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RAPID CITY, S.D. – The Monument Health Nurse Triage Line, created during the COVID-19 pandemic as a way people could discuss their symptoms and schedule COVID-19 tests, is taking on a new role. Now, patients with non-COVID-19 illnesses can talk directly to a trained Registered Nurse to help them understand the urgency of their case […]
STURGIS, S.D. – The recently renovated and upgraded Emergency Department is now open for business at Monument Health Sturgis Hospital. The construction project took about six months and added additional space, private rooms, updates to furnishings and fixtures, staff enhancements for charting and dictation, a behavioral health safe room and even a negative airflow system. […]
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Department of Health released their weekly COVID-19 report on Wednesday. Health officials reported 113 total new cases with 6 of those listed as probable. Active cases saw an increase of the week from 178 to 208. The number of people hospitalized was at 20. One new death was reported, […]
MARTIN, S.D. — A Batesland, S.D., man has been identified as the person who died Saturday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash west of Martin. Preliminary information indicates that a 2009 Smart Fortwo was westbound on U.S. Highway 18 when it crossed the center line and collided with an eastbound 2018 Freightliner semi truck. William Stover, […]
WASHINGTON, DC – Livestock and poultry producers who suffered losses during the pandemic due to insufficient access to processing can apply for assistance for those losses and the cost of depopulation and disposal of the animals. Livestock and poultry producers can apply for assistance through USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) July 20 through Sept. 17, […]
Mitch Faulkner died April 29, 2024 at home in Spearfish due to complications from his battle with leukemia. […]