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April 12, 2024

16-year-old Brooking girl killed following accident with school bus driver

BROOKINGS, S.D.(KJJQ)- A 16-year-old Brookings girl is killed in downtown Brookings after the bicycle she was riding was struck by a Brookings School Bus. It happened at about 10:30 Friday morning on Main Avenue at 4th Street.  Brookings Police Chief Michael Drake says the school bus, operated by 46-year-old Tami J. Varpness of Brookings was… Read more »

April 12, 2024

Aberdeen native, Abby (Taffe) Trettin, inducted into SDAHA HOF

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (John Papendick) Tonight (Friday, April 12) at 7 pm at the Sioux Falls Convention Center, Aberdeen native Abby (Taffe) Trettin will join 11 others in being inducted into the South Dakota Amateur Hockey Association Hall of Fame. The 2010 Aberdeen Central High School graduate registered a mind-blowing 673 goals and 289 assists… Read more »

April 12, 2024

APD release public statement on sexual assault

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) On 4-10-24, around 7:15 am, APD officers were dispatched to a reported sexual assault.  Upon arrival, the officers met with the victim and she was transported to an area hospital.  The victim reported that during the night, a male forcibly entered the victim’s residence.  The suspect threatened the victim with a… Read more »

April 12, 2024

NSU to host scrimmage Saturday, April 13th

ABERDEEN, S.D. (Hub City Radio) According to John Papendick, a freelance South Dakota writer, and Ashley Gauer, the Associate Athletic Director of Communications for NSU, the Northern State University football team is holding a public scrimmage tomorrow Saturday, April 13th. The scrimmage will be at Dacotah Bank Stadium on the campus of NSU. The scrimmage… Read more »

April 12, 2024

How avian flu could impact dairy industry

SIOUX FALLS, S.D.(KELO)- South Dakota’s budding dairy industry is dealing with highly-pathogenic avian influenze…known as bird flu. A herd has tested positive for the virus, making South Dakota the eighth state with dairy herds testing positive. Lucas Sjostrom (SHOW-strum), the head of the Minnesota Milk Producers Association says dairy farmers are working to deal with… Read more »

April 12, 2024

Rosebud Sioux Tribe joins three other tribes in banning Gov. Kristi Noem

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The Rosebud Sioux Tribal Council announced on Thursday that Governor Kristi Noem would be banned from its reservation. The tribe, in a two-page letter, detailed how their decision to ban the Governor was not solely based on recent allegations that other tribes have described as “racially charged,” but also from… Read more »

April 12, 2024

Forest Service planting Over 153,000 ponderosa pine trees

BLACK HILLS, S.D.(DRGNews)- The Jasper Fire burned over 83,500 acres throughout the southern Black Hills National Forest back in 2000. Scott Jacobson with the U.S. Forest Service says since 2002, foresters and crews have been replanting trees to help the forest fill back in. Jacobson says the replanting efforts got a boost Friday. Jacobson says… Read more »