FORT PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Two volunteer firefighters from Fort Pierre are scheduled are back home after spending this week helping to fight fires on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Engine Boss Tye Odden says he and Trey Stroup were deployed to provide time off for firefighters with the Piedmont Volunteer Fire Department. Odden says it’s extremely dry… Read more »
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Sioux Falls gas station find unique way to catch gas thieves
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Some area gas thieves are finding out the hard way…crime doesn’t pay. The Midway Service Station is located in a quiet rural setting north of Sioux Falls. It was the perfect place to fill up the tank free of charge in the dead of night. That was,..until owner Bruce Vollan decided to… Read more »
Board of Regents looking to help with teacher shortage in the state
PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- The South Dakota Board of Regents is doing its part to ease the teacher shortage. This week, they approved the launch of the Gateway to Teacher Education undergraduate certificate. The director of Teaching and Learning in the Harrisburg School District – Travis Lape – told Regents the program is a step in the… Read more »
Katie Washnok stepping down as chair of Brown County GOP
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Thursday, the chair of the Brown County Republicans, Katie Washnok sent notice to chair of the South Dakota GOP, John Wiik that she is resigning effective immediately. The letter reads as follows:
Aberdeen Police respond to incident at Wylie Park
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Thursday night at 5:38pm officers responded to a drowning incident at Wylie Park. An off duty Aberdeen police officer was there with his family and immediately began searching for the victim. Other first responders arrived and assisted. A 20 year old female was pulled from the water and transported by ambulance to… Read more »
Aberdeen Area Boys & Girls Club seeking volunteers for Brown County Fair Week
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Hub City Radio) With the Brown County Fair fast approaching, the Aberdeen Area Boys & Girls Club is looking for volunteers to help work during the fair week. Mike Sommers Jr, Secretary of the Aberdeen Area Boys & Girls Club Executive Board, details the number of positions that still need to be filled.… Read more »
Senator Thune reflect on Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C.(HubCityRadio)- As we approach the two year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Congress in 2022. Senator John Thune on Thursday went to the floor of the U.S. Senate to offer his take on what that has done for the American people. Thune talks about how the bill hasn’t combat inflation and… Read more »
Fort Pierre man convicted of felony sex crimes against children
FORT PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- A 46 year old man from Fort Pierre has been convicted of nine felonies involving two different children. In Stanley County Circuit Court Thursday, Donnie Edwards was found guilty of four counts of First Degree Rape, one count of Fourth Degree Rape, two counts of Aggravated Incest, one count of Incest, and… Read more »
Sturgis Motorcycle Rally begins Friday
STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB) – The 84th Annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally will officially kick off tomorrow with opening ceremonies taking place Friday at Harley Davidson Rally Point. City of Sturgis Communications Director Deb Holland says things get underway at 3:00 p.m. Holland says Hultman is being honored posthumously. The opening ceremony will feature a welcome from Sturgis… Read more »
South Dakota’s manufacturing economy showing signs of stress
OMAHA, N.E.(KELO)- South Dakota’s Manufacturing economy is showing signs of stress. Creighton University’s Mid-America Business Conditions Index for July shows inflation cooling because the economy is slowing down. Economist, Dr. Ernie Goss says South Dakota’s Manufacturing job numbers were the lowest in the region last month. South Dakota’s manufacturing exports fell by nearly 11-percent in… Read more »