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June 26, 2023

Aberdeen City Council receive report from the Aberdeen Downtown Association

Alexa Sheldon ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- At Monday night’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, the council received a report from the Aberdeen Downtown Association. Alexa Sheldon took over as the new Executive Director of the Downtown Association back in December & talked about how challenging the job is. Sheldon discuss what they have working on in 2023. Sheldon… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Spearfish resident getting help after Friday night’s floods

Photo courtesy of Families of Spearfish in Need fundraising page SPEARFISH, S.D.(KBHB) – Some residents of Spearfish are getting help after flooding on Friday night forced them from their apartments. Several apartments received damage, including the Brook Haven Estates Apartments, where property manager Patrick Williams says they had some tenants trapped in the building and… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Watertown City Council certified last week’s elections

WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- Watertown City Council held a short meeting today at Noon to accept the canvas results of the City Election on June 20, 2023. Finance Manager Kristen Bobzien announced the winners from Ward B, C, and E as part of the statute. The total votes for the City Council election equaled 1,095. Councilman Glen… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Biden-Harris Administration Announces $207.2 Million to South Dakota to Deploy High-Speed Internet Infrastructure

WASHINGTON, D.C.(Press Release) – The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) today announced that South Dakota will receive $207,227,523.92 to deploy affordable, reliable high-speed Internet service. Right now, 28,397 homes and small businesses in South Dakota lack access to a high-speed Internet connection. As part of the “Internet for All” initiative, a… Read more »

June 26, 2023

One person dead following two vehicle crash south of Frederick

FREDERICK, S.D.(Press Release)- One person died Friday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash south of Frederick, S.D. The names of the persons involved have not been released pending notification of family members. Preliminary crash information indicates that a 2008 Ford F250 pickup was traveling south on U.S. Highway 281. A 2015 Buick Lacrosse was northbound on… Read more »

June 26, 2023

NPS denies Noem’s latest request for fireworks at Mount Rushmore

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELOLAND) – The National Parks Service has denied Gov. Kristi Noem’s latest application for a permit to have fireworks at Mount Rushmore. Noem applied for the July 2023 permit last summer. KELOLAND News reached out to the NPS to find out what happened with that request. A spokesperson for the NPS said… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Legislature working on housing issue on Indian Reservations

PIERRE, S.D.(KELO)- Money should start flowing from the Legislature’s $200-million dollar infrastructure program in about a month. While finalizing the program, the Legislature’s Rules committee discovered a snag for the state’s Indian Reservations. Because they’re sovereign nations, they need  a cooperating state or local government entity to apply for the money. Senator Red Dawn Foster… Read more »

June 26, 2023

SD Board of Regents reply to complaints about liberal ideology

PIERRE, S.D.(KJJQ)- South Dakota Governior Kristi Noem says the Board of Regents must revitalize the state’s universities and work to provide an education “without indoctrinating them with harmful, divisive ideologies.” She set up a hotline for lodging complaints about the universities. Noem recently said callers are reporting incidents of “liberal ideology” at two universities and… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Representative Will Mortenson visiting the southern border this week

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- South Dakota House Majority Leader Will Mortenson of Pierre is part of a group heading to the US-Mexico border this week to get a first hand look at the situation. Mortenson says they’ll meet with border patrol agents and see some of the humanitarian centers. Mortenson says there’s a diverse group of people… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Former DWU President Jim Beddow passed away at 81

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- Former Dakota Wesleyan University president and gubernatorial candidate Jim Beddow has passed away at the age of 81. Beddow was born in Huron and raised in Woonsocket.  He attended USD and then the University of Oklahoma where he received a doctorate in rural history before joining the U.S. Army. Following several teaching and… Read more »

June 26, 2023

Mosquito Spraying planned for tonight

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release)- The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide spraying for Mosquitoes on Monday, June 26th between the hours of 8:30 pm and 12:30 AM. The Adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph.   The mosquito control trucks are identified and travel with a flashing yellow light. To ensure spray effectiveness during… Read more »

June 24, 2023

Brett Bill hired as Aberdeen Housing Authority executive director

ABERDEEN, S.D.(AberdeenInsider)- The city’s longtime planning and zoning director has been hired as executive director for the Aberdeen Housing Authority. Current Executive Director Jody Zueger is retiring later this year. Bill begins his new job in September, according to a news release. Bill has been Aberdeen’s planning and zoning director for nearly 25 years. During that… Read more »

June 24, 2023

Heavy rains impacting the Spearfish area

SPEARFISH, S.D.(KBHB) – Hail the size of golf balls and up to three inches of rain hit Spearfish late Friday afternoon, resulting in wide spread flooding. The heavy rain inundated area creeks and streams, including Spearfish Creek, prompting a flash flood warning from the National Weather Service. There were reports of street flooding and some… Read more »