MOBRIDGE, S.D. (Press Release) – A Mobridge juvenile has been identified as the person who died Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Mobridge. A 1997 Ford F50 pickup was southbound on 10th Avenue West when the female driver, 16, lost control of the pickup. The vehicle flipped. Emily Holzer, the driver, was… Read more »
News Category: Local News
Man dies at Aberdeen Department of Labor office
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand esand@aberdeennews.com) – A 67-year-old man died Friday morning at the Aberdeen office of the South Dakota Department of Labor. Brown County Coroner Michael Carlsen the man appeared to have died of natural causes. He said the call came in about 7:20 a.m. It appears the man was getting some items… Read more »
Noem lays out framework for Coronavirus Relief Funds
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem laid out a framework for up to $100 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to assist South Dakota’s community-based healthcare providers in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant program would function similarly to the small business grants that Governor Noem announced on September 9,… Read more »
Grassfire north of Aberdeen
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Firefighters are currently battling a grass fire north of Aberdeen. The fire is located at 129th St. and 389th Ave., about three miles north of town. Aberdeen Rural, Aberdeen City, Bath, Columbia and Groton fire departments all responded to the scene.
‘This Is Us’ art exhibition on display in JFAC Gallery
ABERDEEN, S.D. (Press Release) – An exhibition by a pair of Northern State University Art Department alums is currently on display in the Johnson Fine Arts Center Gallery. “This Is Us,” by Lee Leuning and Sherri Treeby, will be on display through Oct. 27. Admission to the exhibition is free, and the gallery is open… Read more »
Five new COVID deaths in SD, Brown County eclipses 1,000 cases
PIERRE, S.D. (By American News Staff and Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports) – The number of older South Dakotans testing positive for coronavirus continued to accelerate in data released Friday by the South Dakota Department of Health. The state reported 389 new infections Friday. They included 103 among people older than 60, an age group… Read more »
Roscoe man identified in fatal tractor-sprayer crash near Ipswich
IPSWICH, S.D. (Press Release) – A Roscoe, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Monday afternoon in a tractor/sprayer crash near Ipswich. A 1987 Custom C70 tractor/sprayer was westbound on 132nd Street, which is a gravel road. The driver attempted to miss a deer in the roadway, but hit the deer and… Read more »
Ex-senator pleads not guilty to making false report
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A former South Dakota state senator has pleaded not guilty to making a false domestic violence report against her husband. Lyndi DiSanto appeared in court Thursday when she entered the plea after being charged by the Pennington County State’s Attorney Office. A conviction carries up to a year in jail.… Read more »
Watertown man pleads not guilty to murder charge
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — A Watertown man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of Second Degree Murder. Forty year-old Jeremiah Peacemaker is accused of killing 28-year-old Kendra Owen at her Watertown residence. Owen’s body was found the evening of Sept. 2. Police said it appeared she had been dead for several days. Peacemaker was… Read more »
Supreme Court upholds conviction in sexual assault case
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the conviction of a man accused of sexually assaulting a woman with dementia, ruling that prosecutors didn’t have to prove whether he knew she couldn’t consent to sex. A Pennington County jury in 2018 convicted Roger Jackson, now 73, of third-degree rape, which says… Read more »