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May 12, 2020

Feeding South Dakota handing out meals Tuesday morning

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – Feeding South Dakota will be handing out meals at 11 this morning in the Industrial Park (across from Freedom Church). They will load the meals into people’s vehicle so they can stay in their car.

May 12, 2020

Batesland woman identified in crash near Scenic

SCENIC, S.D. (Press Release) – A 29-year-old woman has been identified as the person who died in a one-vehicle crash Thursday night near Scenic. A 2006 Chevy Impala was traveling westbound on South Dakota Highway 44 when the driver failed to negotiate a left curve. The vehicle went off the roadway to the right and… Read more »

May 12, 2020

Businesses looking for direction as they reopen

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – As businesses start to reopen following the pandemic shutdown, many are finding little information to guide them. Carmen Schramm, Executive Director of the Yankton Area Chamber of Commerce, says they have come up with a business how-to. Schramm says they have heard from many businesses, asking for help. Schramm says businesses… Read more »

May 12, 2020

Elective surgeries resume at Prairie Lake Hospital in Watertown

WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown has resumed doing elective surgeries after suspending them last month due to the COVID-19 pandemic. CEO K.C. DeBoer talked about the developments. The absence of doing elective procedures led some hospitals to lay off staff, but not Prairie Lakes. He says returning to a “new normal”… Read more »

May 12, 2020

Summer Registration Kickoff Day Thursday for Parks and Rec

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department is moving ahead with most of its summer programs. Summer Registration Kickoff Day will take place on Thursday, May 14. Gene Morsching, Recreation Superintendent, provides the details. He said the nearly all of the programs that have been offered in the past will be… Read more »

May 12, 2020

Aberdeen Christian holding outdoor graduation Saturday

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Aberdeen Christian will hold its graduation ceremony outside this Saturday, May 16. School officials thought about a Zoom graduation, but decided on the outdoor location after meeting with the senior class. Eric Kline, Superintendent at the school, talked about the ceremony. He said a stage will be set up and that… Read more »

May 12, 2020

Driver Licensing Program to begin Phase One of ‘Back to Normal’ plan

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota’s Driver Licensing Program will begin Phase One of its “Back to Normal” plan by offering services to the public through scheduled appointments at 10 exam stations statewide starting Monday, May 18. All of the exam stations will be open “by appointment only.” The Aberdeen, Brookings, Huron, Mitchell, Pierre,… Read more »

May 11, 2020

Health Secretary praises partnership with Aberdeen during pandemic

PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Brown County has seen a rise in COVID-19 cases lately and a majority of those cases are connected to the DemKota Ranch Beef Plant. Brown County currently has 127 confirmed cases with 76 of those association with the beef plant. During the governor’s press conference on Monday, Department of Health Secretary… Read more »

May 11, 2020

Governor’s press conference at 2:45 on all Hub City Radio stations

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Gov. Kristi Noem will have a press conference at approximately 2:45 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

May 11, 2020

Noem pushes federal legal action for travel checkpoints on reservations

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (By Makenzie Huber Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – Gov. Kristi Noem is threatening to take two South Dakota Native American tribes to federal court over checkpoints set up on reservations restricting state and U.S. highway travel during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement comes after Noem sent letters to leaders of the Cheyenne River… Read more »

May 11, 2020

Agtegra offering free Wi-Fi at rural locations

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – All across the Dakotas, rural communities are encountering a lack of adequate internet access—and in a time when many day-to-day activities continue to move online, this can be a problem. This problem is even more prevalent now that the COVID-19 pandemic is requiring students and adults to do work remotely… Read more »

May 11, 2020

Aberdeen man arrested after stabbing incident

ABERDEEN, S.D. (APD Facebook) – At approximately 12:38 p.m. on Sunday, May 10 Aberdeen Police responded to the 800 block of South State Street in reference to an assault. Upon arrival it was learned that a male had been stabbed in the chest. The victim was transported to Avera St. Lukes Hospital and was last… Read more »

May 11, 2020
Capitol Building SD

Media availability call at 11:45 on all Hub City Radio stations

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.

May 11, 2020

Claire City man drowns on northeast South Dakota lake

BRITTON, S.D. (KWAT) — The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and Marshall County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a drowning on a northeast South Dakota lake. GF&P District Supervisor Tim McCurdy says it happened last Thursday night, around 6:15 p.m., on South Red Iron Lake, between Sisseton and Britton. McCurdy says two brothers were… Read more »