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ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce’s EDGE Task Force invites all early career professionals, ages 21-40, to their final social of 2023 on Thursday, November 30th from 6-9 pm at the One-Legged Pheasant Brewery, 723 South Main Street. Food and beverages – Jimmy’s Pizza and One-Legged Pheasant beer – are included at… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(SD News Watch)- A new traffic data tracking outlet has sobering news for South Dakota drivers this holiday season. Here is South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart Pfankuch with a report.(1:19) For more on this topic, go online to sdnewswatch.org.
OMAHA, N.E. (KELO) – South Dakota farmers are bullish on the future. Farmland prices are growing according to Creighton University’s monthly Rural Mainstreet Index. That’s a survey of community bankers in a ten-state region. Economist Ernie Goss says even though many farmers had a tough year due to drought, farmland prices are headed higher… South… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – Northern State University Professor of History, Art Marmorstein, will give a talk on the rise of anti-Jewish sentiment in Nazi Germany at 7 p.m. Nov. 29, in Johnson Fine Arts Center, Room 181. The talk is highly relevant to the recent rise of anti-Jewish sentiment and violence in America and around the world.… Read more »
OMAHA, N.E. (KELO) – Later this week we enter the all-important Christmas buying season…but will the sales be there? Retailers are trying to get a jump on competitors with “Pre-Black Friday” sales. Retail sales fell last month for the first time since March, and Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says buying patterns so far aren’t… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) – With this being the week of Thanksgiving, holiday shopping will crank into high gear this week. What’s the mood of South Dakota business owners as we dive into a very important part of their year? For that, we talked with Nathan Sanderson, the head of the South Dakota Retailers Association…. Last… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Black Friday and the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season arrives at the end of the week. Gift cards area a quick and easy way give a gift but a new study by the Better Business Bureau shows scammers are using gift cards to get rich just as quick. Jessie Schmidt with… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KELOLAND) — South Dakota voters might face two choices whether to legalize recreational marijuana on next year’s general election ballot. But the second initiated measure’s sponsor, Emmett Reistroffer of Rapid City, says he can’t answer questions until this week about his proposal and how the two are different. State Attorney General Marty Jackley… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Hub City Radio) – David Owen, President of the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce made a stop on his South Dakota tour at the K.O. Lee Library in Aberdeen on Friday. Owen shares a potential preview of what Governor Kristi Noem might talk about in her budget address in December. Owen also addresses… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- This week in Aberdeen has seen a hit-and-run, a shooting incident, & an individual threatening citizens with a machete. Aberdeen Police Chief Dave McNeil provided an update on each of these incidents. Chief McNeil began with the hit-and-run that took place on Monday. McNeil used tips from the citizens from Aberdeen to find… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- It’s an attempt to heal a wound that’s been open for over 130 years. Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune introduced the Wounded Knee Massacre Memorial and Sacred Site Act in Washington. Congressman Dusty Johnson has done the same in the U-S House. Senator Rounds spoke in favor of the bill in the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- Due to the Thanksgiving Day Holiday observance on Thursday, November 23rd, and Friday, November 24th, City garbage and recycling pick-up will change. Residents who normally have their garbage picked up on Thursday are asked to have their garbage out for pick-up by 8:00 AM, Wednesday, November 22nd. Residents who normally have their… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Research on the stocking of walleyes in southern Lake Oahe is showing ways keep fewer wallies from becoming lunch for the lake’s small mouth bass population. Fisheries Biologist Mark Fincel says the research dates back to the 2017 stocking of fingerling walleye. Fincel says the studies showed small mouth bass coming to dinner… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The Executive Board of the South Dakota Legislature heard four Issue Memoranda this week on various topics requested by the Board. One of those was an overview of water rights and management of the Missouri River in South Dakota. Senior Research Analyst Anna Madsen says larger water projects need Legislative approval. Madsen says… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.(KELO)- There’s no overlap in the values of the Communist Chinese Party and America. That’s the belief of Congressman Dusty Johnson, who has some concerns about this week’s meetings between President Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. President Biden and Xi Jinping met for four hours in San Francisco Wednesday.
