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 »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Tanisha Renee Jordan-Mondo, 39, of Aberdeen, has pleaded guilty, but mentally ill to first-degree manslaughter in the death of Michelle Ladner of Aberdeen. Jordan-Mondo entered into the plea agreement Wednesday at the Brown County Courthouse. As a part of the deal murder charges will be dropped. Charges stem from July 19,… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of fatally beating a retired Rapid City teacher in 2017 has pleaded guilty to a reduced charge in a plea deal with prosecutors. “I know I’m responsible,” Andrew Eastman said in court Tuesday after pleading guilty to first-degree manslaughter in the death of 64-year-old Larry Mintzlaff, who… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – South Dakota will soon have a new Pilots For Christ chapter when the group officially gets up and running this weekend during a commissioning ceremony at the Clark, South Dakota airport. Organizer Pastor Mark Tracy says that Pilots For Christ is a membership organization that posts public requests for consideration by… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Aquatic Center is offering an adult swim night on Friday, Aug 2. The first-time event will run from 7 to 9 p.m. People must be 18 or older in order to attend. Individuals are asked to bring a state issued ID for age verification. Admission is $7.75 per person.… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers says releases and levels along the Missouri River will stay high for some time. John Remus, Chief of the Water Management Office for the Corps in Omaha says there is still a lot of water to move. Remus says they may not make their normal target date.… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Institute for Organization Management, the professional development program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation, is pleased to announce that Lisa Anderson, Director of Public Relations of the Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce, has recently completed her third year at Institute for Organization Management, a four-year nonprofit leadership training program… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WalletHub) – With house flippers earning an average gross profit of $60,000 in Q1 2019, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2019’s Best Places to Flip Houses as well as accompanying videos. To help serious real-estate investors find the best markets to list their flipped properties, WalletHub compared more than… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Motorists are being urged to keep an eye out for wandering bison in Wind Cave National Park in South Dakota after rangers noticed an uptick in the number of crashes between vehicles and the animals. There have been six such crashes this year, with half resulting in fatal injuries to… Read more »

BRITTON, S.D. (WNAX) – An interim legislative committee has been tasked with finding a compromise between municipal electric systems and rural electric co-ops. The rural electrics are complaining that they lose territory and customers when municipalities expand. Committee member Senator Susan Wismer of Britton says she sees some clear choices.   Wismer says the state… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Lynn Verschoor, Director of the South Dakota Art Museum in Brookings, will be the featured artist during the month of August at the Presentation College Wein Gallery. There will be a community reception from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 5 at the Gallery. Verschoor’s solo exhibit, entitled Soul Series, will… Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Two new studies by the U.S. Health and Human Services Department shows the Indian Health Service still with major problems in delivering quality health care to Native Americans. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says the report was not a surprise. Rounds says IHS has not lived up to its responsibilities. Rounds… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The Natural Resources Conservation Service is offering funding for conservation easements on land damaged by floods or other natural disasters. The USDA agency is providing just over $217 million under the Emergency Watershed Protection Program in 11 states including South Dakota. NRCS South Dakota State Conservationist Jeff (zim-pritch) Zimprich expects a… Read more »