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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials say a number of people who attended the 10-day Sturgis Motorcycle Rally this month, including some who came from out of state, have come down with COVID-19. State Department of Health officials on Thursday didn’t give an exact number of rallygoers who tested positive, but they… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (By Lisa Kaczke, Sioux Falls Argus Leader) – Nineteen school districts in South Dakota have at least one COVID-19 case, according to state health officials. There are fewer than 40 COVID-19 cases among students, teachers and staff in South Dakota, state epidemiologist Josh Clayton said during a media call on Thursday. The state… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Dr. Joshua Clayton will hold a brief media availability via conference call at 11:45 a.m. today to discuss developments surrounding coronavirus in South Dakota. The event will be carried live on 930-102.1 KSDN.
GROTON, S.D. (AP) — Two executives of an agriculture equipment dealer who were lifelong friends have died in a highway crash in South Dakota. Mark Kreps and Steve Connelly were both vice presidents at Fargo, North Dakota-based RDO Equipment Co. The South Dakota Highway Patrol says the 54-year-old men died when their pickup truck collided… Read more »
ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The Annual AAUW-DKG Book Sale is set for Sept. 10-12 at the old Milwaukee Railroad Depot on Main St. Hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Sept. 10 and 11, and 10 a.m.to 4 p.m. on Sept. 12. Dee Aman, member of Delta Kappa Gamma and Co-Chair of the event,… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WNAX) – The executive order that President Trump signed suspending the collection of payroll taxes has focused attention again on Medicare and Social Security. South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds says keeping those programs funded has been and is a problem. Rounds says those two programs are not now actively managed by Congress. Rounds… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The last of nine female inmates who escpated from the Pierre Community Work Center after a confirmed case of COVID-19 at the facility has been arrested. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported Wednesday that 25-year-old Philomene Boneshirt was arrested in Sioux Falls on Tuesday. She was one of nine inmates who… Read more »
RAPID CITY, S.D. (KBHB) — The Central States Fair and Rodeo in Rapid City starts this Friday and runs through Sunday, Aug. 30. Fair manager Ron Jeffries says he and the fair board have closely followed the latest COVID-19 information to make the fair the safest event possible. According to Jeffries, all staff and facilities… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Doing business and staying open during a pandemic is new to everyone. Nathan Sanderson, Executive Director of the South Dakota Retailers Association, says there are few guidelines. Sanderson says most customers seem to understand the situation. Sanderson says the decision by Governor Kristi Noem to not shut down businesses in… Read more »
PIERRE, S.D. (KWAT) — It’s been a down year for tourism in South Dakota, but that’s the case in every state because of COVID-19. South Dakota Tourism Department Secretary Jim Hagen says spending and visitor numbers have been down, but the silver lining is that as summer has progressed, things have gotten better. Hagen also… Read more »
