PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Legislators on a summer study committee looking at county funding as services heard testimony from county officials, many expressing concern about their counties becoming bankrupt.  District 24 Representative and House Majority Leader Will Mortenson says counties have the tools to support themselves. Mortenson isn’t concerned about counties becoming insolvent. Mortenson does not see… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Childcare shortages are a workforce development issue. Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree says that’s the approach lawmakers are taking as the legislative session approaches. The recent closing of the Apple Tree childcare centers in Sioux Falls is pushing legislators to consider action.

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen Public Works Director Stu Nelson told the Aberdeen City Council Tuesday the process they decided to use to deal with the weather that arrived over the holiday weekend. Nelson told them the original plan was to do just the emergency snow routes & downtown parking lots. The plan was not to… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Monday’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, the council discussed a resolution to help with the construction of a new water tower for Industrial Park at the east end of town. Ted Dickey with NE Council of Governments talks about what the resolution is about. Dickey told the commission the cost for the new… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The city of Aberdeen & surrounding area was hit with a massive weather system that arrived starting on Christmas Eve through Tuesday. Meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Aberdeen Travis Tarver provided a recap of what happened. Prior to the system arriving the city of Aberdeen on Saturday, December 23rd hit a… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(KELO)- Higher interest rates and a credit squeeze are hurting rural mainstreet businesses in our region. Community Bankers in the ten-state region say we are already in…or are heading in to a recession. Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says the bankers have two main concerns. Goss says the Fed is signaling interest rate cuts… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- The penalties are heavy, and many business owners aren’t even aware of it. Senator Mike Rounds is leading a group of lawmakers asking the treasury department to delay enforcement of a new rule. It requires companies to send information on people involved in business ownership. CPA Chuck Nelson of Sioux Falls there’s… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- Pressure is mounting on the Biden Administration to secure our southern border. Last week, the administration closed off rail traffic in two key areas because migrants were hopping trains to get into the U-S. Congressman Dusty Johnson says the impact of that move is being felt here in South Dakota and throughout farm… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – At it’s December meeting, the South Dakota Board of Regents approved the final facility plans for Northern State’s new business and health innovation center. The $31.5 million project will now begin construction in the spring, following the demolition of Lincoln and Briscoe Halls. The tentative date to finish construction… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC) has been announced as a recipient of the SouthvDakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development Community Based Childcare Planning Grant.  The ADC has applied for these funds to assist the Aberdeen, South Dakota, community in developing innovative strategies that address childcare needs in the community. In July 2023,… Read more »