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July 30, 2026

Condemned Property leaves many with nowhere to go

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) After a Condemnation and Demolition notice was given to the residents of the Green Acres Mobile Home Park on 13th St SW in Aberdeen a few weeks ago, many are left with no place to turn and no where to go. The Salvation Army, Sunnie Day Outreach and several other… Read more »

July 30, 2026

Blood donations in high demand

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- During this time of year blood donations are normally down across South Dakota as well as within the U.S. The situation today is as dire as it has ever been with the supply of a number of different blood types limited to just a day or two. LifeServe’s Territorial Representative for… Read more »

July 29, 2026

4-H’rs to get new home in Community Building

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) An iconic building at the Brown County Fairgrounds will be demolished in favor of a new Multi Use facility that will be the home for 4H in Brown County. 4H Educator Becca Tullar tells us about the inspiration and planning of the new building. The new building will feature all… Read more »

July 28, 2026

Brown County Election results breakdown

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) The historic Gubernatorial Run Off race was lopsided Statewide and Brown County was no exception. According to County Auditor Lynn Heupel, all precincts were in by 9:35 pm CST with 5,839 votes counted. Larry Rhoden with 3,962 and Challenger Toby Doeden well behind with 1,872. Rhoden will move on to… Read more »

July 28, 2026

Governor Rhoden wins the runoff election

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio)- At 8:08pm the Associated Press announced had called the runoff for Republican candidate for Governor to current Governor Larry Rhoden. With 650 precincts reported in Governor Rhoden had 71%(83.582) to Toby Doeden’s 29%(34,430) Voter turnout for the runoff was at 35.91% Toby Doeden conceded the race to Governor Rhoden. Doeden… Read more »

July 28, 2026

Annual National Night Out coming August 4th

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) National Night out is a chance for families and kids to interact with law enforcement and 1st Responders of all kinds.. Sgt. Jordan Majeske has more. This is a time when people can have fun and learn without pressure or stress. Sgt Majeske says there are chances to win and… Read more »

July 28, 2026

5th Ave SW from Main to South 1st Street closed until Friday

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- The following road remains closed to thru traffic for manhole replacement: 5th Ave. SW from S. Main St. to S. 1st St. The road is scheduled to be closed until 5pm Friday or until finished.  Motorists are advised to take alternate routes until the work is completed.

July 28, 2026

Early Voting numbers with Brown County Auditor

ABERDEEN, SD (Hub City Radio) Lynn Heupel, Auditor for Brown County gave us an update on how early voting and absentee voting has gone coming up to today’s run off election. She had a reminder that results won’t come in for this historic election until later this evening. This run off election is the first… Read more »

July 28, 2026

July License Plate Decals are due

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- License plate decals for the month of July are due on Friday. Brown County Treasurer Patty VanMeter provides the letters for the month. Brown County Office’s hours of operations are from 8AM-5PM Monday through Friday.

July 28, 2026

Aberdeen School Board approved preliminary budget for 2026-27

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- The Aberdeen School board looked into the budget for the upcoming 2026-27 school year. Finance Director Michaela Solum went over the balance for the past school year. Solum projected the budget for the next school year at over 63 million dollars.  She went over some of the increases from the previous… Read more »

July 28, 2026

Aberdeen School Board hear about AI

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- On Monday night, the Aberdeen School Board heard about the America’s Youth AI Festival that was held in Boston on July 17th through the 19th. Aberdeen Central Technical Director Josh Jensen: Jensen talked about how he collaborated with fellow instructors from all across the country while students were debating. Jensen informed… Read more »

July 27, 2026

Dacotah Prairie Museum request funding to expand

ABERDEEN, S.D.-(HubCityRadio)- Last Tuesday, Dacotah Prairie Museum Director requested funding to allow for the museum to expand.  At Monday night’s Aberdeen City Council she also put the request in with them. Kendall went over the tourism numbers so far in 2026. Kendell told the council what the purpose the funding would do. Kendall requested $250,000… Read more »

July 27, 2026

Aberdeen City Attorney went over timeline for data center ordinance

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- At last week’s Aberdeen City Council meeting, the county put a moratorium in place on data center for November 18th, 2026.  Aberdeen City Attorney Ron Wager(Wag-er) went over the timeline to addressed at this week’s meeting. Wager broke it down to three groups. After deliberation by the council, it was determined… Read more »

July 27, 2026

Aberdeen City Council heard report on Aberdeen Convention and Visitors Bureau

ABERDEEN, S.D.(Hub City Radio)- Aberdeen Area Convention and Visitors Bureau Executive Director Casey Weismantel reported to the city council on Monday night. Weismantel reminded the council what some of their goals are. Weismantel broke down two areas.  Tourism and hunting so far in 2026 through their website.  he started with numbers on the tourism side.… Read more »