ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spray for Wednesday, July 24 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The alternate night would be Thursday, July 25 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The Adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph. … Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WalletHub) – With wedding season over and many young families seeking to put down roots in places of opportunity, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best & Worst Places to Raise a Family as well as accompanying videos. To determine the most family-friendly places in America, WalletHub compared more… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Sentencing has been delayed for a former executive who defrauded investors in a scheme to build an $11 million fish farm in South Dakota. Tim Burns was found guilty of defrauding investors in Global Aquaponics near Brookings. Investors put up money for what was supposedly to be a high-tech indoor… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – A camper at the Okobojo Point Campground that blew over Saturday night had six people inside when 75 to nearly 80 mile an hour winds rushed through central South Dakota last weekend. Mandi Trebbe and friend Ashley Schlichenmayer-Okroi were at the campground with a new camper for the weekend. Trebbe says… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are hoping forensic genealogy will help identify a man shot to death decades ago in western South Dakota. The man’s skeletal remains were found by trappers near St. Onge in Lawrence County in February 2000. An autopsy determined the man died of multiple gunshots between 1997 and… Read more »

MADISON, S.D. (KXLG) — When the legislative interim committee on “Electric Services In An Annexed Area” Study Committee meets this Thursday in Pierre they can expect strong resistance for change from a coalition of municipal power groups. Heartland Consumers Power District, Missouri River Energy Services and the South Dakota Municipal Electric Association have formed the… Read more »

PLATTE, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents is in the process of implementing a law the legislature passed this year that is called “an act to promote free speech and intellectual diversity” at the state’s universities. One of the prime sponsors was House Majority Leader Lee Qualm of Platte. He says it… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The 18th Annual Bull Run takes place Saturday morning, July 27, in Aberdeen. The event, put on by the Aberdeen Family Y, includes a half-marathon, 5K, 10K, fun walk and a Munchkin Run. The half-marathon starts at 7 a.m., with the 5K, 10K and fun walk at 8 a.m., and the… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Interim Joint Appropriations Committee of the South Dakota legislature meeting Monday in Pierre got a report on tax collections for fiscal year 2019 that closed at the end of June. State Revenue Department Secretary Jim Terwilliger says it was an up and down year for sales taxes. He says it… Read more »

AMES, Iowa (WNAX) – Climate watchers are predicting that the current El Nino should continue to fade into fall. An El Nino occurs when sea surface temperatures in the Pacific Ocean warm and that impacts weather across North America. Dennis Todey with the Midwest Climate Hub in Ames Iowa says there will be more changes… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers is reporting that levels in Missouri River reservoirs appears to be leveling off and, in some cases, starting to drop. Mike Swenson with the Corps in Omaha says they expect water storage to peak in the next few days. Swenson says releases from lower dams will stay… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city wide spraying for Tuesday, July 23 between the hours of 8:30 p.m. and 1:30 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 ensure spray effectiveness… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – President Donald Trump has ordered flags nationwide to be flown at half-staff on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, to honor the life of John Paul Stevens, retired Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Stevens served on the Supreme Court from 1975 until 2010.

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Beginning at approximately 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 23, 2019, weather permitting the Aberdeen Fire Department will begin flow-testing fire hydrants in the following area: From Roosevelt Street to East City Limits The fire department will be opening hydrants and residents will experience some water pressure changes, and in some… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – A 29-year-old Pierre man arrested on child abuse charges now faces a 2nd Degree Murder charge instead. According to the Pierre Police Department, Derek Berman was arrested earlier this month (July 13) after the law enforcement dispatch center received a report of a two-month-old infant having received serious, life-threatening injuries… Read more »