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December 27, 2023

SD GF&P receive update on hunting license sale

PIERRE, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Commission was updated this month on hunting license sales for most of the last year.  Chad Switzer, Wildlife Division Director with the G-F-and-P says sales were on track with previous years. Habitat Stamp sales brought in around two-and-a-half million dollars in the last license season. Small… Read more »

December 27, 2023

House Majority Leader believes counties can raise money on their own

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Legislators on a summer study committee looking at county funding as services heard testimony from county officials, many expressing concern about their counties becoming bankrupt.  District 24 Representative and House Majority Leader Will Mortenson says counties have the tools to support themselves. Mortenson isn’t concerned about counties becoming insolvent. Mortenson does not see… Read more »

December 27, 2023

Senator Crabtree looking to address childcare shortages

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- Childcare shortages are a workforce development issue. Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree says that’s the approach lawmakers are taking as the legislative session approaches. The recent closing of the Apple Tree childcare centers in Sioux Falls is pushing legislators to consider action.

December 27, 2023

Aberdeen Public Works Director explain process for snow removal Tuesday

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen Public Works Director Stu Nelson told the Aberdeen City Council Tuesday the process they decided to use to deal with the weather that arrived over the holiday weekend. Nelson told them the original plan was to do just the emergency snow routes & downtown parking lots. The plan was not to… Read more »

December 27, 2023

Aberdeen City Council address the water tower for industrial park

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Monday’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, the council discussed a resolution to help with the construction of a new water tower for Industrial Park at the east end of town. Ted Dickey with NE Council of Governments talks about what the resolution is about. Dickey told the commission the cost for the new… Read more »

December 26, 2023

More numbers coming from Mainstreet business index

OMAHA, N.E.(KELO)- Higher interest rates and a credit squeeze are hurting rural mainstreet businesses in our region. Community Bankers in the ten-state region say we are already in…or are heading in to a recession. Creighton University Economist Ernie Goss says the bankers have two main concerns. Goss says the Fed is signaling interest rate cuts… Read more »

December 26, 2023

CPA Chuck Nelson discuss possible new fines for businesses

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- The penalties are heavy, and many business owners aren’t even aware of it. Senator Mike Rounds is leading a group of lawmakers asking the treasury department to delay enforcement of a new rule. It requires companies to send information on people involved in business ownership. CPA Chuck Nelson of Sioux Falls there’s… Read more »

December 26, 2023

Congressman Johnson discuss securing the Southern Border

WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- Pressure is mounting on the Biden Administration to secure our southern border. Last week, the administration closed off rail traffic in two key areas because migrants were hopping trains to get into the U-S. Congressman Dusty Johnson says the impact of that move is being felt here in South Dakota and throughout farm… Read more »

December 25, 2023

Aberdeen Development Corporation Awarded $50,000 South Dakota Community Based Childcare Grant

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The Aberdeen Development Corporation (ADC) has been announced as a recipient of the SouthvDakota Governor’s Office of Economic Development Community Based Childcare Planning Grant.  The ADC has applied for these funds to assist the Aberdeen, South Dakota, community in developing innovative strategies that address childcare needs in the community. In July 2023,… Read more »

December 22, 2023

Aurora County arrested & charged

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- More details have emerged regarding a search warrant that was executed yesterday at a Mitchell business and at a residence in Aurora County.  44-year old Cory Cumings has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana wax, keeping place for use or sale of a controlled substance, and stalking and… Read more »

December 22, 2023

Congressman Johnson comment after President signs the NDAA

Washington, D.C.(Press Release) – On Friday, two provisions led by U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) in the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) were signed into law. The provisions would create a congressional charter for the National American Indian Veterans (NAIV) organization and ban the use of LOGINK, a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) state-controlled shipping… Read more »

December 22, 2023

Tips for those last minute Christmas shoppers

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- We are only a few days away from Christmas, and some last minute shopping will likely be done.  Samantha Landau from TopCashBack dot com says one-third of Americans are last minute shoppers.  She has a few tips for those who have waited.  The first is to go digital. Since shipping items will not… Read more »

December 22, 2023

South Dakota legislators weigh in on county funding

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Counties may not get much help from the South Dakota Legislature this year.  County finances were the focus of a summer study but Governor Kristi Noem’s budget only included money to set up a statewide public defender office.  District 24 Senator Jim Mehlhaff says he will work to adjust where the state’s alcohol… Read more »