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ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The City Manager of Aberdeen, Joseph Gaa came to our studios this week and provided updates on a number of different issues. Gaa told us how hotels and restaurants have recovered since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Gaa talks about the mask resolution and how COVID-19 vaccines could impact that going forward.… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C.(WNAX)- The impeachment trial of former President Trump is set to start in the Senate next week. He will be charged with inciting the riot that led to a mob overrunning the US Capitol on January sixth. South Dakota Senator John Thune says he is keeping an open mind. Thune says the Presidents words… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Northern State University Symphonic Band will present its Winter Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in the Harvey and Cynthia Jewett Theater. In honor of Black History month, the featured piece on the program is a special arrangement of “Shenandoah” by Omar Thomas, one of the country’s pre-eminent… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(Press Release) – The Northern State University Theatre Program will present the play “God of Carnage” in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Black Box Theatre. Performances will run at 7:30 p.m. nightly Feb. 18-20 and at 3 p.m. Feb. 21. In “God of Carnage,” Playwright Yasmine Reza brings together two sets of parents after… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(WNAX)- The South Dakota House State Affairs Committee will hear a bill today that would expand the information available on the security costs for Governor Kristi Noem. Department of Public Safety Secretary Craig Price says the security is set by his department. Noem has traveled across the country in the past year, making campaign… Read more »
WINNER, S.D.(Press Release) – One person died and three others were injured Wednesday night in a two-vehicle crash east of Winner. Names of the four people involved are not yet being released pending notification of family members. A 1995 Chevrolet GMT 400 pickup was southbound on South Dakota Highway 49 when the driver failed to… Read more »
MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- A second man charged in a fatal shooting in downtown Mitchell last month pleaded not guilty to several counts on Thursday. 28-year old Luis Perez-Melendez is charged with first degree murder, second degree murder, and manslaughter. On the night of January 9th, Perez-Melendez and 27-year old Jose Morales Acevedo allegedly went to the… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KJJQ)- The Senate State Affairs Committee delays action on a bill to allow sports betting in Deadwood. The committee could not take action on Senate Bill 44 because of the lack of a prison and jail cost impact statement. The vote will come later. This follows on the passage if Constitutional Amendment ‘B’ in… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The South Dakota Senate will debate the merits of a statewide mask mandate. Senate Bill 125 survived a rocky road through the Senate Health and Services Committee despite all proponent testimony on the measure. Senator V. J. Smith of Brookings, where mask mandates seem to be working says he struggles with its approval…… Read more »
WILLOW LAKE, S.D.(Mike Tanner, Alpha Media)–A man has drowned while ice fishing on a lake in Clark County. Sheriff Robert McGraw says authorities were called to Dry Lake #2, about four miles north of the town of Willow Lake, Wednesday morning on a report of a man who’d gone fishing there Tuesday night, but never… Read more »
