WASHINGTON, D.C.(HubCityRadio)- Senator Mike Rounds appeared on the KSDN Evening Report to address different issues during the interview. Senator Rounds during the break for the elections spent some time in Ethiopia.  Rounds talks about improving relations with various countries in Africa. Senator Rounds express the message South Dakota voters delivered on election day. Approval rating… Read more »

OMAHA, N.E.(WNAX)- More mixed signals on the future of the economy in the nine state Mid America region. Creighton University professor Ernie Goss says some areas are slowing. Goss says he expects inflation to drop gradually. Goss says interest rates will continue to rise for a while. Goss coordinates the monthly survey of business managers… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- American Medical Response, the ambulance service for the Pierre area, is reaching out to help rural first responders to be ready for when they arrive on scene. Operations Supervisor Matt Hardwick says rural first responders for places like Blunt, Harrold and Four Corners in Stanley County are looking for more training opportunities which… Read more »

YANKTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Avera Health announced in September that they would lay off some employees and cut hours in a cost control move. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says costs are rising much faster than revenues. Ekeren says it’s a difficult balance on services and employees. Ekeren says they are looking… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – A new type of public art launched in the Hub City in October with the appearance of art wraps on utility and traffic control boxes. The first one debuted on a utility box on the NSU campus. The work is titled Prairie Thunder by Lora Schaunaman, originally a transparent watercolor created… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The next Aberdeen EDGE event will be held on Thursday, November 17th from 5:30-7:00pm in the Teal Lounge at Dacotah Bank Stadium on the NSU Campus. EDGE stands for Explore. Discover. Gather. Engage. and is for early career professionals aged 21-40. The event is designed to help you meet some great people and enjoy… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- On Monday morning the Brown County Commission held a canvassing board meeting to certify the results of last Tuesday’s elections. Interim Brown County Auditor Lynn Heupel talked about the figures. Heupel broke down the exact number of votes taken same day & absentee. The two discrepancies involved absentee ballots, one with invalid siganature… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Fifty-nine-point four percent of South Dakota registered voters cast a ballot in last week’s general election. Secretary of State Steve Barnett says that is about average. He says they saw a couple of factors that may have had an impact. Barnett says they have been working to make voters more aware of their… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(WNAX)- Economic development agencies used to focus on landing that next big manufacturing plant with hundreds of jobs. Mike Bockorny, Chair of the Aberdeen Development Corporation, says a lot has changed. Bockorny says development has to be more broad based. Bockorny says that is where the new “Economic Development Professionals Association” can help out.… Read more »

CANTON, S.D.(WNAX)- Veteran republican Senator Jim Bolin of Canton won re-election this week to his fourth term from District 16. He says this will be his last term in Pierre. Bolin says he wants to change committees in the upcoming session. Bolin says legislators will have a number of big issues to consider. Bolin, a… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Board of Regents approved changes to their facilities in Sioux Falls, creating USD at Sioux Falls, with a new mission and classes. Jay Perry, the USD vice president who heads up the Sioux Falls campus was in front of the interim Appropriations Committee of the Legislature. He says they… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Former U.S. Senate candidate Brian Bengs reflects on his campaign against the incumbent Senator John Thune & Libertarian candidate Tamara Lesnar. This was the first political campaign Bengs has done and as it turned out he was not quite as prepared as he thought he would be. Bengs talked about his travels across… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- Incumbent republican Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson was easily re-elected to another six-year term with a sixty nine to thirty one percent margin over democrat Jeff Barth. Nelson says he spent a lot time on the road. Nelson says he had to explain to many voters how the PUC operates. Barth had made… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission will let utilities take the lead in electric vehicle policies. The federal government set up a requirement that each state decide on how to handle that technology. Commission Chairman Chris Nelson says there are lots of details with electric vehicles. Nelson says each utility has a unique… Read more »

STURGIS, S.D.(KBHB)  – The first reading of a shooting range ordinance was met with some suggestions from the public but in general, was viewed as a good start to establish a legal guideline through which shooting ranges can operate in the county. The Meade County Commission, at its Nov. 8 regular meeting, approved the first… Read more »