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ABERDEEN, S.D.(Aberdeen Insider)- The Aberdeen Area Arts Council is looking for a new executive director. Steve Thithavong, who had been with the arts council for about a year, has accepted a position as compliance and information officer in Aberdeen’s city finance office. Angie Cleberg, president of the Aberdeen Area Arts Council Board of Directors, said Ththavong starts… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department is hoping new technology and testing procedures can help slow the spread of chronic wasting disease in the state. Senior Big Game Biologist Bryon Buckley says last year officials reported 60 cases in multiple varieties of big game. While the current testing is considered the… Read more »
SOUTH SHORE, S.D.(Press Release)- A 60-year-old Waverly, SD man has been identified as the person who died Tuesday morning in a two vehicle crash seven miles southwest of South Shore, SD. Preliminary crash information indicates a 2002 International 9200I pulling a loaded grain trailer was driving northbound on 462nd Avenue, which is a gravel road,… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D.(The Dakota Scout)- Gov. Kristi Noem is warning South Dakota lawmakers to prepare for a lean budget year, and that she won’t sign any bills attempting to repeal a sales tax holiday that began this summer. More than a month ahead of her December budget address, the second-term Republican in an op-ed Friday said… Read more »
MOBRIDGE, S.D.(DRGNews)- A Walworth County commissioner is proposing the formation of an oversight committee for the county’s Sheriff’s Department. During their Oct. 11, 2023, meeting, Sheriff’s Deputies John Abshire and Talese Aucoin spoke about how they, and the department, are treated poorly by the commission. During this week’s meeting, Commissioner Scott Schilling said he and local… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- He’s charged with impersonating a police officer. Sioux Falls Police Information Officer Sam Clemens says a woman noticed she was being followed in her car, and stopped to confront the man behind her. 44-year old Ronald Steef of Sioux Falls claimed to be an officer, but failed to show his badge before… Read more »
WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- 24-year-old Dakota Rodriquez was arrested Wednesday after Watertown Police investigated the rape of a child under 16 years old in October 2023. On Wednesday, Dakota was charged with 4th Degree Rape, Solicitation of a Minor, and Sexual Exploitation of a Minor and is currently being held on $10,000 cash bond at the Codington… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- South Dakota Canvassing held an election seminar Thursday night at City Lights in Aberdeen. Jessica Pollema(Pol-le-ma) with South Dakota Canvassing was the feature speaker and talked about how much they paid on voter rolls. Pollema focused on the 2020 elections. She discussed how there were new voter registered after the election had taken… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- Summit Carbon Solution’s Chief Executive Officer Lee Blank appeared on Agritalk Thursday to provide an update on their pipeline request. Blank told host Chip Flory that despite denials from both North & South Dakota, that Summit has not given up yet. Blank reminds everyone how this would benefit the ethanol industry involved with… Read more »
SOUTH DAKOTA(HubCityRadio)- South Dakota Landowners Thursday have called on Senator Lee Schoenbeck to resign following a series of inappropriate texts he sent to South Dakota Treasurer Josh Haeder. Haeder was serving on the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission filling in for Commissioner Kristie Fiegen in the Summit Carbon Solutions request for the CO2 pipeline. Fiegen… Read more »
