WATERTOWN, S.D.(KXLG)- A post shared by popular ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s  called for Mount Rushmore “to be returned to Indigenous people.” On July 4, the company posted about the history of the land, its importance to the Lakota Sioux people, and broken treaties between them and the federal government. In an interview with… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- Around 15 counties in South Dakota are on the verge of bankruptcy, with many other counties struggling fiscally.  A legislative task force is meeting and trying to find ways to ease financial burdens on county governments.  The group met last month in Pierre.  Davison County Commissioner John Claggett was in attendance. The topic… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – The United States will observe its 250th anniversary in 2026, and Governor Kristi Noem took the first step in planning the celebration on Thursday. Executive Order 2023-11 establishes the “America 250th South Dakota Commission” to “plan, encourage, develop, coordinate and promote observances and activities” in the state honoring the nation’s… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio & Audio from KCCR)- The landowners all across South Dakota on Thursday held a Private Property Rights Roundup at the Capitol Rotunda in Pierre. Landowner Mark Lapka from Leola explains the purpose of the event. Lapka calls on Governor Kristi Noem to call a special session to show her support for private property… Read more »

MITCHELL, S.D.(KMIT)- Mitchell voters will decide the fate of the Lake Mitchell project – next year.  The Mitchell City Council last night approved a June 4, 2024 election date on a 5-3 vote.  Voters will decide whether to approve a $25 million loan to dredge and clean up the algae-ridden lake.  The Mitchell City Council’s… Read more »

ABERDEEN, S.D.(HubCityRadio)- The Brown County Commission on Thursday discussed what to do with the Hub City, Inc. building that was going to be used for a regional jail. Rod Tobin, lawyer for Siegel, Barnett, & Schultz, who’s representing Aberdeen Development Corporation spoke to the commission & recommended selling the building to Jay Harris of Harris… Read more »

HURON, S.D.(KOKK)- The Hupp Cupp will be held Saturday at Broadland creek golf course in Huron and at the Huron country club. It is a fundraiser for Kelsey and Trevor Hupp whose home southeast of Fort Pierre exploded on May 24, 2023 and took the lives of their daughter Harper and Trevor’s parents William and… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- For the fourth month in a row, over 1000 people flew out of the Pierre Regional Airport. City commissioner Jamie Huizenga says June was the busiest month so far this year. As a federal Essential Air Service airport, if Pierre goes over the 10,000 boardings number, it’s eligible for $1-million from the US… Read more »

PIERRE, S.D.(DRGNews)- Pierre Mayor Steve Harding has been sworn in for his third term as the Mayor of South Dakota’s capital city. Judge Bridget Mayer conducted the Oath of Office ceremony at this week’s city commission meeting. Harding took his first Oath of Office as Mayor in 2017. Since then, he has successfully led the… Read more »

WATERTOWN, S.D.–A Moorhead, Minnesota man has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Manslaughter in connection with the traffic death of a Watertown woman nearly four years ago. Twenty year-old Gage Thatcher Stevenson was at the wheel of a car that was westbound on U.S. Highway 212 in Watertown on September 17, 2019, when he intentionally crossed over… Read more »