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June 3, 2020

FBI investigating two homicides on Rosebud Sioux Reservation

ROSEBUD, S.D. (Rapid City Journal) — Authorities say two homicides that happened this week on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation are “totally separate” cases and are unrelated. FBI spokesman Kevin Smith says 48-year-old Lloyd Walking Eagle was fatally shot near the All Stop gas station in Rosebud last Sunday afternoon. Twenty-one-year-old Joshua Bordeaux was found beaten… Read more »

June 3, 2020
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Media availability call at 11:45 on KSDN

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.

June 3, 2020

State flattens curve on coronavirus

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – At one point, state health officials predicted up to 130,000 people in the state could be infected with the coronavirus by early July. The current numbers don’t support that trend. South Dakota Health Department Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon says the critical issue has been medical facilities. Malsam-Rysdon says new research gives them… Read more »

June 3, 2020

Jensen selected as new South Dakota Supreme Court Chief Justice

PIERRE, S.D. (WNAX) – Current South Dakota Supreme Court Justice Steven Jensen has been selected to serve as the next Chief Justice. He will follow long time Chief Justice David Gilbertson, who is retiring. Gilbertson will serve until January. Jensen says they wanted a longer transition time. Jensen says he has watched and learned from… Read more »

June 3, 2020

Woman held at Minnehaha County jail dies of meth overdose

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Minnehaha County Coroner reports a woman held at the county jail died last month from a meth overdose. Warden Mike Mattson says that Jordin Eichmann removed a substance concealed in her body and ingested it shortly after 2:15 a.m. on May 13. Eichmann, 31, was found unresponsive in her… Read more »

June 3, 2020

Higher temps, backlog of pork processing will create challenges

BROOKINGS, S.D. (WNAX) – Temperatures in the 90s this week in the Northern Plains could cause heat stress in hogs. SDSU Extension Swine Specialist Dr. Bob (taller) Thaler says the rapid change in temperature and the backlog of pork processing will create some challenges. He says pork producers need to make sure their sprinkling systems… Read more »

June 3, 2020

Avera Health offering 605 Day Challenge

ABERDEEN, S.D. (HubCityRadio.com) – The number 605 is the state’s area code and also Friday’s date. It is also part of Avera Health’s 605 Day Challenge to help small businesses and also recognize those on the front-line such are grocery store workers, first reponders and nursing home staff. Amy Blackstone, Avera Foundation Director, talked about… Read more »

June 3, 2020

Covid totals may be lower than projected

YANKTON, S.D. (WNAX) – Health experts had been predicting a big peak in coronavirus cases around July 1 with as many as 130,000 infections statewide. Doug Ekeren, President of Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton says it now looks like a lower peak and more sporadic outbreaks. Ekeren says their planning predicted up to 13,000… Read more »