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RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City police and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office are currently investigating a shooting incident as an attempted murder. At around 8:40 a.m. on April 17th, police were dispatched to the area of Halley Avenue and Van Buren Street for a report of gunshots heard in the area. Police were advised […]
PIERRE, S.D. – Today, Governor Kristi Noem announced that the South Dakota National Guard had selected locations in Sioux Falls and Rapid City to assist in the COVID-19 response. “South Dakota is ready to respond to the future peak of COVID-19 cases,” Noem said. “We’re thankful for the National Guard’s hard work to help us surge […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health updated the latest COVID-19 numbers today, and for the first time on their website, have added a county-by-county list of negative tests for the virus. The new information gives an insight as to how many tests each county in the state has run on patients who […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Monument Health is participating with Mayo Clinic and other health care systems in a research project to determine if blood plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients could be an effective treatment for hospital patients with severe infections. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood that carries cells and proteins throughout the […]
LEAD, SD – – Typically, spring is a busy time for the Sanford Lab for hosting field trips, but with social distancing and schools closed, it’s looking very different this year. Deb Wolf, director of Education and Outreach at the Sanford Lab, said they are adapting their work to the current situation. For example, they […]
GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) – A school district in northeastern Wyoming has approved allowing trained employees to carry concealed firearms at six rural schools. The employees would need to complete 56 hours of approved training before carrying guns at the Conestoga, Rawhide, Rozet, 4J, Recluse and Little Powder River elementary schools in Campbell County. Thirty-two hours […]
BELLE PLAINE, Kan. (AP) — Kansas ranchers eager to prepare their land for cattle grazing have mostly brushed off the plea from state health officials to voluntarily cut back this spring’s prairie burning so as to reduce air pollution during the coronavirus pandemic. Air quality monitors this past week have picked up “significantly high readings” […]
PIERRE, SD – Demand for food assistance among needy South Dakota residents has skyrocketed during the COVID-19 pandemic, and donations of food and the volunteers needed to help distribute it are becoming harder to find. So far, the food collection and delivery systems in South Dakota have kept up and most families are getting the […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Area communities honored first responders, healthcare workers and the class of 2020 last night as they turned on stadium lights for 20 minutes at 8:20. It was called Be The Light. In Sturgis, a nearly full parking lot at Woodle Field watched from the vehicles as the lights came on and the […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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