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WASHINGTON, D.C. (DRG News) – There’s still no agreement between two Native American tribes and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem over checkpoints the tribes have put up along state and federal highways leading through their reservations. The Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and the Oglala Sioux Tribe established the checkpoints as a way to reduce the… Read more »
BROOKINGS, S.D. (DRG News) – If it seems like you’re seeing an unusually large number of moths in the past week, you are. SDSU Extension pesticide education and urban entomology field specialist Dr. Amanda Bachmann says the moths are the western bean cutworm. The arrival of the moths isn’t unique to the central part of… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (By Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – One more person has died of the coronavirus in South Dakota, and the number of confirmed coronavirus cases in the state increased by 77, the South Dakota Department of Health announced on Friday. South Dakota now has a total of 74 COVID-19 deaths. The Minnehaha… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – There have been calls for leadership on the local and national level to deal with protests and riots over issues of equality. South Dakota Congressman Dusty Johnson says it is a difficult question. Johnson says progress has been too slow. Johnson says President Trump has made efforts to show leadership. The… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (aberdeennews.com) – This year’s honorees in the Aberdeen Catholic School System Hall of Fame will be recognized in one of five categories. The 2020 Hall of Fame Inductees are as follows: Arts and Academics: Brigadier General Jeff Hurlbert, class of 1987 Athletics: Cary Hornaman, class of 1975 Benefactors and Founders: Ken and Dee… Read more »
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.
FORT PIERRE, S.D. (DRG News) – One of the nation’s largest high school rodeos is coming to Fort Pierre. For the first time, the Stanley County Fairgrounds will host the South Dakota High School State Finals Rodeo June 16-20. Organizers say that South Dakota’s High School Finals Rodeo is the third-largest such rodeo in the… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual Aberdeen Area Chamber of Commerce Golf Tournament will take place July 27. Team registrations for the event are now being accepted. Bea Smith, Director of Membership and Events for the Chamber, provides the details. She said that proceeds will benefit the Chamber. While the registration deadline is still a… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man is accused of threatening to kill his girlfriend and their 2-year-old child and sexually assault the woman. Police say the 29-year-old man is facing a long list of charges, including false imprisonment and aggravated assault. Sioux Falls police spokesman Sam Clemens says officers responded to an… Read more »
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota town where an uncle of George Floyd lives is seeing renewed calls to change its police logo that features a U.S. flag alongside a Confederate flag. Floyd’s uncle Selwyn Jones told the Rapid City Journal that he would like his hometown of Gettysburg to change the logo… Read more »
