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ABERDEEN, S.D. (Brown County Emergency Operations Center) – The Brown County EOC would like to remind everyone to please continue to practice Covid-19 guidelines set for by the CDC. Those guidelines are: Clean hands often, using soap and water for at least 20 seconds. Cover coughs & sneezes with a tissue or inside… Read more »
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
ABERDEEN, S.D. (aberdeennews.com) – The number of COVID-19 cases in Brown County continues to tick up. Six new cases were confirmed by the South Dakota Department of Health on Monday. That pushes the total to 65. Of those, 41 are employees at DemKota Ranch Beef on the south side of Aberdeen, said Josh Clayton, state… 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 across all Hub City Radio stations.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (press release) – The City of Aberdeen kicked off Drinking Water Week by encouraging consumers to recognize their tap water is “There When You Need It.” Drinking Water Week is May 3-9 this year. Aberdeen and the American Water Works Association (AWWA) will observe Drinking Water Week by recognizing the vital role tap… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Some meatpackers are returning to work at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls. The company is opening part of the plant Monday after being closed for more than two weeks. The meatpacking plant asked about 250 employees to report to work in two departments — ground pork and night cleanup, according… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) — A thunderstorm with pea and marble-size hail hit Rapid City around 4 p.m. or so Sunday, and a lightning strike set fire to a double-wide mobile home. Eight local stations responded to the call to the 3900 block of Elkhorn Lane near Country Village Estates mobile home park. They confined… Read more »
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents has decided that fall classes will be held on campus at the state’s universities. Classes have been online since spring break in March due to the coronavirus pandemic. USD President Sheila Gestring says there is still a lot of details to work through. Gestring… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton City Commission, during a special meeting Friday, voted to rescind the emergency health ordinance that had limited public gatherings and shut down a number of businesses. Commissioner Amy Miner says she wanted to see the closings stay in place for just a while longer. The meeting was scheduled after… Read more »
BLACKHAWK, S.D. (KBHB) – Meade County officials met with residents of an affected subdivision in Blackhawk Friday night. At least a dozen homes in the Northdale subdivision are affected by two large sinkholes that have developed. It’s believed there was an old gypsum mine underneath the area. The Northdale Sanitation District is having the area… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Kelda J.L. Pharris [email protected]) – Joe Gaa has been named as the next Aberdeen city manager. “I’m a Midwesterner. I grew up in Missouri, spent most of the last decade in Iowa. Dickinson was perfect, the right size, and growing; but just a little too far away from home. I wanted to… Read more »
VERMILLION, S.D. (WNAX) – As the economy grinds to a halt, some smaller towns are looking to their past as a guide to the future. Nate Welch, Executive Director of the Vermillion Chamber and Development Corporation, says they have seen the peaks and valleys in a short time. Welch says their chamber got started at… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (WNAX) – Changing weather patterns are no surprise in South Dakota as there are now some warning signs of potential drought. State Climatologist Laura Edwards says after two years of flooding, conditions have changed rapidly. Edwards says it is more of an advisory than a warning right now. Edwards says the next couple… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Work is being done to prepare for the upcoming auto racing season at Brown County Speedway, although a definitive timetable for racing is still up in the air. Terry Voeltz, a track official, said a lot of work has already taken place at the track. Casino Speedway in Watertown just completed… Read more »
MOUNT RUSHMORE, S.D. (KEVN/KOTA TV) – President Donald Trump is planning on visiting Mount Rushmore to see the fireworks on July 3 this year. On Friday, Trump was interviewed on a conservative podcast, the Dan Bongino podcast, and said he planned to attend the fireworks at Mount Rushmore. “(Fireworks) hasn’t been allowed for environmental reasons,… Read more »
