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Program seeking temporary homes for kids in court system struggles with recruitment, retention
Rich Ohm was going to say no. He and his wife are busy with their Watertown-based business, their children are all grown, and they aim to spend up to two months each year traveling out of the country. But he surprised himself — and his wife. He said yes to...
Former state employee charged with stealing nearly $2M from South Dakota’s CPS
PIERRE, S.D. (KFGO) – A former South Dakota Social Services employee has been charged with grand theft for allegedly stealing nearly $1.8 million from the state’s Child Protective Services. Lonna Carroll of Algona, Iowa was arrested Wednesday and is set to be extradited to South Dakota. Attorney General...
Anti-abortion group appeals judge's ruling to South Dakota Supreme Court
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Anti-abortion group Life Defense Fund has filed an appeal to the South Dakota Supreme Court in its latest attempt to keep an abortion rights amendment from reaching the November 2024 ballot. The appeal comes after Monday’s decision by Circuit Court Judge John Pekas to dismiss...
Head of major SD social services agency steps down
WAGNER, S.D. – The CEO of one of the state’s largest nonprofit social services agencies, who was the subject of a federal sexual harassment and toxic workplace settlement in 2022, has quit his position. The July 1 resignation of Peter Smith from the top leadership post at the...
South Dakota Farmer Searches for Dad's Super M Vintage Tractor
OMAHA (DTN) -- I am quite certain the major appeal of restoring and collecting vintage farm machinery is the eternal connection to past generations. People remember their family members or neighbors running a certain tractor or implement, and this is why they want to find the same machine decades later.
First SD measles case in nine years appears in Rapid City
Seven-year-old Milan Patel receives a COVID-19 vaccine at Michele Clark High School on Nov. 12, 2021, in Chicago, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) The first case of measles in South Dakota in nine years was reported Thursday by the state Department of Health. Measles is a highly contagious viral disease that...
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