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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says she is holding off on her threat to sue Native American tribes that have set up highway checkpoints intended to keep the coronavirus away from their reservations. She says instead she would like to work out an agreement. The Republican governor gave the Cheyenne River […]
STURGIS, S.D. – Meade County Commissioners today approved beginning the process of applying for a Hazard Mitigation Grant to help more than a dozen families forced out of their homes due to sinkholes. Those sinkholes in the Northdale area opened up earlier this month, and an investigation has determined that the development on E. Daisy […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The Department of Health reported 49 new positive cases of COVID-19 in its Tuesday report. The state reported 5 additional cases in Pennington County – giving them 32 cumulative positive tests. On Monday, the Great Plains Tribal Health Board Chairman reported 16 positive tests for COVID-19 at the Oyate Health Center, formerly […]
BRITTON, S.D.—The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks Department and Marshall County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a drowning on a northeast South Dakota lake. GF&P District Supervisor Tim McCurdy says it happened last Thursday night, around 6:15 p.m., on South Red Iron Lake, between Sisseton and Britton. McCurdy says two brothers were in a fishing […]
NEW YORK (AP) — It’s the players’ union’s turn at the plate. Major League Baseball owners gave the go-ahead Monday to making a proposal to the union that could lead to the coronavirus-delayed season starting around the Fourth of July weekend in ballparks without fans, a plan that envisions expanding the designated hitter to the […]
PINE RIDGE, S.D. – A Facebook post by the Oglala Sioux Tribe’s COVID-19 Response Task Force Monday night indicates two new positive tests for the virus and a 72 hour lockdown is in place. Dakota High Hawk, the Public Information Officer with the task force said in the post that as of 7:32 p.m. Monday, […]
CASPER, Wyo. — Another Powder River Basin coal mine has reduced its work force in response to weak market conditions. Decker Coal Company furloughed 98 miners Friday, sending them home until May 26, according to a company statement. The Decker coal mine is in southern Montana, just north of the Wyoming line. “We are sorry […]
Pierre, SD — States such as South Dakota have received praise in recent years for adopting reforms that have steered young offenders away from detention centers. But a national downward trend in admissions during the pandemic provides even more hope for reform advocates. The numbers are reflected in a national survey that reached out to […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota senior citizens and citizens with disabilities have until July 1 to apply for sales or property tax refunds under South Dakota’s Tax Refund Program. Under the program, certain individuals are able to receive a portion of the sales or property taxes they paid from the previous year if they meet […]
PIERRE, SD – South Dakota health officials are warning that rural parts of the state won’t be immune from coronavirus activity. That raises questions about whether rural hospitals, which already have challenges, can withstand any surge in cases. Rural areas didn’t initially see a lot of COVID-19 cases when they first began to surface in […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]
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