FORT PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Stanley County School District is moving to a distance learning model due to Covid-19. Superintendent Dr. Daniel Hoey says the reason for the changes is due to “staff exposure and subsequent quarantining.” The distance learning mode applies for the Junior Kindergarten through 12th grade classes. Distance learning will begin… Read more »
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One killed in one-vehicle crash north of Vermillion
VERMILLION, S.D. (Press Release) – One man died early Sunday morning in a one-vehicle crash north of Vermillion. The name of the person involved is not being released pending notification of family members. A 1999 Grand Jeep Cherokee was southbound on South Dakota Highway 19 when the driver lost control. The vehicle entered the east… Read more »
Rounds says talk is that vaccine could be released before end of year
WASHINGTON, D.C. (KXLG) – As the world continues to deal with the Coronavirus pandemic, pharmaceutical companies are working at unprecedented speed to come up with a vaccine to help stop the virus. According to the World Health Organization, immunizations prevent 2-3 million deaths each year from disease, including diphtheria, pertussis, influenza, and the measles. South… Read more »
Pierre moves to hybrid high school model
PIERRE, S.D. (KCCR) – The Pierre School Board has approved the use of a hybrid school day which will alternate in-school attendance of students at T-F Riggs High School. Principal Kevin Mutchelknaus says students would be split into two groups alphabetically; A through K and L through Z. The change will only affect Riggs High.… Read more »
American Red Cross putting out call for volunteers
WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — From hurricanes to wildfires, it’s been a destructive summer across the U.S., and that has the American Red Cross putting out a call for an urgent need for volunteers. Patty Brooks is the Executive Director for the Red Cross in eastern South Dakota. Brooks says in some cases, it’s just as… Read more »
Meade School Board to look at quarantine policy
STURGIS, S.D. (KBHB) – The Meade School Board will meet again today in special session to determine if they want to develop a new policy concerning quarantine of close contacts. That follows last week’s regularly scheduled meeting in which board members learned about the difficulties about how to quarantine students who have been exposed to… Read more »
Flags to be half-staff in honor of Supreme Court Justice Bader Ginsburg
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Governor Kristi Noem has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff statewide in honor of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Flags will be flown at half-staff from now until the time of her interment, which will be announced at a later date. “Bryon and I are keeping Justice Ginsburg’s… Read more »
Mobridge juvenile identified in fatal crash in Mobridge
MOBRIDGE, S.D. (Press Release) – A Mobridge juvenile has been identified as the person who died Tuesday night in a one-vehicle crash Tuesday night in Mobridge. A 1997 Ford F50 pickup was southbound on 10th Avenue West when the female driver, 16, lost control of the pickup. The vehicle flipped. Emily Holzer, the driver, was… Read more »
Man dies at Aberdeen Department of Labor office
ABERDEEN, S.D. (By Elisa Sand [email protected]) – A 67-year-old man died Friday morning at the Aberdeen office of the South Dakota Department of Labor. Brown County Coroner Michael Carlsen the man appeared to have died of natural causes. He said the call came in about 7:20 a.m. It appears the man was getting some items… Read more »
Noem lays out framework for Coronavirus Relief Funds
PIERRE, S.D. (Press Release) – Today, Governor Kristi Noem laid out a framework for up to $100 million in Coronavirus Relief Funds (CRF) to assist South Dakota’s community-based healthcare providers in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. This grant program would function similarly to the small business grants that Governor Noem announced on September 9,… Read more »