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 »

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) – 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 »

PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – A 28-year-old man from Pierre was apprehended by local fugitive task force members approximately 3:30 Tuesday afternoon in Pierre. Hughes County Sheriff Darin Johnson says Ryan Duffy ran from a residence on West Prospect as officers entered the house to arrest him. He took law enforcement on a brief foot… Read more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – The Brookings City Council gave second reading and passage to an extension of the current pandemic restrictions that include an indoor mask mandate and capacity restrictions on some businesses. Those measures were set to expire early next month. They’ll now be in effect for an additional 60-days. Brookings Health System CEO… Read more »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (WNAX) – A group of health care systems and organizations, school boards and others are joining to ask people to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Dr Benjamin Aaker, President of the South Dakota State Medical Association, says people need to take the threat seriously. Aaker says they are promoting their request… Read more »

OMAHA, Neb. (WNAX) – The Corps of Engineers is rapidly running down reservoir levels on the Missouri River to get ready for spring runoff. Mike Swenson, an engineer with the Corps in Omaha, says their storage is getting close to the winter level. Swenson says the big lakes are still above their target. Swenson says… Read more »