April 16, 2020

RAPID CITY, S.D. – On Monday, Monument Health will launch a new type of COVID-19 test that allows anyone to find out if they have been exposed to the COVID-19 virus. It’s a blood test that identifies antibodies associated with the virus. Called the SARS-CoV-2 IgG Antibody test, it is being offered through Mayo Clinic […]

PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Kristi Noem says it’s not yet time to start reopening South Dakota’s economy. “I don’t see us changing our behaviors in South Dakota for several weeks yet. I’ve had people asking me if I’m going to relax our mitigation measures and I’m not planning to do that..” At least not until […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A Sioux Falls nursing home has confirmed eight cases of COVID-19 among residents and employees. The Good Samaritan Village on Thursday said that five residents and two employees at its skilled nursing facility have tested positive for COVID-19 along with one employee in its assisted living facility. The Good Samaritan Society […]

PIERRE, S.D. — Gov. Kristi Noem has ordered flags be flown at half-staff in honor of Rep. Bob Glanzer who died earlier this month from coronavirus complications. The order was in effect Thursday until sundown on Monday, the day of his funeral. Noem called Glanzer a man of true integrity and someone she greatly respected. […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Minnehaha County recorded an another 131 positive cases of COVID-19 in the Thursday report issued by the South  Dakota Department of Health – bringing the total now in that county to 1,065 – that is more than three-fourths of the statewide total which is now 1,311. Health officials say there were […]

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem says data is showing that South Dakotans are bending the curve with mitigation efforts currently in place in the fight against COVID-19. Noem said during her Wednesday press briefing that the peak in Sioux Falls will more than likely be the middle of May, two weeks earlier […]