IHOP reopens after kitchen fire
The IHOP restaurant, which closed Tuesday afternoon because of a small kitchen fire, opened for business today at 7 a.m.The fire damage has been cleaned up and the restaurant is fully operational,...
View ArticleObama Calls For New Proposals For Gun Control In Wake Of Newtown Massacre
President Obama called for new proposals for reducing gun violence during an address Wednesday.He appointed Vice President Joseph Biden to head an inter-agency panel to come up with "a set of concrete...
View ArticleCity fixing downtown TIF district typo
Information inadvertently left out of the resolution that finalized Aberdeen's most recent Tax Increment Finance district can be added with an administrative fix, the city's attorney said.In October,...
View ArticleFiscal cliff talks stall wind energy tax credit decision
Wind energy advocates and South Dakota congressional members are worried that key federal incentives for wind power could expire in less than two weeks as negotiations over the fiscal cliff dominate...
View ArticleSD teen dies in shooting; second teen detained
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - Authorities say a 16-year-old boy is dead and his friend and classmate is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder after a shooting inside the alleged gunman's home in...
View ArticleNorthern receives $425,000 gift
Northern State University's Foundation has received $425,000 from the estate of a 1948 graduate.Laurel Winjum, a Frederick native, graduated with a degree in teaching and minors in history, economics...
View ArticleSD Lottery to test new technology, expand games
The state Lottery Commission gave approval Wednesday to a test of high-speed data technology for video lottery establishments. The lottery's administrators and commissioners described it as the gate...
View ArticleProposed motorcycle safety law
A contributor in a recent Reader Panel (Dec. 11) proposed that the legislative agenda include a helmet law for motorcycles. The contributor must not realize that South Dakota has a helmet law. The law...
View ArticleMidwest hit by its first major snowstorm of season
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - The first major snowstorm of the season began its slow eastward march across the Midwest early Thursday, leaving at least three people dead, creating treacherous driving...
View ArticleAberdeen: at least three choices for End of the World parties
Local people who want to attend an "End of the World Party" have at least three choices.The Eagles Club and Shenanigans host End of the World parties tonight. Nick Howell and friends will play at...
View ArticleWestside Pawn to close
Westside Pawn and Sales at 820 S. Highway 281 will close, said Jim Lacher, owner.The building has been sold to Midwest Pump and Tank with the sale effective Jan. 1, he said.Until then all items in the...
View ArticleCensus: ND fastest-growing state in nation
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - North Dakota is the leading the nation in population growth and the number of residents in the state is at all-time high, according to figures released Thursday by the U.S....
View ArticleRush to cash checks collapses floor of South Dakota American Indian...
LOWER BRULE, S.D. (AP) — The floor of a bank on the Lower Brule Indian Reservation in central South Dakota collapsed after tribal members rushed to business to cash trust settlement checks, officials...
View ArticleRaising money is on the march
Northern State University's marching band was selected from thousands for the presidential inauguration parade, but now comes the hard part: raising the money to get there.The cost to send the band to...
View ArticleUpdate: Accident near Hecla sends one to hospital
A Minnesota truck driver has been taken to Oakes Community Hospital after a one-vehicle accident near Hecla about 2 p.m. today, said Trooper Tracy Brumfield of the North Dakota Highway Patrol.The truck...
View ArticleNRA calls for armed police officer in every school
WASHINGTON - The nation's largest gun-rights lobby called Friday for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer "waiting in the wings."The National Rifle...
View ArticleAppeal against 3-day wait for SD abortion dropped
Planned Parenthood has announced that it plans to drop its appeal of a legal provision that requires women seeking abortions in South Dakota to wait three days. Women in South Dakota have to wait 72...
View ArticleHoliday garbage pick-up schedule changes
Due to the Christmas holiday observance, all Aberdeen city offices will be closed at noon Monday and on Christmas Day.All residents who normally have their garbage collected Monday should have it out...
View ArticleActors needed in Aberdeen
Actors are needed for a short social awareness film being made by the McQuillen Creative Group of Aberdeen. Men who look between the ages of 20 and 30 years old are sought, according to a news release....
View ArticleFriday Prep Basketball Scores
Friday's Scores||Boys Basketball| Aberdeen Christian 79, Mitchell Christian 51 Chester 49, Oldham-Ramona/Rutland 35 Corsica/Stickney 48, Parkston 40 Dell Rapids 58, Elk Point-Jefferson 44 Elkton-Lake...
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