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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The South Dakota attorney general has filed explanations for a pair of 2022 ballot measures that would expand federal Medicaid eligibility in the state. Supporters of the measures will need to gather thousands of signatures to get a pair of items on the November 2022 general election ballot. Both measures aim […]
RAPID CITY, SD – A second COVID-19 cluster has been reported at an Avantara care facility in Rapid City. The South Dakota Health Department says 42 residents and staff have tested positive for COVID-19. The first cluster occurred in early June at Avantara’s Arrowhead Drive care facility where 67 residents and staff were infected. According […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Health officials reported some connectivity issues on lab tests Thursday, resulting in a lower number of new COVID-19 cases being reported. Today, those issues were resolved, and as expected, the state recorded an uptick in new positive tests with 95. The state processed 1,937 tests Friday, one of the largest […]
STURGIS, SD – An order from President Donald Trump to collect state driver’s license records to is in full swing. Beginning last August, after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Trump’s administration plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, the president ordered citizenship data to be compiled through state driver’s license records […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service is adjusting membership on the Beef Promotion and Research Board that is responsible for administering the collection of the Beef Checkoff and funding of checkoff programs. Changes reflect shifts in cattle inventory levels since the last board reapportionment in 2017. These adjustments are based on requirements of […]
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg announced he is ramping up the search for missing persons in South Dakota. Ravnsborg says at any given time, there are around 120 missing people in the state. “I want to try and bring awareness to that fact and find some of these people as we […]
RAPID CITY, S.D. – The annual Veterans Classic opened up play Thursday at Pete Lien and Floyd Fitzgerald Stadium in Rapid City. This year’s classic features 12 teams from South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and Wyoming. Here are Thursday’s scores: Post 320 Pool Play Alliance 9, Post 22 Expos 4 Sioux Falls East 10, Alliance 7 […]
Sharon was born on April 17, 1948, in Sturgis, South Dakota, as the oldest child of Hazel and […]