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WATERTOWN, S.D. (KXLG) — Emergency management offices in Eastern South Dakota are bracing for round two of flooding this week. Codington County Emergency Management Director Jim Sutton says the recent 25 inch snowfall is expected to cause another rise on the Big Sioux River. He says any additional rain that combines with the melting snow… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – This past winter was tough on just about everything and that includes the fish that were in the lake at Wylie Park. The brutal conditions likely played a role in fish that washed up on shore recently, according to Mark Hoven, Parks Superintendent with the Aberdeen Parks, Recreation and Forestry Department.… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The decision by the South Dakota Board of Regents to raise tuition this fall at state universities by 3.4 percent came after a long discussion about revenue and expenses. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they need more involvement from the public and state government leaders. Schieffer says they try to keep… Read more »
PARIS (AP) — A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Hub City Radio’s David Tukesbrey took home an Eric Sevareid first place honor during this past weekend’s Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association Awards Banquet in the Twin Cities. Tukesbrey was honored in the Sports Play-by-Play Small Market Radio category for “Five Minute Offense in Iowa,” during his call of Presentation College football… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – A Northern State University student is launching a campaign to raise awareness – and funding – toward accessibility on campus. Tyler Goldade, a junior art student from Aberdeen, has created “Mobility Matters.” The campaign will kick off today, April 15 – “Mobility Monday.” Goldade and his classmates from Sara Christensen… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (AP) — Two state prison inmates at the Yankton Community Work Center have been placed on escape status. State corrections officials say Travis Mann and Matthew Weddell failed to report to their community service job site in Yankton on Saturday. The 36-year-old Mann is serving sentences from Brookings County for drug possession and… Read more »
JASPER, Ark. (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old South Dakota woman has died after falling off a cliff in northwestern Arkansas. Newton County Sheriff Glenn Wheeler says Andrea Norton was fatally injured on Saturday when she accidentally fell from a rock formation near Jasper, about 101 miles northwest of Little Rock. Wheeler says Norton was… Read more »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Estimates of $20 to $25 million in damages in Yankton County will go higher. Commission Chairman Dan Klimisch says they anticipate finding more damage after last week’s snow. Klimisch says they plan to get their report into the state this week. The County Highway Superintendent advised no travel on any county… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – Cleanup from the mid-March bomb cyclone that hit South Dakota and much of the Upper Midwest hadn’t finished when another similar system hit the same area last week. Gov. Kristi Noem says damage from both storms will be combined in the state’s request for a federal disaster declaration. Most state… Read more »
