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 »
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The South Dakota Board of Regents voted to increase tuition at state universities next fall by 3.4 percent. Board President Kevin Schieffer says they wait until the legislature wraps up to see what type of state dollars they can work with. Schieffer says they left more cuts on the table. Schieffer… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – South Dakota Hall of Fame member Jim Woster will be speaking in Aberdeen on Thursday, April 18. The Aberdeen Chamber’s Ag Committee will host the well-known agriculture expert at 1 p.m. at the Agtegra Innovation Center. Woster began his career with the Sioux Falls Stockyards in 1962. He was the stockyards… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (DBE Radio Group) – As they collect and tally losses and statistics from Storm Wesley, Governor Kristi Noem said Friday that there wasn’t an end to the previous event – for which they are still collecting information – so the emergency declaration that she signed a few weeks ago will cover this… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Sioux Falls Mayor Paul TenHaken will be the keynote speaker at the 34th Annual Aberdeen Community Prayer Breakfast. The event takes place from 6:45 to 8:05 a.m. Thursday, April 18, at the Ramkota Hotel Convention Center. TenHaken established a reputation as a leader in marketing technology prior to becoming mayor of… Read more »
