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ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Firefighters are currently battling a grass fire north of Aberdeen. The fire is located at 129th St. and 389th Ave., about three miles north of town. Aberdeen Rural, Aberdeen City, Bath, Columbia and Groton fire departments all responded to the scene.
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – An exhibition by a pair of Northern State University Art Department alums is currently on display in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Gallery. “This Is Us,” by Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby, will be on display through Oct. 27. Admission to the exhibition is free, and the gallery is open… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (By American News Staff and Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports) – The number of older South Dakotans testing positive for coronavirus continued to accelerate in data released Friday by the South Dakota Department of Health. The state reported 389 new infections Friday. They included 103 among people older than 60, an age group… Read more »
IPSWICH, S.D. (Press Release) – A Roscoe, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Monday afternoon in a tractor/sprayer crash near Ipswich. A 1987 Custom C70 tractor/sprayer was westbound on 132nd Street, which is a gravel road. The driver attempted to miss a deer in the roadway, but hit the deer and… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota state senator has pleaded not guilty to making a false domestic violence report against her husband. Lyndi DiSanto appeared in court Thursday when she entered the plea after being charged by the Pennington County State’s Attorney Office. A conviction carries up to a year in jail.… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — A Watertown man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of Second Degree Murder. Forty year-old Jeremiah Peacemaker is accused of killing 28-year-old Kendra Owen at her Watertown residence. Owen’s body was found the evening of Sept. 2. Police said it appeared she had been dead for several days. Peacemaker was… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman with dementia, ruling that prosecutors didn’t have to prove whether he knew she couldn’t consent to sex. A Pennington County jury in 2018 convicted Roger Jackson, now 73, of third-degree rape, which says… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By American News staff reports) – Tonight’s Roncalli-Sisseton high school football game has been postponed because of concerns about COVID-19 for the Cavaliers. Roncalli athletic director Terry Dosch confirmed the decision Thursday night. He said no one on the team has tested positive, but there are “a number” of players who have been… Read more »
FAULKTON, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Faulkton Craft Fair is heading into its 46th year, but it’s safe to say there has never been another year quite like the current one. Beverly King, co-chair of the event, said that precautions are being taken to keep everyone safe at the event during the coronavirus pandemic. King said… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KELO.com) — Senator Mike Rounds happened to be the keynote speaker at the Lincoln Day Dinner attended by Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg the night of the tragic accident. But Rounds says he had little interaction with Ravnsborg because he is trying to stay out of crowds, especially due to his wife’s ongoing battle… Read more »
