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January 8, 2021

Rapid City special response team required after shots fired

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – A special response team, the equivalent of a SWAT response, was required for a shots fired situation in Rapid City on Tuesday involving juveniles in a north Rapid City townhouse community. Brendyn Medina, community relations specialist for the Rapid City Police Department, provided more details about the case. The unit,… Read more »

January 7, 2021

New CEO begins at Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield

REDFIELD, S.D. (Press Release) – Karen Sjurseth began her duties as the new CEO of Community Memorial Hospital in Redfield this week. Redfield CMH is an Avera Partner in Health facility in the Avera St. Luke’s Region. Sjurseth and her family relocated to Redfield from Grand Rapids, Minnesota where she most recently served as the… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Hirsch, Heermann, Bindenagel honored with Golden Apple Awards

The 2021 Golden Apple recipients are, from left, Brandi Hirsch, Peggy Heermann and Jackie Bindenagel. Courtesy photo ABERDEEN, S.D. (By American News Staff) – This year’s recipients of Golden Apple Awards in the Aberdeen Public School District are Brandi Hirsch, Peggy Heermann and Jackie Bindenagel. The honorees were announced in a news release from the… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Northern State releases dean’s list

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., has released the dean’s list for the fall 2020 semester. Students who have earned at least a 3.5 grade point average for the semester are eligible for the dean’s list. Students who achieved dean’s list status and requested that their names be released to… Read more »

January 7, 2021

SD adds 25 more COVID-related deaths; active infections decrease

PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state added 25 more COVID-related deaths, while active cases decreased by more than 300 and hospitalizations remained the same, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths (which included two in Brown County and one in Edmunds County) raised the state’s overall death toll… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Sioux Falls man arrested for making threats with machete

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a Sioux Falls man has been arrested for threatening people with a machete. The 31-year-old man was arrested just after midnight Wednesday after officers were called to a gas station for a weapons violation. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the man was talking with two people at the… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Convention and Visitors Bureau operating out of new location

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Convention and Visitors Bureau is starting out the new year in a new home. The CVB has already moved into to the developing Malchow’s Plaza on South Main St. Casey Weismantel, Director of the CVB, talked about the new location. The pandemic forced the CVB to think outside the… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Authorities investigating missing cattle in Todd County

TODD COUNTY, S.D. (DRG News) – Authorities are investigating the disappearance of 100 cows and calves from pastureland in Todd County. Information from the South Dakota Brand Board says the animals are Black or Red Angus. The 45 cows and 55 calves are missing from the area north of Rosebud. The FBI, Todd County Sheriff’s… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Johnson uses strong words following storming of U.S. Capitol

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) – Congressman Dusty Johnson had strong words for yesterday’s storming of the U.S. Capitol during the certification of the Electoral College.   Besides Johnson, Senators Mike Rounds and John Thune have also condemned yesterday’s incident.

January 7, 2021

Clayton addresses U.K strain of COVID

PIERRE, S.D. (KBHB) – After two days of having none, the state department of health reported 6 new COVID-19 related deaths Wednesday. The new deaths were four men and two women and included people in the 60-69, 70-79 and 80-plus age ranges. The new deaths raise the state’s death total to 1,519. New cases totaled… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Pierre enplanements drastically reduced in middle of 2020

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The number of people flying out of the Pierre Regional Airport was drastically reduced in the middle of 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. City commissioner Jamie Huizenga (hi-zin-ga) says there were a total of 8,076 enplanements for the year. Because the airport in Pierre missed the 10-thousand enplanements mark… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Chaos, violence, mockery as pro-Trump mob occupies Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — There is a heavy police presence at the Capitol a day after a violent mob stormed the Capitol as lawmakers were meeting to confirm Joe Biden’s presidential win. Wednesday began as a day of reckoning for President Donald Trump’s futile attempt to cling to power, as Congress took up the certification of… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Thune says Wednesday’s violence unacceptable

WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Congress upheld the electoral vote early this morning, confirming Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice President. That followed a day of rioting as a mob invaded the U.S. Capitol Building. South Dakota Senator John Thune says it was the worst kind of reaction. Thune says people need to… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Noem shares thoughts behind department merger

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed merging the Agriculture Department and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In a conference call with producers and ag groups, she said it is a progression from the move of ag development into the Governors Office of Economic Development two years ago. Noem… Read more »

January 7, 2021

Legislators will be allowed to speak, vote remotely during upcoming session

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota legislative session starts next week in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Representative-elect Mike Stevens of Yankton says he hasn’t seen the safety rules, yet. Stevens says there will be changes for the legislative staff. Stevens says they also will allow legislators to speak and vote remotely if… Read more »