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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. (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. (APD Facebook) – At approximately 3:29 a.m. on April 14 Aberdeen Police responded to the 200 block of 2nd Curve at Lakeside Estates regarding the report of a suicidal subject. It had been reported to officers that a 16 year-old male had been making suicidal threats. As the subject refused to meet officers… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Press Release) – Two Sioux Falls-based South Dakota Army National Guard units have received a mobilization order for an eight month deployment to Africa beginning in late August and early September. More than 190 Soldiers with the 196th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade and nearly 40 Soldiers with the 115th Signal Company will deploy… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The Public Works Department would like to remind residents that our solid waste customers need to place their garbage in a bag to prevent it from it being loose in the container. This is especially important during this Coronavirus pandemic. We appreciate everyone’s cooperation on this matter. Reference City Ordinance… Read more »
AMES, IOWA (WNAX) – Much of the northern plains may have avoided another year of flooding…..so far. Dennis Todey with the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub (in Ames Iowa) says a slow warm up has helped decrease the risk. Todey says heavy rain could cause problems in a hurry. Todey says while they can’t predict another… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (aberdeennews.com) – The Aberdeen City Council gave final reading to the third version of an emergency ordinance drafted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This ordinance replaces version 2, but the only change with this ordinance is that the council now has the ability to repeal portions of the restrictions within the ordinance… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota Secretary of State, Steve Barnett, is preparing for a June primary election like no other in state history. The COVID-19 crisis is so fluid from day to day that there is no way to predict how the situation will be on June 2. A worst, worst-case scenario would be… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) – An event to honor the work of those on the front lines in the battle against COVID-19 in being planned all across South Dakota. Between 9:30 p.m. and 10 p.m. on Friday May 1, South Dakota residents are being encouraged to go outside and “Let It Shine.” What initially began as… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Safe Harbor of Aberdeen has produced a pair of displays to help bring awareness to abuse. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and Child Abuse Prevention Month. For the second year in a row, Safe Harbor has a display of bluejeans on the overpass on N. Second St. MacKenzie Gerth, Rural… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The shutdown of the Smithfield Foods processing plant is an example of what needs to be done to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Dr. Mike Pietila with the Yankton Medical Clinic is also the head of the Intensive Care Unit at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital. Pietila says the focus now… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds is one of several Senators asking for an investigation into livestock prices. Rounds says he asked for an investigation a few weeks ago. Rounds says no matter the results of the investigation, there needs to be changes in how livestock are marketed. Rounds says he asked… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KBHB) — The lead doctor on coronavirus matters at Sanford Health says that COVID-19 patients in the state can now have access to the drug Hydroxychloroquine, as part of a first-in-the-nation effectiveness study. Doctor Allison Suttle talked with reporters Monday about the enormous task researchers face as they start to tackle a… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released videos providing updates on the status of mountain snowpack, a runoff forecast for the year and planned operations for the runoff year for the Missouri River Mainstem System. The four videos share information normally presented at the Corps’ annual spring public meetings… Read more »
McLAUGHLIN, S.D. (Rapid City Journal) — A family of five on the Standing Rock Reservation has been living in a car and floating among relatives after a small South Dakota town shut off the utilities at their trailer home. The mayor of McLaughlin, Arnold Schott, said there was no choice because the town wouldn’t be… Read more »
