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FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The 31st Annual Casey Tibbs Foundation Tribute Dinner will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 and tickets are still available. The Tribute Dinner is an opportunity for friends and families in the ranching and rodeo communities to celebrate and honor the accomplishments of South Dakota cowboys, cowgirls, families and animal… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state reported a single-day record 19 COVID-related deaths, including one in Brown County, and also added more than 500 active cases according to totals released today by the South Dakota Department of Health. The prior record for deaths in a single day was 14 on two different occasions. The deaths… Read more »
BANGOR, Maine (WNAX) – Police in Bangor Maine arrested a man who they say displayed a knife and wooden baton at a campaign rally for President Trump where South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem was speaking. She says she wasn’t aware of anything going on during the rally. Noem says she never felt threatened. Noem says… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – A man with a gun robbed a Brookings convenience store Wednesday night. Police Lt. Marci Gebers (gay-burs) says a man armed with a handgun entered Schoon’s Pump N Pak South on the 1200 block of Main Avenue South at about 11:13 p.m. There was a clerk and a customer in the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – COVID-19 totals continue to soar throughout South Dakota and that has led community leaders to look at ways to help slow the spread of the virus. Brown County Emergency Manager Scott Meints said numbers in Brown County have definitely gone up. Meints met with both the city and county this past… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – As COVID-19 cases surge in South Dakota, there are some suspected cases of re-infection. State Epidemiologist Dr. Josh Clayton says they are investigating. Clayton says they are still getting guidance on possible reinfections from the CDC. Clayton says they are working with outstate labs to confirm the possible reinfections. The state… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The leader of the South Dakota Department of Health says the state will be ready to distribute a COVID-19 vaccine by mid-November– if a vaccine is available by then. Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says there are “several” vaccine candidates currently being tested. When it becomes available, Malsam-Rysdon says the vaccine will… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCCR) – Election interference has been a significant concern since the last presidential election four years ago. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity says groups continue impact America’s election process. Round says the most important thing anyone can do is cast a ballot. Polls are open on Election… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – With election day closing in, both candidates for South Dakota’s U.S. Senate seat are making as many voter contacts as possible. The nomination and confirmation of Amy Coney Barret to the U.S. Supreme Court has energized many Democrats to call for expansion of Court membership. Democratic candidate Dan Ahlers says he… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Trick or Treat on Main St. event is set for Friday, Oct. 30. Shelley Westra-Heier, Executive Director of the Aberdeen Downtown Association, provides the details. She said that the pandemic has heightened awareness for an event like this. Westra-Heier said most of the downtown businesses will be participating, which… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s record setting active COVID-19 totals and hospitalizations continued to rise and there were nine new deaths according to figures released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. Two of the deaths according in Walworth County and another was in Campbell County. Codington County also had two deaths. The… Read more »
BANGOR, Maine (KELO.com) — A would-be assailant brandishing two weapons threatened Gov. Kristi Noem at a Trump campaign event here. Noem press secretary Ian Fury says at no time was the Governor in danger. Fury says the Governor’s security detail intervened, and local police arrested the man. Fury says the campaign event continued, and Noem… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that she will appoint Scott P. Myren to the South Dakota Supreme Court. Myren, who has been a Fifth Circuit Judge since 2004 and the circuit’s presiding judge since 2013, will represent the Third Supreme Court District. He will be the 53rd justice in the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:30 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – It will be a busy weekend at the Dakota Event Center. The facility will host the Hub City Radio Shopper’s Delight event from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31, and then host the 10th Annual Bridal Showcase from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 1. Rachael Cramond, Director of Sales… Read more »
