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FIRE EXPERT: MT. RUSHMORE FIREWORKS SHOW ‘ILL-ADVISED’
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FIRE EXPERT: MT. RUSHMORE FIREWORKS SHOW ‘ILL-ADVISED’
Abnormally dry conditions and a persistent risk of summer wildfires in the Black Hills of South Dakota make the fireworks display planned for July 3 at the Mount Rushmore National Memorial an unnecessary, potentially devastating and expensive event, according to one fire expert with intimate knowledge of the region.
By News Staff 
June 23, 2020
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Beyond the checkpoints: How a S.D. Native American tribe is protecting is people from COVID-19
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Beyond the checkpoints: How a S.D. Native American tribe is protecting is people from COVID-19
The highway checkpoints implemented by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in north-central South Dakota have been all over the news as Governor Kristi Noem has threatened legal action unless the tribe removes them. But the roadblocks are only a small part of the efforts by the tribute to protect its people from the COVID-19 pandemic.  The stalemate between the governor and the Cheyenne River and Oglala Lakota Sioux tribes remains, with checkpoints on state and federal highways still in place and Noem seeking but not yet finding a resolution to the conflict.
By News Staff 
June 16, 2020
The highway checkpoints implemented by the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in north-central South Dakota have been all over the news as Governor Kristi Noem has threatened legal action unless the tribe removes them. But the roadblocks are only a small part of the efforts by the tribute to protect its peo...
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S.D. COMMUNITIES RALLY TO LAUNCH WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
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S.D. COMMUNITIES RALLY TO LAUNCH WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
A group of business leaders and volunteers with almost no journalism training or experience has banded together to launch a local weekly newspaper in Kingsbury County, S.D., where two weekly papers were closed on April 1 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.
By News Staff 
June 16, 2020
Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch A group of business leaders and volunteers with almost no journalism training or experience has banded together to launch a local weekly newspaper in Kingsbury County, S.D., where two weekly papers were closed on April 1 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ar...
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SOUTH DAKOTA’S UNCOUNTED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS TAKING BRUNT OF COVID-19 HARDSHIPS
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SOUTH DAKOTA’S UNCOUNTED UNEMPLOYED WORKERS TAKING BRUNT OF COVID-19 HARDSHIPS
Stacey Twiggs is one of the “uncounted” unemployed people in South Dakota.
By News Staff 
June 16, 2020
Nick Lowrey, South Dakota News Watch Stacey Twiggs is one of the “uncounted” unemployed people in South Dakota. Twiggs, 35, is a massage therapist from Black Hawk who has seen COVID-19 turn her life upside down. She hasn’t gotten sick, but the pandemic has destroyed her once-thriving business, force...
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SPECIAL REPORT: Regulation gaps and missed opportunities allowed COVID-19 to spread freely in U.S. meatpacking plants
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SPECIAL REPORT: Regulation gaps and missed opportunities allowed COVID-19 to spread freely in U.S. meatpacking plants
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the U.S. meatpacking industry, but public health experts say the risks posed to workers and the U.S. food supply chain by airborne viral infections were readily apparent and could have been addressed years ago.
By News Staff 
June 16, 2020
Bart Pfankuch and Nick Lowrey / South Dakota News Watch The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the U.S. meatpacking industry, but public health experts say the risks posed to workers and the U.S. food supply chain by airborne viral infections were readily apparent and could have been addressed years ...
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S.D. STUDENTS SUFFERING LOSS OF LEARNING DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES
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S.D. STUDENTS SUFFERING LOSS OF LEARNING DURING SCHOOL CLOSURES
Millions of American schoolchildren, including tens of thousands in South Dakota, are suffering a loss of learning and reduced exposure to instructional rigor now that schools across the country have closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
By News Staff 
April 24, 2020
Millions of American schoolchildren, including tens of thousands in South Dakota, are suffering a loss of learning and reduced exposure to instructional rigor now that schools across the country have closed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the best efforts of administrators, teachers and pa...
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Pandemic puts SD weekly papers in peril
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Pandemic puts SD weekly papers in peril
Loss of advertising and circulation revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting some South Dakota weekly newspapers on the brink of closure. Here is South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart Pfankuch with a report. The financial crisis for the state’s roughly 110 weekly newspapers hit home in April when the owner of the papers in De Smet and Lake Preston decided to close them after nearly 140 years in operation.
By News Staff 
April 14, 2020
Loss of advertising and circulation revenues due to the COVID-19 pandemic are putting some South Dakota weekly newspapers on the brink of closure. Here is South Dakota News Watch reporter Bart Pfankuch with a report. The financial crisis for the state’s roughly 110 weekly newspapers hit home in Apri...
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GRANTED!
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PHOTO OF THE DAY: GRANTED!
By Jeremy Waltner 
November 20, 2023
Emily Hofer, president the Freeman Community Foundation board of directors (left of center) is pictured with community members representing the latest...
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MASSEY NAMED TO CORNBELT ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
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MASSEY NAMED TO CORNBELT ALL-CONFERENCE FIRST TEAM
November 9, 2023
Menno senior Ashton Massey was named to the Cornbelt all-conference first team for her play on the volleyball court this past fall, while Freeman Publ...
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THE DAY LAKE CHARLES WAS LOST
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THE DAY LAKE CHARLES WAS LOST
November 15, 2023
BY LYLE PREHEIM Five-year-old Shirley Preheim was just behind her father Felix when he opened the door and looked out toward the long driveway stretch...
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FARRAR PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; TO BE SENTENCED DEC. 11
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FARRAR PLEADS GUILTY TO SEXUAL MISCONDUCT; TO BE SENTENCED DEC. 11
By Jeremy Waltner 
November 28, 2023
Gregory M. Farrar, a Hurley man who in 1998 was convicted of harassing nearly a dozen women in southeastern South Dakota, pleaded guilty via power of ...
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AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR ‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’
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AUDITIONS ANNOUNCED FOR ‘SHREK THE MUSICAL’
By Jeremy Waltner 
November 18, 2023
Director Iwona Lewter has released information about auditions for “Shrek The Musical,” which will be presented as part of the 2024 Schmeckfest March ...
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