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ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A Northern State University student is launching a campaign to raise awareness – and funding – toward accessibility on campus. Tyler Goldade, a junior art student from Aberdeen, has created “Mobility Matters.” The campaign will kick off today, April 15 – “Mobility Monday.” Goldade and his classmates from Sara Christensen… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Two state prison inmates at the Yankton Community Work Center have been placed on escape status. State corrections officials say Travis Mann and Matthew Weddell failed to report to their community service job site in Yankton on Saturday. The 36-year-old Mann is serving sentences from Brookings County for drug possession and… Read more »
JASPER, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old South Dakota woman has died after falling off a cliff in northwestern Arkansas. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says Andrea Norton was fatally injured on Saturday when she accidentally fell from a rock formation near Jasper, about 101 miles northwest of Little Rock. Wheeler says Norton was… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Estimates of $20 to $25 million in damages in Yankton County will go higher. Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says they anticipate finding more damage after last week’s snow. Klimisch says they plan to get their report into the state this week. The County Highway Superintendent advised no travel on any county… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Cleanup from the mid-March bomb cyclone that hit South Dakota and much of the Upper Midwest hadn’t finished when another similar system hit the same area last week. Gov. Kristi Noem says damage from both storms will be combined in the state’s request for a federal disaster declaration. Most state… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase tuition at state universities next fall by 3.4 percent. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they wait until the legislature wraps up to see what type of state dollars they can work with. Schieffer says they left more cuts on the table. Schieffer… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota Hall of Fame member Jim Woster will be speaking in Aberdeen on Thursday, April 18. The Aberdeen Chamber’s Ag Committee will host the well-known agriculture expert at 1 p.m. at the Agtegra Innovation Center. Woster began his career with the Sioux Falls Stockyards in 1962. He was the stockyards… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – As they collect and tally losses and statistics from Storm Wesley, Governor Kristi Noem said Friday that there wasn’t an end to the previous event – for which they are still collecting information – so the emergency declaration that she signed a few weeks ago will cover this… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken will be the keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Aberdeen Community Prayer Breakfast. The event takes place from 6:45 to 8:05 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Ramkota Hotel Convention Center. TenHaken established a reputation as a leader in marketing technology prior to becoming mayor of… Read more »
HURON, S.D. (Press Release) – Presidents of South Dakota and North Dakota Farmers Union, met with policy makers in D.C. to discuss commodity transportation costs, crop insurance alternatives and renewable fuels on behalf of family farmers and ranchers. “Times are tough throughout production agriculture, so we are working to do what we can to make… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – Well, it’s calm and most places the snow has stopped. Eric Helgeson at the National Weather Service office Rapid City reviewed the storm which started Tuesday night and switched over to snow pretty quickly. He said there are still awaiting totals for many places. Weekend weather is still… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator John Thune, a member of the Senate Commerce Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet, convened a hearing titled, “Illegal Robocalls: Calling All to Stop the Scourge.” Saying they have become major irritants. Thune says there are some automated calls that are… Read more »
MARION, S.D. (WNAX) – The freezing rain, sleet, snow and high winds are combining to drop power poles and lines across the area. Brad Schardin, Manager of Southeastern Electric based in Marion, says they are seeing it all across their system. Schardin says outage numbers have gone up and down. Schardin says they are using… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Donations may be dropped off next week for the Aberdeen Area Humane Society’s Second Paw Sale. That event will take place on Saturday, April 27 at the Brown County Fairgrounds Clubhouse. Christa Swingler, Treasurer for the Humane Society, said that there are two Second Paw Sales held during the year. Donations… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – In a rare occurrence these days, Pierre School District employees won’t see an increase in their health insurance premiums in the coming year. Business manager Darla Mayer (mayor) says Pierre is one of over 50 school districts participating in the Associated School Boards of South Dakota health insurance pool. The… Read more »
