PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Research on the stocking of walleyes in southern Lake Oahe is showing ways keep fewer wallies from becoming lunch for the lake’s small mouth bass population.  Fisheries Biologist Mark Fincel says the research dates back to the 2017 stocking of fingerling walleye. Fincel says the studies showed small mouth bass coming to dinner… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature heard four Issue Memoranda this week on various topics requested by the Board.  One of those was an overview of water rights and management of the Missouri River in South Dakota.  Senior Research Analyst Anna Madsen says larger water projects need Legislative approval. Madsen says… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- There’s no overlap in the values of the Communist Chinese Party and America. That’s the belief of Congressman Dusty Johnson, who has some concerns about this week’s meetings between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. President Biden and Xi Jinping met for four hours in San Francisco Wednesday.

OMAHA, N.E.(KELO)- How confident are you about the economy over the next year? That question was posed to community bankers from our region by Creighton University…and they were overwhelmingly negative. It’s part of Creighton’s monthly Rural Mainstreet Index…and economist Ernie Goss says it’s the lowest reading on economic confidence in the survey’s history, going back… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KMIT)- President Joe Biden met with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week.  As a result of that meeting, China has agreed to curtail shipments to Mexico of the chemicals used to make fentanyl, the drug at the heart of the U.S. overdose epidemic.  Prior to the meeting, South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds was among… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KMIT)- South Dakota reported its first flu death of the 2023-24 season last week.  It was a Minnehaha County resident in the 80-89 year age group.  An average of 35 flu-related deaths are reported in South Dakota each year.  South Dakota Health Secretary Melissa Magstadt says there are many ways people can stave off… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Weather permitting beginning at approximately 8:00 AM on Friday, November 17, 2023 the following road will be closed to thru traffic for utility work: S Main Street from Railroad Avenue to 1st Avenue Work will be completed as quickly as possible.  Motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work is… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce, Dave Owen is traveling across the state to preview what’s coming in the 2024 South Dakota legislative session.  One of the key topics is his support for the CO2 pipeline to be used by Summit Carbon Solutions.  Spink County landowner Ed Fischbach reacted to… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- On 11-16-23, at 1448 hrs, law enforcement was dispatched to the 500 block of S State St in reference to a male swinging a machete in public. The reporting party relayed to dispatch that the male was swinging the machete towards innocent bystanders. As law enforcement was responding to the area, we… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) – Record high prices and sky-high interest rates are choking the economic life of South Dakotans. That’s the belief of Senator John Thune, who says runaway government spending under President Biden is putting the squeeze on Americans… Thune says the American dream is owning a home, is now out of reach for… Read more »