when discharge should be re-directed to the curb and gutter outside the property. All sump pumps, drain tile,… Read more »
Leadership Aberdeen project raises $20k+ for Aberdeen Area Humane Society
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Months and months after originally scheduled, the longest ever running Leadership Aberdeen class is closer to wrapping up its project. The group’s online photo contest – Hub City Hound – wrapped up October 11. The class had an original goal of $30,000 – the contest raised just over $22,600. And… Read more »
Noem announces K-12 Connect
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced the launch of K-12 Connect, a program to provide internet service at no cost to eligible K-12 students in their homes for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. “Given the unprecedented disruption for many of our K-12 students, we want to make sure there… Read more »
Record active cases, hospitalizations continue to rise, no new deaths
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s record amount of active COVID-19 cases rose by 127 today and the record total of hospitalizations was up 18 according to numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Health. There were no new deaths. The state had 984 new confirmed cases and 862 recoveries, pushing the active infections… Read more »
Johnson to visit Milbank and Sisseton
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will visit Milbank on Wednesday. He will tour Valley Queen Cheese Factory and ride along on the Sisseton Milbank Railroad. On Thursday, Johnson will visit Sisseton to tour Coteau Health Care System Hospital. What: Valley Queen Cheese Factory Tour (RSVP) When: Wednesday, October 28; 1:15… Read more »
Sturgis woman identified in fatal crash west of Whitewood
WHITEWOOD, S.D. (Press Release) – A 24-year-old Sturgis woman has been identified as the person who died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash west of Whitewood. A 2020 Nissan Versa was eastbound on Interstate 90 when it went off the roadway to the right, into the ditch and eventually collided with a tree. The… Read more »
Sioux Falls man accused of assaulting woman, kidnapping her and child
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and kidnapping her and their 1-year-old child is facing a long list of criminal charges. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the 33-year-old victim was at a friend’s house Saturday night when her boyfriend arrived, grabbed their child and forced both of… Read more »
Record already set for absentee voting in Brown County
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Election Day is one week away, but many residents of Brown County have already submitted their ballots. Cathy McNickle, Brown County Auditor, says people have turned out in record numbers. There has been speculation nationwide that results will take a bit longer to process because of all the early voting, but… Read more »
Health care providers trying to treat COVID patients, keep infection out of facilities
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Many health care providers are struggling to take care of the COVID positive patients they are seeing, while at the same time trying to keep the infection out of their long-term care facilities. Doug Ekeren, regional president for Avera Health, says they are already dealing with many regulations. Ekeren says they… Read more »