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 »
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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 »
Overweg waiting to see how two departments will function as new unit
NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed merging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources into the state Ag Department and would call it the Department of Ag & Natural Resources. The incoming Chairman of the House Ag & Natural Resources Committee, Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland, says he… Read more »
Chamber partners with City of Aberdeen for mask & sanitizer giveaway
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the City of Aberdeen to provide a small number of Aberdeen businesses with face masks and hand sanitizer, at no cost, for their employees and customers. Interested businesses are required to complete a brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q96ZSZD. Once the business’s information… Read more »
State’s active cases increase; no new deaths reported
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state saw an increase of new active cases, a slight bump in hospitalizations and no news deaths, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 509 new confirmed cases and 127 recoveries, pushing the amount of active infections to 16,814. Hospitalizations were up… Read more »
Rapid City officials investigating string of suspicious fires
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Rapid City Fire Department says it responded to five overnight fires in less than seven hours, including four that are considered suspicious and occurred in the same area. The department said in release Sunday that the fires were set in trash cans, dumpsters or shipping containers. The first fire… Read more »
Chamber conducting online auction
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce is currently conducting an online auction. The event started at midnight and will continue until midnight on Friday, Dec. 11. Gail Ochs, Chamber President, talked about the details. She said there are a variety of items available. Ochs said the fundraiser is a great way… Read more »
Thune hearing more optimism on economic stimulus package
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Following weeks of talks in Washington there is some hope that a deal could be found for the next economic stimulus package. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is hearing more optimism. Thune says getting past the election could help focus the future talks. Thune says they need to work… Read more »
Noem to deliver budget proposal Tuesday
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will deliver her 2022 budget proposal to a joint meeting of the legislature Tuesday. She says a year ago most of the state was recovering from major flooding. Noem says she will have suggestions for the budget surplus and some one time money. Noem says the… Read more »