To submit a news story, please email Scott at news@hubcityradio.com.
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The surge in positive coronavirus cases continues in South Dakota with active cases now totaling around 3,700. Yankton Doctor Mike Pietila says they are seeing many of those patients end up in the Intensive Care Units. Pietila says some schools are seeing the impacts of wearing or not wearing face masks.… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton City Commission approved an agreement with Bon Homme County to house city prisoners in the county jail in Tyndall. Yankton City Attorney Ross Den Herder says due to coronavirus restrictions, the Yankton County Jail doesn’t have room for city prisoners. Den Herder says the city needs the agreement with… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) – Nine firefighters from the Rapid City Fire Department have been deployed across state lines to work on four high-profile wildfires. Rapid City Fire Department Public Information Officer Lt. Jim Bussell shared details about the deployments and the responsibilities they were given. Bussell said despite firefighter deployment, there is still work… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – Brown County commissioners raised the highway budget to $9 million before agreeing to the final adoption of the county’s 2021 budget Tuesday. The county highway department took a $3.5 million budgetary hit in 2020, as commissioners evaluated the best way to address a $4 million deficit. That reduced… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) — The South Dakota Department of Revenue reminds landowners that applications for the riparian buffer strip property tax incentive must be submitted by Oct. 15, 2020. Under Senate Bill 66, which Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed into law in 2017, eligible riparian buffer strips are assessed at 60 percent of the land’s… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Wednesday marks the end of the month and another deadline for a license plate decal renewal. September features just one letter, the letter S. Patty VanMeter, Brown County Treasurer, said the deadline is 5 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 30. She said there are a variety of ways to take care of your… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The current amount of active COVID-19 cases decreased by about 144 and there were five new deaths, according to totals released by the South Dakota Department of Health today. The deaths bring the state’s overall total to 223. There were 259 new cases and 398 recoveries (a record since the pandemic… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – There is a Feeding South Dakota food distribution going on until 1 p.m. today at Freedom Church in the Industrial Park. The location is one mile east of 3m.
TEA, S.D. (AP) — An inmate accused of attacking a Turner County deputy and stealing his sheriff’s vehicle during a transport has previous charges of aggravated assault of a law enforcement officer. Tyson Wessels was being returned to the Minnehaha County Jail in Sioux Falls following a court appearance in Turner County Sept. 22. Authorities… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Authorities say a $10,000 reward is being offered to help catch suspects in a Rapid City gun store robbery and recover some of the stolen weapons. The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the trade association for the firearms industry, are each… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – While many people have their attention on potential frost and low temperatures at this time of the year, the conditions are also prime for grassfires. Dry and windy circumstances can lead to major problems should a fire get started. Scott Meints, Brown County Emergency Management Director, talked about the situation. He… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School Board held a special meeting Monday and voted to dismiss classes at noon on Fridays through the end of the semester. School Board President Sarah Carda says their teachers need the extra time. Several teachers at the meeting told the board that they are working up to 90… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Information from the Department of Health shows the number of active infections in South Dakota is 3,828, including 209 who are being treated in hospitals. Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon says hospitals in the state still have plenty of beds available to care for COVID-19 patients. The Department of Health’s… Read more »
MAVERICK JUNCTION, S.D. (Press Release) – An 82-year-old male died in a pedestrian-vehicle crash Monday afternoon near Maverick Junction. Names of the two people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 2018 Chevy Impala was eastbound on U.S. Highway 18 traveling on a crest in the highway when the driver… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — With COVID-19 cases in Codington County at their highest levels since the pandemic began, the local jail is taking every step possible to keep the virus out of their facility. Sheriff Brad Howell says they haven’t been completely COVID-free, but the numbers at the jail have been low. Howell talked about… Read more »
