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ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Christopher Theroux with SD Department of Legislative Audits provided an update to the Brown County Commission Tuesday. Theroux sent a letter that provides the standards for the audits. Theroux acknowledge the Commission did a good job on the audits but noted a couple of exceptions. Brown County Commissioner Duane Sutton acknowledged those findings.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Tuesday’s Brown County Commission meeting, District 3 Representative Brandei Schaefbauer put a request in for the Commission to get studies from Summit Carbon Solutions in regard to the health & safety of the CO2 pipelines. Schaefbauer feels this would be beneficial for the people of Brown County. Schaefbauer made comments during… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- A citizen of Brown County used the open forum at Tuesday’s Brown County Commission meeting to address the issue of eminent domain in regard to private property. Ryan Kelly of Aberdeen explains that he has supports for landowners but situation with Summit Carbon Solutions will likely not impact him. Kelly talks about his… Read more »
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KJJQ) — Testimony continues in Ft. Pierre for the Navigator carbon capture pipeline. That line would run to three ethanol plants in eastern South Dakota, including the Valero plant at Aurora. The plan is to carry liquid carbon dioxide to long-term storage and/or processing locations. Stephen Lee is Executive Vice President of… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(SDNewsWatch)- For more than a year, a highly divisive debate has raged in South Dakota over two proposed carbon dioxide pipelines that would capture the toxic gas from ethanol plants and carry it to North Dakota and Illinois for disposal underground. Here is South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart Pfankuch with a report.(1:45)… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Tuesday, August 1st between the hours of 8:45 pm and 1:00 am. West Nile Virus has been identified in Aberdeen and city officials urge citizens to take reasonable precautions to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes. You can reduce the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – On Monday, Governor Kristi Noem issued a statement on the lack of response or action from the Biden Administration or Democrats in Congress regarding the leak of her Social Security number. “More than 6 months later, Democrats in Washington have still not addressed how they will rectify the situation where they… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Aberdeen Community Theatre will be performing “For Better” beginning Wednesday at the Capitol Theatre running through Sunday, The synopsis is as followed: A romantic comedy for the digital age! Karen and Max are getting married. At least, they will… if their jobs will ever let them be in the same city at… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(Press Release) – The South Dakota Department of Public Safety has announced plans for 12 sobriety checkpoints in 10 different counties during the month of August. Checkpoints are scheduled for the counties of: Lincoln, Jerauld, Lyman, Hamlin, Brown, Moody, Minnehaha, Yankton, Pennington, and Meade. The monthly checkpoints are designed to encourage people to not drink… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Executive Director for Smart Carbon Network, Joe Heinrich offers his take on Navigator’s petition for the CO2 pipeline along their route in mostly southeast South Dakota. Prior to discussing this, Heinrich who’s an Iowa farmer also addressed the heat and the impact on the livestock. Heinrich explains how this is impacting the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Mega Pass for the Brown County Fair is set to expire at the end of the month. Brown County Fair Manager Rachel Kippley talks about what Mega Pass is. Kippley explain why the sales of it expires at the end of the month. Kippley & 94.1FM The Rock Rusty Rokit discuss ways to… Read more »
WHITE OWL, S.D.(KBHB)– The small Meade County town of White Owl will celebrate 130 years during a special ceremony this weekend. Resident Grant Simons talked about some the planned events taking place this Sunday. The Old Timers Round Table begins at 10:00 a.m. with the parade to be held at 2:00 p.m. following lunch at… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – On Thursday, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released a draft ballot explanation for a proposed amendment that would repeal South Dakota’s medical marijuana program. The program was approved by nearly 70 percent of voters in 2020. According to a news release, the measure has been proposed by a… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.(HubCityRadio)- Late Thursday night, the U.S. Senate passed their version of the National Defense Authorization Act on a bipartisan vote of 86-11. Both Senators John Thune & Mike Rounds voted in favor of the bill. Senator Thune released the following statement upon passage: “The NDAA is one of the most important measures Congress passes… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- The company is filing for bankruptcy, and Friday was the employees’ last day. That’s the stark news for 150 employees of Yellow Freight in Sioux Falls. Kevin Versteeg has worked for the company for 27 years. While it’s hard to see it end, he says it was a good run. So far,… Read more »
