RC Council extends emergency ordinance in response to COVID-19 additional week

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April 21, 2020
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RAPID CITY, S.D. — The Rapid City Council voted to keep their emergency ordinance to keep some businesses closed in effect for another week.

On Monday night, the council voted seven-to-two to extend the ordinance for one week.

Previous extensions have been for two weeks.

The new one-week extension goes into effect on Wednesday, April 22.

The council will meet again a week from Wednesday, April 29, to decide whether to lift the ordinance or extend it further.

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