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1 week ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
The state Department of Human Services is accepting nominations for the 2025 Governor's Awards. These awards honor individuals, employers, and organizations that go above and beyond to champion the employment of people with disabilities.
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1 week ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
Attorney General Marty Jackley is part of an effort to reform pharmacy ownership. He and 38 of his colleagues are demanding Congress ban pharmacy benefit managers from owning or operating pharmacies. Pharmacy benefit managers are third-party administrators of prescription drug programs for health plans. According to the attorneys general, the largest of these groups operate their own pharmacies and are part of major health care conglomerates.
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1 week ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
The South Dakota State Historical Society plans to honor multiple people and organizations during its annual state history conference. Earning Governor’s Awards for efforts to preserving South Dakota history are the South Dakota Symphony Orchestra and the West River History Conference in the organization category. Individual recognition goes to Mark Slocum and Amanda Takes War Bonnet-Beauvais.
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2 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
Attorney General Marty Jackley and 51 of his colleagues put several voice service providers on notice. The attorneys general notified nine providers that they may be violating state and federal laws by continuing to route illegal robocalls across their networks. The group is part of the Anti-Robocall Multistate Litigation Task Force. In a series of letters, the task force demanded they stop transmitting robocalls and included detailed information about each provider’s illegal or suspicious traffic.
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2 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
One Book Siouxland is hosting an event April 8 aiming to raise awareness about Missing and Murdered Indigenous people. Lily Mendoza is based West River and is the founder of the Red Ribbon Skirt Society. She’s covering the history of missing and murdered indigenous people, the current crisis, and traditional healing practices at the event.
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3 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
The Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) is looking into two separate but related officer involved shootings, according to the Attorney General’s Office. The shootings happened Tuesday. One was Sioux Falls and the other in Union County. Authorities have identified the suspect as Samir Albaidhani, who is currently in custody. Police said officers tried arresting Albaidhani in Sioux Falls over several warrants. Albaidhani opened fire, injuring an officer. Police fired back and wounded the suspect.
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3 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
Sioux Falls Parks and Recreation celebrates 'Earth Month' in April with two family-friendly festivals. The Earth Day Festival takes place Apr. 18, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Great Bear Recreation Park. Activities include a self-guided scavenger hunt and a tote bag decorating station to promote reducing single-use bags. Participants also receive a grow kit to start a garden at home. Sioux Falls celebrates the Urban Arbor Day Festival Apr. 27, from 12 to 3 p.m. at Pasley Park.
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3 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
Chosen from among 78 artists, Chris Combs serves as this year’s Artist-in-Residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF). Based out of Washington D.C., Combs says his artwork both embraces and questions technology. He sat down with SDPB's Krystal Miga to talk about the residency. ______________________________________________________________________________The following transcript was auto generated and edited for clarity.
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3 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
The West River Area Health Education Center held its first fundraiser with a little bit of a twist. Four health care professionals danced it out against each other — all in the name of health care education. Andrew VanOsdol is the Director of Surgical Services at Monument Health in Spearfish and the winner of the People's Choice award at the competition. “I’ve been on stage a lot. I’ve done a lot of various things in my life from firefighting to surgeon. I’ve worked at NASA," said VanOsdol.
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3 weeks ago | 
sdpb.org | Krystal Miga
Attorney General Marty Jackley, together with a coalition of his peers, is seeking preliminary approval for a multi-million-dollar settlement with a generic drug manufacturer. He said the $39.1 million settlement with Apotex centers over a conspiracy to inflate prices and limit competition. The coalition filed the settlement March 27 in U.S. District Court in Connecticut.
