Editing Aberdeen, South Dakota (section)

==Government==
Aberdeen is the center of government for Brown County. City government is overseen by a City Manager/Council form of government with a mayor and eight council members. The City Manager is Robin Bobzien, and the City Council is composed of Mayor Travis Shaunaman and Council Members Char Liebelt, Rich Ward, Erin Fouberg, Rob Ronayne, Alan Johnson, Tiffany Langer, David Novstup and Justin Reinbold. Each council member serves a five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aberdeen.sd.us/74/City-Council|title=City Council &#124; Aberdeen, SD – Official Website}}</ref>

[[File:Brown county south dakota courthouse aberdeen.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Brown County Courthouse]]
[[File:Aberdeen sd city hall.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Aberdeen's Municipal Building]]

County government is overseen by five commissioners. Each county commissioner serves a five-year term. The county commissioners include Duane Sutton, Drew Dennert, Mike Wiese, Mike Gage, and Doug Fjeldheim. Aberdeen is home to Brown County offices including clerk-magistrate, county auditor, landfill office, register of deeds, county treasurer, coroner, emergency management, highway superintendent, public welfare, state's attorney, and a few others.

The state senators from Brown County include [[Brock Greenfield]] and [[Al Novstrup]], and the state representatives included [[Lana Greefield]], [[Kaleb Wies]], [[Carl Perry]] and [[Drew Dennert]]. They are all in office until December 2020<ref>{{cite web |url=http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Who_Are_My_Legislators/Default.aspx?District=0&City=47&County=0 |title=2017 Legislators |website=Legis.sd.gov |date=November 9, 2016 |access-date=July 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313064448/http://legis.sd.gov/Legislators/Who_Are_My_Legislators/Default.aspx?District=0&City=47&County=0 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

In 2008, Governor [[Mike Rounds]] named Aberdeen as the South Dakota Community of the Year.