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NEW UNDERWOOD, S.D. (Press Release) – Authorities in the New Underwood have responded to another train derailment. Multiple agencies responded to the scene near Sharpe Road just before 3:00 a.m. According to a release from the Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern Railroad, the train consisting of three locomotives and 60 loaded cars of clay, cement… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – A three-year-old girl is dead and two Brookings residents are facing charges. Brookings County States Attorney Dan Nelson says 25-year-old Renae Fayant and 27-year-old Robert Price, Jr. have both indicted by a Brookings County Grand Jury on alternate counts of second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter as well as abuse or cruelty… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Summer Concert Series has a bit of a new look for August. Tonight’s concert on Main St. is one week early, one day later in the week and will feature two bands instead of one. Shelley Westra-Heier, Executive Director of the Aberdeen Downtown Series, explained the changes. She said… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – An Aberdeen man was arrested for pulling a gun on another man on Wednesday. According to the Aberdeen Police Department Abraham D. Manyok, 37, pulled a gun during a dispute in the 800 block of S. Cochrane St. No shots were fired. Manyok was arrested on aggravated assault and false personation… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The U.S. Senate passed a broad, two-year budget deal Thursday that increases spending and eliminates the threat of a debt default until after the 2020 election. It was approved on a vote of 67 to 28. South Dakota Senator John Thune, who voted for the bill, says it is a compromise.… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (DRG News) – The head of the Better Business Bureau in South Dakota is recommending freezing your credit after another major lending company announced a data breach this week. State director Jessie Schmidt says when your credit is frozen, no one can steal your information– but you do have to contact Equifax,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Even in the middle of the travel season, tourism officials are working on next year’s plan. South Dakota Department of Tourism Secretary Jim Hagen says they are continually researching who their prime targets should be. Hagen says technology allows them to tailor numerous messages. Hagen says they will tie that… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – USDA Rural Development officials are taking applications for the “Rural Energy for America Program,” or REAP. Small rural businesses and farmers and ranchers are eligible with the next grant deadline October 31 of 2019. South Dakota USDA Rural Development Energy Coordinator Jolene (prav-uh-check) Pravecek says the REAP funding is available for… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety has released the list of sobriety checkpoints to be done during August. Officials plan to hold 24 total checkpoints in 15 counties. The checkpoints, held monthly in different counties, are designed to discourage people from drinking and then driving. Augusts checkpoints… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Presentation College announces that Margaret (Maggie) Huber, Ph.D., is retiring from her position of President of the College, effective October 1, 2019. Dr. Huber has been at the helm of Presentation College since January 2012. Dr. Huber’s goal was to ensure that Presentation College establish itself as a viable… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (Press Release) – The American Legion Centennial Ride through the heart of the nation passes along the American Legion Memorial Highway, U.S. Highway 281, Aug. 2 and includes stops at 13 local American Legion posts in South Dakota. Motorcycling veterans will carry one half of a banner as part of “Team Legacy” toward… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem and the South Dakota Housing Development Authority (SDHDA) today announced that the remaining balance of the 2019 Housing Opportunity Funds (HOF) will be used to help families whose homes were impacted by storms this spring. In total, $165,000 will be available. “It’s been months since South Dakota… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – Brookings police are investigating the death of a toddler. Assistant Chief Derrick Powers says an ambulance was called to the 900 block of Seventh Street shortly before 4 o’clock Wednesday afternoon for an unresponsive child. Police and the ambulance responded to the scene but the three-year-old child was deceased when they… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters has created a Cleanup Assistance Hotline to assist South Dakotans with cleanup or debris removal as a result of the winter storm and flooding this year. The phone number is 605-519-5413. The hotline will operate through Aug. 9. The hotline is staffed by… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The July Creighton University Mid-America Business Conditions Index, a leading economic indicator for the nine-state region stretching from Minnesota and the Dakotas to Arkansas, slumped to a weak reading signaling positive, but slower growth for the region over the next three to six months. Ernie Goss, director of Creighton University’s Economic… Read more »
