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Former South Dakota DSS employee indicted for stealing $1.8M from Child Protection Services
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced the indictment of a former state Department of Social Services employee Thursday at the Police Law Enforcement Center in Sioux Falls. Lonna Carroll, 68, of Algona, Iowa, has been indicted for allegedly stealing about $1.78 million from the department's Child Protection Services. Carroll was charged with two...
Tolkkinen: Quit hugging our state, South Dakota
You can't blame South Dakota for wanting a little bit of Minnesota. We've got the Minnesota Twins, way more lakes, the biggest ball of twine – and a governor who doesn't brag about killing the family dog. So our neighbor to the west has reached over, real slow and...
Team of Midwestern women leads home-grown fight against Missing and Murdered Indigenous People crisis
Day after day, Lily Mendoza works to heal family and community through the Red Ribbon Skirt Society. She dedicates her life to saving the lives of others. Mendoza, a citizen of South Dakota’s Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, founded the society eight years ago to alleviate the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People. She advocates for resilience through building cultural identity among the Lakota people.
Former DSS employee indicted for stealing state funds
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Thursday a former state Department of Social Services employee has been indicted for stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services. Lonna Carroll, 68, of Algona, Iowa is charged with two felony counts of...
Stiefel sisters set sights for National Junior Olympics
CUSTER — Three of the top pole vaulters in South Dakota all train together, eat together and even sleep in the same household. It isn’t because they are in a dorm, training halfway across the country. It is because they are siblings. The Stiefel sisters are not just...
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