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The Davison County Sheriff said that after hearing strong resistance from the public, he is dropping support for a proposal to build the state men's penitentiary in Mitchell.
A task force looking at building a new men’s prison is abandoning a contentious location in Lincoln County that the state already owns. It’s unclear what the state-owned site will become.
The state Department of Public Safety is warning residents about a scam text message campaign. In this latest scam, the text falsely claims the recipient owes traffic ticket fines and faces legal action if they don’t pay immediately.
Gov. Larry Rhoden is leading a trade mission to Israel. He is bringing a business delegation made up of defense and agriculture businesses that are actively seeking sales in the Israeli market.
Plant hardiness zones are important for gardeners and farmers, but changes have come to those standards in recent years as South Dakota’s zones have shifted north.
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