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ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – With $6.39 million in federal COVID-19 relief funding covering personnel expenses for public safety employees, Aberdeen officials have outlined a plan for the use of resulting unspent city funds. That money can be spent on unbudgeted COVID-19 expenses and budgeted public safety personnel expenses, according to city council meeting… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – A string of fires kept Rapid City firefighters busy early Sunday morning, though a suspicious pattern quickly emerged after four of the five blazes happened within one mile radius of one another, and appear to have been human-caused. Tessa (Yea-Ger) Jaeger, public information officer for RCFD, said the fires started… Read more »
OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – Following the floods of 2011 in the Missouri River basin, state and federal officials asked the Corps of Engineers to develop and install a snowpack monitoring system across the plains. Kevin Grode with the Corps office in Omaha says they are making progress on the planning and development. Grode says they… Read more »
NEW HOLLAND, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has proposed merging the Department of Environment and Natural Resources into the state Ag Department and would call it the Department of Ag & Natural Resources. The incoming Chairman of the House Ag & Natural Resources Committee, Representative Marty Overweg of New Holland, says he… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the City of Aberdeen to provide a small number of Aberdeen businesses with face masks and hand sanitizer, at no cost, for their employees and customers. Interested businesses are required to complete a brief survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Q96ZSZD. Once the business’s information… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state saw an increase of new active cases, a slight bump in hospitalizations and no news deaths, according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The state had 509 new confirmed cases and 127 recoveries, pushing the amount of active infections to 16,814. Hospitalizations were up… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — The Rapid City Fire Department says it responded to five overnight fires in less than seven hours, including four that are considered suspicious and occurred in the same area. The department said in release Sunday that the fires were set in trash cans, dumpsters or shipping containers. The first fire… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce is currently conducting an online auction. The event started at midnight and will continue until midnight on Friday, Dec. 11. Gail Ochs, Chamber President, talked about the details. She said there are a variety of items available. Ochs said the fundraiser is a great way… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Following weeks of talks in Washington there is some hope that a deal could be found for the next economic stimulus package. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is hearing more optimism. Thune says getting past the election could help focus the future talks. Thune says they need to work… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem will deliver her 2022 budget proposal to a joint meeting of the legislature Tuesday. She says a year ago most of the state was recovering from major flooding. Noem says she will have suggestions for the budget surplus and some one time money. Noem says the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Over 1000 South Dakotans have died because of COVID-19 and more than 500 are currently hospitalized because of the virus. Sanford Health Pierre Clinic physician Dr. Tom Huber says it’s aggravating to see people not following recommended guidelines intended to slow the spread of COVID-19. While following CDC guidelines doesn’t… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The sandbars have returned to the Missouri River as releases from Gavins Point Dam have dropped to the winter level of 17,000 cubic feet per second. Gavins Point Operations Manager Tom Curran says they are using the lower releases to get work done around the dam. Curran says they are also… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – When the South Dakota legislature made major changes to how property taxes were assessed on ag land, they also created the Ag Land Assessment Task Force to monitor the recommend changes to the process. Senator Craig Kennedy of Yankton has been a member of that task force during his time in… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The eight finalists for this year’s BIG Idea competition have been announced. Coordinator Kelly Weaver of the Small Business Development Center described what the BIG Idea is. One of this year’s finalists is one from out of state. Weaver talked about some of the other finalists. She also provided details on… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state saw an additional 31 COVID-related deaths, had an increase in active cases of nearly 500, and had a decrease in hospitalizations according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths (which included three in Brown County, one in Edmunds County and one in Spink… Read more »
