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YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem held a conference call with city and county officials this week, to give details of possible federal funding for COVID-19 expenses. Yankton County Commission Chair Cheri Loest says the specifics will be run through County Auditors. Loest says local governments were encouraged to keep detailed lists… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The Trump Administration is blaming China for allowing the coronavirus to escape a lab and then attempting to cover it up. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says they have been briefed on that. Rounds says there is no indication the virus was released intentionally. Rounds says the lab was doing virus… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Development of Kuhnert Arboretum is continuing and the area is gaining in popularity. Aaron Kiesz, City Forester with the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department, said a big key has been a trail that winds through the area. Kiesz said that the Arboretum has an area specifically designed for children. Another… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Department of Public Safety is encouraging people who decide to travel this Memorial Day holiday weekend to be safe drivers. Traffic is expected to be lighter than normal for this holiday weekend because of COVID-19, but state Highway Patrol troopers will still be out helping keep people safe.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The City of Aberdeen has a new logo and slogan, and a new flag is in the works. The brand Changing the Game was unveiled at the City Council Meeting this past week. Tiffany Langer of Pinned Workshop was hired to come up with the logo and slogan for $13,000. She… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – With the ongoing Covid-19 Situation, the Aberdeen American Legion is asking the public to not plan to attend the Memorial Day Service this year. The Legion will still be providing an honor guard salute at the Aberdeen cemeteries and a memorial service at 10 a.m. on Monday May 25. You can… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – Area farmers have joined forces to process several thousand pounds of pork for a meat giveaway Friday afternoon. Distribution begins at 3 p.m. in the former ShopKo parking lot, 500 N. U.S. Highway 281, said Blair Andrews of AgriSwine Nutrition and AgriSwine Alliance, one of the event sponsors.… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (By Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – Two more people have died of the coronavirus in South Dakota, and the number of confirmed cases in the state increased by 73 on Thursday. There have now been 48 COVID-19 deaths in the state, according to the South Dakota Department of Health. One… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Gov. Kristi Noem will have a press conference at approximately 2 this afternoon. The event will be carried live across all Hub City Radio stations. The link to the press conference is: Facebook.com/govnoem OR SD.Net
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 11:45 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live across all Hub City Radio stations.
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – The stand off continues between the State of South Dakota and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe over check points on highways through the reservation. Governor Kristi Noem says continued talks have changed nothing. Noem says she has turned to state and federal authorities for help. Noem says they have posted related documents… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Argus Leader) — A man suspected of vandalizing an exhibit of outdoor art sculptures in Sioux Falls has been arrested in Alaska. The 35-year-old man is being held on a felony charge of intentional damage to property between $100,000 and $500,000. Minnehaha County State’s Attorney Crystal Johnson said the man was arrested… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (KJJQ) – South Dakota State University officials are making plans for the fall semester return of students. SDSU President Barry Dunn says it remains a fluid process, but they’ve formed a “Jacks R Back” task force as they begin to get campus back in gear. Students will move in sometime in mid to… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Employees at a Smithfield pork processing plant in South Dakota where a coronavirus outbreak infected over 800 people saw something new as they showed up to work. They were greeted Wednesday by nearly a dozen Sioux Falls residents with thank you signs, cheers and waves. The event was organized by… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) announced Kenzee Schafer, from Wessington Springs, as the winner of the 2020 Congressional Art Competition for South Dakota. Schafer won for her oil and acrylic painting, “Pride.” Schafer is a junior at Wessington Springs High School, taught by art teacher is Alicia Roesler. The… Read more »
