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PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Current South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Steven Jensen has been selected to serve as the next Chief Justice. He will follow long time Chief Justice David Gilbertson, who is retiring. Gilbertson will serve until January. Jensen says they wanted a longer transition time. Jensen says he has watched and learned from… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Minnehaha County Coroner reports a woman held at the county jail died last month from a meth overdose. Warden Mike Mattson says that Jordin Eichmann removed a substance concealed in her body and ingested it shortly after 2:15 a.m. on May 13. Eichmann, 31, was found unresponsive in her… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Temperatures in the 90s this week in the Northern Plains could cause heat stress in hogs. SDSU Extension Swine Specialist Dr. Bob (taller) Thaler says the rapid change in temperature and the backlog of pork processing will create some challenges. He says pork producers need to make sure their sprinkling systems… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The number 605 is the state’s area code and also Friday’s date. It is also part of Avera Health’s 605 Day Challenge to help small businesses and also recognize those on the front-line such are grocery store workers, first reponders and nursing home staff. Amy Blackstone, Avera Foundation Director, talked about… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Health experts had been predicting a big peak in coronavirus cases around July 1 with as many as 130,000 infections statewide. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says it now looks like a lower peak and more sporadic outbreaks. Ekeren says their planning predicted up to 13,000… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The annual Northern State Day of Champions did not take place this year, but that did not prevent NSU student-athletes from helping out their communities. Justin Fraase, Director of Communications and Marketing at NSU, said that the desire to give back starts at the top and works its through the athletes.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Tiffany Langer has won a spot on the city council. According to unofficial results from Tuesday’s primary election, Langer finished with 422 votes. Incumbent Dennis “Mike” Olson had 384, and David Welling had 345. The three incumbents retained their spots on the Aberdeen School Board. Kevin Burckhard finished with 3,236 votes,… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – With just one precinct remaining, Tiffany Langer has pulled ahead in the City Council SE Ward race. Langer has 369 votes, Dennis “Mike” Olson has 352 and David Welling has 274. In the race for the Aberdeen School Board (three members will be elected): Kevin Burckhard has 2,814 votes, Brian Sharp… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Results are continuing to come in from today’s Primary Election. Voter turnout was 26.2 percent with 6,008 out of a possible 22,915 voters casting ballots. There were 4,020 absentee ballots. Here are the totals with nine of the 12 precincts reporting. In the race for the Aberdeen School Board (three members… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Results are coming in from today’s Primary Election. Voter turnout was 26.2 percent with 6,008 out of a possible 22,915 voters casting ballots. There were 4,020 absentee ballots. Here are the totals with three of the 12 precincts reporting. In the race for the Aberdeen School Board (three members will be… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota election officials worked to process a historic number of absentee ballots as polls closed Tuesday in the primary election. The secretary of state’s office reported that nearly 87,000 absentee ballots had been returned by Tuesday afternoon, which is almost four times the number received in the 2018 primary.… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Results are coming in from today’s Primary Election. Here are the totals with the first of the polling centers reporting. In the race for the Aberdeen School Board (three members will be elected): Kevin Burckhard has 2,248 votes (31 percent), Brian Sharp has 2,122 votes (29 percent), Aaron Schultz has 2,001… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The number of active COVID-19 cases in South Dakota dropped by 54 according to statistics released by the State Department of Health on Tuesday. There were 33 new confirmed cases and also 87 new recoveries. Today’s total also included 1,152 new negative tests. The total deaths in the state remained at… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Wednesday, June 3 between the hours of 7:30 p.m. and 12:30 a.m. with a possible makeup date the following day, Thursday, June 4 depending on the weather. The adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph. The… Read more »
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 on 930-102.1 KSDN.
