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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – Enrollment for Medicare plans is open and runs through Dec. 7. It’s the time to sign up or make changes. Seema Verma, Administrator for the Centers of Medicare Services, says there have been a number of changes. Verma says most people can enroll online. Verma says the plans offer extra services.… Read more »
ONIDA, S.D. (DRG News) – The president of the BankWest locations in Onida and Selby has become the chairman of the American Bankers Association’s Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee for 2020-21. Mike Yackley says the ABA Agricultural and Rural Bankers Committee focuses on representing ag bankers across the country in Washington, DC. Yackley says of… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The City of Yankton will hold a fireworks show Saturday night from the Meridian Bridge over the Missouri River. City Manager Amy Leon says it should be something special. Leon says there is a lot of space available on both sides of the bridge. The Fourth of July fireworks were called… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – The Aberdeen City Council will discuss mask mandate options next week. This announcement came from City Manager Joe Gaa at the end of Monday’s city council meeting. It followed discussion earlier in the meeting with Brown County Emergency Management Director Scott Meints, who emphasized the need for everyone… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Effective Nov. 1, 2020 Aberdeen residents are authorized to begin discharging water from their sump pumps into the sanitary sewer system for the winter season. Residents will be notified in the spring when discharge should be re-directed to the curb and gutter outside the property. All sump pumps, drain tile,… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Months and months after originally scheduled, the longest ever running Leadership Aberdeen class is closer to wrapping up its project. The group’s online photo contest – Hub City Hound – wrapped up October 11. The class had an original goal of $30,000 – the contest raised just over $22,600. And… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced the launch of K-12 Connect, a program to provide internet service at no cost to eligible K-12 students in their homes for the remainder of the 2020-21 school year. “Given the unprecedented disruption for many of our K-12 students, we want to make sure there… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s record amount of active COVID-19 cases rose by 127 today and the record total of hospitalizations was up 18 according to numbers released by the South Dakota Department of Health. There were no new deaths. The state had 984 new confirmed cases and 862 recoveries, pushing the active infections… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) will visit Milbank on Wednesday. He will tour Valley Queen Cheese Factory and ride along on the Sisseton Milbank Railroad. On Thursday, Johnson will visit Sisseton to tour Coteau Health Care System Hospital. What: Valley Queen Cheese Factory Tour (RSVP) When: Wednesday, October 28; 1:15… Read more »
WHITEWOOD, S.D. (Press Release) – A 24-year-old Sturgis woman has been identified as the person who died early Saturday morning in a one-vehicle crash west of Whitewood. A 2020 Nissan Versa was eastbound on Interstate 90 when it went off the roadway to the right, into the ditch and eventually collided with a tree. The… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man accused of assaulting his girlfriend and kidnapping her and their 1-year-old child is facing a long list of criminal charges. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the 33-year-old victim was at a friend’s house Saturday night when her boyfriend arrived, grabbed their child and forced both of… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Election Day is one week away, but many residents of Brown County have already submitted their ballots. Cathy McNickle, Brown County Auditor, says people have turned out in record numbers. There has been speculation nationwide that results will take a bit longer to process because of all the early voting, but… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Many health care providers are struggling to take care of the COVID positive patients they are seeing, while at the same time trying to keep the infection out of their long-term care facilities. Doug Ekeren, regional president for Avera Health, says they are already dealing with many regulations. Ekeren says they… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – At a press conference Monday, Mayor Steve Allender initiated a mandatory masking protocol in all city government buildings, but not at local businesses, effective immediately. The decision was made in light of three Covid-19 diagnoses at City Hall, and the continuing uptick in cases statewide. As cases rise consistently statewide,… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The rapid rise in COVID-19 infections has elected officials concerned about getting the message out about public health. Yankton Mayor Nathan Johnson says he is listening to the experts. Those months also include several traditional holidays and family gatherings. The death toll from COVID is now at 375 people. Johnson says… Read more »
