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Rawlins Municipal Library Honored at Awards Ceremony Thursday
PIERRE, S.D. – (DRG News) The Rawlins Municipal Library of Pierre was honored at an awards ceremony at the State Capitol yesterday. Rawlins Library was one of 12 South Dakota public libraries to achieve state accreditation by the South Dakota State Library. Robin Schrupp, Library Director at Rawlins says in a press release that...
MDU Checking Into Cause of Power Outage in North Central SD
BISMARCK, N.D. – (DRG News) A number of customers who receive their power through Montana Dakota Utilities ended up without electricity for almost an hour and a half today. MDU says the issue involved problems with a large transmission line that runs into the Glenham substation. Power went out early this afternoon and Mark...
Governor’s Juvenile Justice Overhaul Passes First Committee
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – A South Dakota legislative panel has approved a proposal that aims to shift juvenile offenders toward community-based treatments and significantly decrease the number committed to the state Department of Corrections. The Senate State Affairs Committee voted unanimously on Friday to send the measure to the chamber’s floor. Gov. Dennis Daugaard’s...
Officials Indicate State’s Tourism Industry Saw Solid Growth Last Year
PIERRE, S.D. – (DRG News) South Dakota’s tourism industry made a $2 billion dollar impact on the state’s economy in 2014. That number and other tourism related statistics were released yesterday as part of the annual Governor’s Conference on Tourism which was held in Pierre this week. Tourism Secretary James Hagen said more than...
