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FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – A 67-year-old man from Pierre has died after he went into the Missouri River while unloading his boat at the Fort Pierre boat ramp Monday morning. Stanley County Chief Deputy Sheriff Greg Swanson says David Lee Braun was pronounced dead at Avera St. Mary’s Hospital in Pierre. Upon investigation,… Read more »
Police and medics were called to the scene of a crash Sunday evening where a van came to rest on a car. American News photo by Elisa Sand ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – Charges are pending against an Aberdeen woman after a Sunday evening crash in which her vehicle came to rest on… Read more »
KEYSTONE, S.D. (Press Release) – A Villard, Minn., man has been identified as the person who died Wednesday afternoon in a vehicle-motorcycle crash south of Keystone. A 1996 Harley Davidson motorcycle was westbound on Iron Mountain Road when the driver failed to negotiate a right-hand curve. The motorcycle entered the oncoming lane and collided with… Read more »
MITCHELL, S.D. (KMIT) – One person was killed this morning in a plane crash in Douglas County. Authorities say the crash happened just before 11 a.m. near the intersection of 404th Avenue and 273rd Street six miles northwest of Parkston. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration have been notified. No further information… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has announced a program to offer training at the state’s technical colleges to people who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Republican governor describes the program, called UpSkill, as a pathway to “a new career path as we get back to… Read more »
A COVID-19 outbreak has closed the Camp Judson youth facility near Keystone. Photo courtesy of Google Maps KEYSTONE, S.D. (By Nick Lowrey South Dakota News Watch) – Several cases of COVID-19 have been linked to Camp Judson, a popular Christian youth summer camp located in the Black Hills, the South Dakota Department of Health has confirmed.… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The state’s number of active COVID-19 cases rose by nine on Monday, according to totals released by the South Dakota Department of Health. The state reported 49 new confirmed cases to go along with 40 new recoveries, pushing the active infections to 917 (there were 829 one week ago). The number… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – The City of Aberdeen has scheduled a city-wide ground spray for mosquitoes on Tuesday, July 28 between the hours of 9 p.m. and 1:30 a.m. The adulticiding equipment is noisy and travels at 10 mph. The mosquito control trucks are identified and travel with a flashing yellow light. To ensure… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Scott Waltman [email protected]) – Heavy weekend rain left its mark in northern Brown and northeastern McPherson counties. All of the water put some rural roads and fields underwater, and there’s now flooding in the Westport and Ordway areas on the Elm River. According to reports to the National Weather Service, 7.8 inches… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – Search and rescue crews in Pierre recovered a man from the Missouri River in Fort Pierre Monday morning. The Pierre Fire Department’s Rescue Squad and Dive Team were dispatched Monday around 7:50 a.m. by Central South Dakota Dispatch to a report of unoccupied pickup and boat trailer at the 5th Avenue… Read more »
