ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – While the area has experienced plenty of summer-like conditions already, according to the calendar summer is just getting started. Laura Edwards, State Climatologist, said more hot weather is on the way. She said it is a bit more difficult to predict upcoming wind. Forecasters are unsure when it comes to precipitation.
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Yankton conducts random testing on remote learning
YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – The Yankton School District is planning to welcome students back to their buildings on Aug. 24. Students were sent home on March 13 as the coronavirus pandemic was spreading. Lessons from that point were online and in take home packets. Superintendent Wayne Kindle says they had some random testing to see how… Read more »
Highway Patrol Adds 11 Troopers
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – With the South Dakota State Capitol behind them under a warm cloudless blue sky 11 South Dakota Highway Patrol Trooper Recruits officially transitioned to Troopers last Friday. Graduation for the 62nd Class of Highway Patrol officers was postponed from earlier this year due to coronavirus concerns. Colonel Rick Miller of the… Read more »
State reports three new COVID deaths; active cases continue to drop
PIERRE, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Department of Health reported three new deaths today as active cases of COVID-19 continue to drop. Two of the deaths occurred in Pennington County and the other was in Jackson County. That brings that state’s death total to 81. South Dakota had 49 new cases to go along with 57… Read more »
Welcome home ceremony for Army National Guard Wednesday in Pierre
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – A welcome home ceremony is scheduled for 69 soldiers with the South Dakota Army National Guard’s 152nd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion at the T.F. Riggs High School gymnasium in Pierre on Wednesday, June 24 at 5 p.m. The Pierre-based unit is returning home after serving on an 11-month deployment in… Read more »
AACF makes grants to Salvation Army, Boys & Girls Club, PC, Northern, GROW SD
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – In the past few months, the Aberdeen Area Community Foundation made grants to local organizations to support their response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In April, the AACF made grants of $1,500 each to the Salvation Army and Aberdeen Area Boys & Girls Club to support their activities responding to the… Read more »
One killed, another seriously injured in crash west of Gettysburg
GETTYSURG, S.D. (Press Release) – One person died and another person was seriously injured late Thursday night in a two-vehicle crash west of Gettysburg. Names of the three persons involved are not being released pending notification of family members. A 2003 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was westbound on U.S. Highway 212 when the driver lost control… Read more »
Supreme Court upholds termination of Avera nurse
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court says a Sioux Falls hospital did not wrongfully fire a nurse after finding errors in her log of medication. Avera McKennan Hospital terminated Stephanie Henning in 2016 after a routine medication log check turned up missing opioid pills. Henning denied wrongdoing and sued Avera, claiming… Read more »
Media availability call at 11:45 on KSDN
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:45 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.
Commission looking into options for August event
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Brown County Commission voted Tuesday to postpone this year’s Brown County Fair to next year based on an unanimous recommendation from the Brown County Fair Board. The commission also decided to look into options for having some sort of event at the fairgrounds during that time frame to replace the… Read more »

















