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 »

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 »

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 »

PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – South Dakota senior citizens and citizens with disabilities have until July 1 to apply for sales or property tax refunds under South Dakota’s Tax Refund Program. Under the program, certain individuals are able to receive a portion of the sales or property taxes they paid from the previous year if… Read more »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

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 »

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – The COVID-19 pandemic hit the U.S. hard in the midst of cookie season. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and to ensure girls follow social distancing and other safety precautions, Girl Scouts-Dakota Horizons cancelled Girl Scout Cookie Booths and door-to-door sales in the final weeks of the program. “The Girl… Read more »

RAPID CITY, S.D. (Rapid City Journal) — Casinos in Deadwood, South Dakota, are seeing customers after reopening last week during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Deadwood City Commission voted last Monday to allow businesses to reopen if they follow federal, state and local rules for preventing the spread of the coronavirus. The vote came after the… Read more »