October 8, 2020

PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Board of Regents has determined the spring academic calendars for the state’s universities will remain unchanged, despite a recent surge in coronavirus cases in the state. The regents have agreed to maintain a spring semester with 77 class days starting Jan. 11 and ending May 7. The regents’ executive […]

STURGIS, S.D. – State health officials reported 14 COVID-19 related deaths in their latest report – one of the highest daily totals since the pandemic began. Of the 14 new deaths reported, six are men and eight are women with twelve in the 80+ age range and two in the 60-69 age range. The new […]

KADOKA, S.D. – Kadoka is the latest West River school district to temporarily close due to COVID-19. The district on Wednesday announced in a Facebook post that it was closing its elementary, middle and high school on Thursday to deep clean after a positive case of COVID-19 was discovered. The post also states school will […]

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A small hospital serving the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe has sent two coronavirus patients to an out-of-state hospital in recent days, even as South Dakota’s top health officials insist the state has plenty of hospital capacity for COVID-19 patients. The Cheyenne River Sioux Health Department reports that it sought to transfer […]