ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Out of the Darkness Walk will take place locally at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Odde Ice Center at the Brown County Fairgrounds. The Suicide Prevention event will feature walks across the nation. Sam Bruers, Area Director for the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, provides the details about… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Thursday, Sept. 5 between the hours of 8 p.m. and 1 a.m. The adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph. The mosquito control trucks are identified and travel with a flashing yellow light. To… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University students and community members have the chance to experience new countries and cultures this academic year thanks to faculty-led study abroad programs. So far, three programs have been finalized, and more are in the planning stages: Spring Break Service Learning in Guatemala, led by Dominika Blum, March… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem today announced that South Dakota has received top awards for financial reporting and management. For the third consecutive year, South Dakota’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report has been awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) of the United… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Rapid City police have targeted a suspect in last year’s hit-and-run crash that killed a one-year-old girl. Authorities say the 37-year-old man was speeding before hitting two cars at a Rapid City intersection Oct. 5, 2019. Mackayla Dillion, riding in one of the cars that was struck, died. Two adults… Read more »

BURKE, S.D. (AP) — Students are finally returning to school in a South Dakota town that was torn apart by a tornado early last month. The Burke School District welcomed students back Wednesday after delaying the start of classes by two weeks as it dealt with heavy damage to part of its campus. The elementary… Read more »

CONDE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator John Thune will be hosting a Senate subcommittee field hearing in Sioux Falls Thursday on rural broadband access. South Dakota Farmers Union President Doug Sombke says rural areas having good access to broadband is critical not only for small businesses but for farmers and ranchers and he encourages… Read more »

LEAD, S.D. (AP) — The operator of the only large-scale, active gold mine in the Black Hills will be conducting exploratory drilling. Wharf Resources has notified South Dakota regulators it will drill 125 holes near the Richmond Hill Mine in search of gold. The mine was closed 26 years ago because of environmental pollution caused… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Trial for a South Dakota woman charged with murder in the death of her newborn 38 years ago has been postponed. Jury selection in Theresa Bentaas’ trial was scheduled to begin Tuesday, but the trial has now been moved to April. The Minnehaha County State’s Attorney’s Office says the trial… Read more »

MT. VERNON, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died early Tuesday morning in a one-vehicle crash east of Mt. Vernon. The name of the deceased is not being released pending notification of family members. A 2018 Nissan Frontier was eastbound on 252nd Street when the male driver failed to negotiate a curve near the intersection… Read more »

LYONS, Neb. (WNAX) – A report from “South Dakota Newswatch” this week said that eight major wind power projects have been approved with seven hundred more turbines and an investment of $2.6 billion. That would raise state production of wind produced electricity to more than 3,600 megawatts. Lu Nelsen, with the Center for Rural Affairs… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The August Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, fell below growth neutral for the first time since November 2016. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic Forecasting Group compiles the monthly report. Goss says tariffs… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is encouraging the Corps of Engineers to change the markers they use to release flood waters from Missouri River reservoirs but says they shouldn’t have to amend the Master Manual to do that. The Master Manual is the guidebook that outlines the eight priorities for river… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – It’s been 50 years since man first walked on the moon and there is an exhibit to celebrate that anniversary currently on display at the Dacotah Prairie Museum. Memories of the Moon features a wide variety of items associated with that historic event, according to Lora Schaunaman, Curator of Exhibits at… Read more »

VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota legislature this year passed a law (HB1087) outlining free speech and intellectual diversity at the state’s universities. That was in response to what some legislators felt was bias toward conservative speakers and organizations. Democratic Representative Ryan Cwach of Yankton says he has been hearing from university officials. Cwach… Read more »