Official: Flu vaccine safe
Even though Laura Torrence heard there was mercury in some flu vaccines, she still got her flu shot. "I just figure we get mercury in a lot of things," said Torrence, 60, of Westport. "I try to...
View ArticleTuesday Prep Football Scores
Tuesday's Scores||By The Associated Press||PREP FOOTBALL||First Round||Class 9AA||Region 1| Clark/Willow Lake 41, Tri-State 34 Leola/Frederick 53, Miller 6|Region 2| Deubrook 55, Ipswich/Edmunds...
View ArticleAberdeen: Dog Fanciers will meet Saturday
The Aberdeen Area Dog Fanciers will meet at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Aberdeen Area Humane Society. "Please bring treats for the animals and your walking shoes to take the dogs for a walk for a 'Howlween...
View ArticleAberdeen: Holgate hosting fall concert Thursday
Holgate Middle School students will present their fall concert at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Holgate Middle School Theater. The seventh- and eighth-grade choir and the seventh-grade band will perform....
View ArticleBristol: Two-vehicle collision sends passengers to Aberdeen hospital
Two people were taken to Avera St. Luke's Hospital in Aberdeen after a two-vehicle collision Monday afternoon at the intersection of U.S. Highway 12 and Day County Road 33 near Bristol. Michael...
View ArticleImproper dumpers will face fee in Brown County
Folks who leave items not allowed at two Brown County Landfill drop sites will soon have to fork over $100 or more. At their Tuesday meeting, Brown County commissioners discussed imposing an...
View ArticleCourt listings for Oct. 24, 2012
Jeri J. Garreau, 37, Rapid City, theft by insufficient funds check, fined $370 and sentenced to 30 days in jail with 25 days suspended. Debra Lois Bald Eagle, 46, of 1017 Seventh Ave. S.E., No. 35,...
View ArticleLeola-Frederick, Potter County swap football playoff opponents
A pair of quarterfinal high school playoff football games involving area teams has been altered because of an error by the South Dakota High School Activities Association.Potter County will play...
View ArticleBiden to attend SD prayer service for McGovern
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - The White House says Vice President Joe Biden will attend a South Dakota prayer service for former U.S. Sen. George McGovern on Thursday. McGovern, who lost a 1972...
View ArticleUpdate: Bicyclist in collision not taken to hospital
Update: The ambulance did not take anyone to a hospital from this accident.Reported earlier:Police are investigating a vehicle vs. bicycle collision that happened this afternoon at the intersection of...
View ArticleNot guilty pleas entered in Simmons crash
An Aberdeen teenager accused of crashing into Simmons Elementary School pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges related to the January incident. Andrew L. Randall, 18, is charged with vehicular...
View ArticleAberdeen: No one hurt in Simmons Middle School incident
Simmons Middle School went into administrative lockdown Wednesday afternoon over concerns for safety of its students. The lockdown started at about 2:45 p.m. when an incident involving a student...
View ArticleSelby: Nebraska man improving after hunting accident
A Nebraska man injured in a hunting accident Monday afternoon in Selby is in good condition at the St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck, N.D., a hospital spokeswoman said. Dale Nelson, 70, of...
View ArticleGet a good quality scare at the Haunted Forest
Haunted Forest has evolved a lot since its beginnings more than 30 years ago. For a few years, Haunted Forest patrons were picked up at the Wylie Park Pavilion and taken to the gate by hay rides....
View ArticleLive leopard shark drops from sky onto golf course
Now this is a hazard worth taking a penalty stroke for. A shark fell from the sky and landed near the 12th tee at the San Juan Hills Golf Club in San Juan Capistrano, Calif. on Monday."It was just...
View ArticleVoters get to decide whether large projects get state grants
At its root, Referred Law 14 is a question of whether voters want to earmark, for a special purpose, 22 percent of the many millions of dollars that they and others pay in contractor excise taxes on...
View ArticleFriends, family pay tribute to late-Sen. McGovern
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Friends, family and former colleagues paused before the flag-draped casket of former U.S. Sen. George McGovern on Thursday to pay tribute to the liberal Democrat who ran for...
View ArticleEureka man reappointed to state Aeronautics Commission
Eric Odenbach of Eureka has been reappointed to the South Dakota Aeronautics Commission, according to a news release from the state Department of Transportation.Odenbach, who farms in McPherson...
View ArticleFire in apartment complex quickly extinguished
Aberdeen firefighters put out a fire this evening that started in the oven of one of the apartments in a complex at 10 Ninth Ave. S.W.The fire, which happened at about 6 p.m., was caused by burnt food...
View ArticleNew ribs restaurant to open in Aberdeen
Kelly and Patricia Hinton have bought the Smokehouse BBQ and on Nov. 1 will open a new restaurant called America Homeland Revival Ribs.The Smokehouse BBQ was founded by Roy Ellerbe and Nancy...
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