ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio)- At 8:08pm the Associated Press announced had called the runoff for Republican candidate for Governor to current Governor Larry Rhoden. With 650 precincts reported in Governor Rhoden had 71%(83.582) to Toby Doeden’s 29%(34,430) Voter turnout for the runoff was at 35.91% Toby Doeden conceded the race to Governor Rhoden. Doeden… Read more »
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Annual National Night Out coming August 4th
ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) National Night out is a chance for families and kids to interact with law enforcement and 1st Responders of all kinds.. Sgt. Jordan Majeske has more. This is a time when people can have fun and learn without pressure or stress. Sgt Majeske says there are chances to win and… Read more »
5th Ave SW from Main to South 1st Street closed until Friday
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- The following road remains closed to thru traffic for manhole replacement: 5th Ave. SW from S. Main St. to S. 1st St. The road is scheduled to be closed until 5pm Friday or until finished. Motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work is completed.
County Commission will let voters decide on sales tax to offset Property Tax
ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) The Brown County Commission has looked at an option from the State Legislature to shift taxes from additional sales tax to reduce property taxes, Chairman Duane Sutton explains. The slight increase would allow for revenue to also be gained from visitors to the area and help take the burden off… Read more »
Early Voting numbers with Brown County Auditor
ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) Lynn Heupel, Auditor for Brown County gave us an update on how early voting and absentee voting has gone coming up to today’s run off election. She had a reminder that results won’t come in for this historic election until later this evening. This run off election is the first… Read more »
July License Plate Decals are due
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- License plate decals for the month of July are due on Friday. Brown County Treasurer Patty VanMeter provides the letters for the month. Brown County Office’s hours of operations are from 8AM-5PM Monday through Friday.
Aberdeen School Board approved preliminary budget for 2026-27
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- The Aberdeen School board looked into the budget for the upcoming 2026-27 school year. Finance Director Michaela Solum went over the balance for the past school year. Solum projected the budget for the next school year at over 63 million dollars. She went over some of the increases from the previous… Read more »
Aberdeen School Board hear about AI
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- On Monday night, the Aberdeen School Board heard about the America’s Youth AI Festival that was held in Boston on July 17th through the 19th. Aberdeen Central Technical Director Josh Jensen: Jensen talked about how he collaborated with fellow instructors from all across the country while students were debating. Jensen informed… Read more »
Dacotah Prairie Museum request funding to expand
ABERDEEN, S.D.-(HubCityRadio)- Last Tuesday, Dacotah Prairie Museum Director requested funding to allow for the museum to expand. At Monday night’s Aberdeen City Council she also put the request in with them. Kendall went over the tourism numbers so far in 2026. Kendell told the council what the purpose the funding would do. Kendall requested $250,000… Read more »
Aberdeen City Attorney went over timeline for data center ordinance
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- At last week’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, the county put a moratorium in place on data center for November 18th, 2026. Aberdeen City Attorney Ron Wager(Wag-er) went over the timeline to addressed at this week’s meeting. Wager broke it down to three groups. After deliberation by the council, it was determined… Read more »