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Minnehaha tackles backlog of warrants, court cases with warrant resolution court pilot program
At any given time in a year, there are roughly 15,000 warrants on file in Minnehaha County, any of which could lead to an arrest. Those crimes behind those warrants range from unpaid traffic tickets to assault or homicide. To the criminal justice system, they’re treated the same. Some are trivial in relation to larger […] The post Minnehaha tackles backlog of warrants, court cases with warrant resolution court pilot program appeared first on South Dakota Searchlight.
Local Residents Invited to Discuss S.D. Highway 38 Corridor Study at Public Meeting
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) is inviting public feedback on the S.D. Highway 38 Corridor Study. This initiative is a joint effort with the City of Hartford, City of Humboldt, City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, Sioux Falls MPO, and the Federal Highway Administration. A public meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, March 13, 2024, at West Central High School in Hartford to discuss improvement plans for the Highway 38.
Sioux Falls area to benefit from increased budgeting for the criminal justice system
PIERRE — Millions of state dollars will be spent on the criminal justice system and many of those funds target Minnehaha and Lincoln counties. As time dwindled on the 99th Legislative session, lawmakers on the appropriations committee budgeted hundreds of thousands of dollars for two new judges and extra support staff in the Second Circuit, which oversees courts in Minnehaha and Lincoln counties. They also upped the amount counties can be reimbursed for juvenile justice diversion programs.
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