ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – Brown County commissioners started their 2021 budget discussion with a $467,000 gap between projected revenues and proposed expenses. But after discussion in work sessions last week, they closed that gap and approved a balanced provisional budget Tuesday at the board’s regular meeting. That budget is $30.75 million, which… Read more »
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Yankton has small number planning to do online learning
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School District has prepared an extensive back to school plan to help students return to their classrooms safely. There is also an option for parents who want their kids at home, learning online. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they have a small number of students planning to take lessons that… Read more »
Missouri River basin seeing below normal precipitation
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers will hold releases from Gavins Point Dam at 30 thousand cubic feet per second will into fall. Tom Curran, Manager at Gavins Point, says the entire Missouri River basin is seeing below normal precipitation. Curran says the engineers in their Omaha office will soon set the winter… Read more »
Sombke says E-30 part of helping economy and health
CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – Renewable fuel supporters want the Trump administration to allow wider use of E-30 fuel. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says that higher blend is part of the answer to improving the rural economy as well as benefitting the health of all citizens. He says Governor Kristi Noem has been… Read more »
Work continuing on sediment plan for Lewis & Clark Lake
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – A cooperative effort to come up with a plan to manage sediment flowing into Lewis & Clark Lake is moving slower than backers had hoped. Sandy Stockholm, Executive Director of the Missouri Sediment Action Coalition, gave an update to the Yankton City Commission last week. She says studies of the problem… Read more »
South Dakota hits 10,000 cases of COVID, adds two new deaths
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota surpassed the 10,000 mark of confirmed COVID-19 cases and had two new deaths, according to information released from the State Department of Health today. The new deaths bring the overall total to 150. The state had 127 new confirmed cases, bringing the overall total to 10,024. South Dakota also… Read more »
Unattended death of Rapid City man now believed to be homicide
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police are now investigating a man’s unattended death as a homicide after getting preliminary autopsy results. Police were called Tuesday night about an unconscious man. Police found the man dead inside the home. An autopsy was conducted Thursday, and police say that there was enough trauma to the… Read more »
New Regional Sports Complex at Northern State dedicated
NSU football player William Corchado signs a beam during a dedication ceremony Thursday for the new Regional Sports Complex ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – On a day when the NCAA Division II canceled all sporting events for the remainder of the calendar year, there was still cause for celebration on the Northern State campus on Thursday… Read more »
Officials dedicate new South Dakota School for Blind and Visually Impaired
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – While the facility has been in use since the beginning of the year, the new South Dakota School for the Blind and Visually Impaired was officially dedicated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday afternoon. The facility is located on the campus of Northern State and was part of the Educational Impact… Read more »
Pierre man facing charges in connection with shooting last month
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – A 25-year-old man from Pierre faces charges in connection with a shooting last month in Pierre. A Hughes County Grand Jury indicted Derek At The Straight on charges of Attempted First Degree Murder, Commission of a Felony While Armed with a Firearm and Four Counts of Aggravated Assault. Information from… Read more »