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FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, file photo, housing activists erect a sign in Swampscott, Mass. A federal freeze on most evictions is set to expire soon. The moratorium, put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September, was the only tool keeping millions of tenants in their homes. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
EXPLAINER: South Dakota has $315M to aid struggling renters

By Stephen Groves Jun. 25, 2021 12:02 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, residents cheer and hold thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D. Workers at the South Dakota meatpacking plant that became a coronavirus hotspot last year are considering a strike after contract negotiations between Smithfield Foods and the union have stalled, the union said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Union vote authorizes strike at South Dakota pork plant

By Stephen Groves Jun. 08, 2021 06:00 PM EDT

Employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant register to vote Thursday, June 3, 2021, on a contract offer from the company at the union's office in Sioux Falls, S.D. The union voted overwhelmingly against it, escalating labor negotiations. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)
Labor negotiations escalate at South Dakota pork plant

By Stephen Groves Jun. 04, 2021 02:50 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 20, 2020, file photo, residents cheer and hold thank you signs to greet employees of a Smithfield pork processing plant as they begin their shift in Sioux Falls, S.D. Workers at the South Dakota meatpacking plant that became a coronavirus hotspot last year are considering a strike after contract negotiations between Smithfield Foods and the union have stalled, the union said Wednesday, June 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
Union considers strike at meat plant that was virus hotspot

By Stephen Groves Jun. 02, 2021 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2018 file photo President Donald Trump appears with South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem in Sioux Falls, S.D. Noem catapulted onto a shortlist of conservative politicians favored by Trump with her libertarian approach to the pandemic. With the virus waning, she may be seeking to stay there by picking some legal fights sure to please the right. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
South Dakota's Noem launches legal strategy to take on Biden

By Stephen Groves May. 24, 2021 01:39 PM EDT

Vaccinations begin for 12- to 15-year-olds in South Dakota

May. 13, 2021 09:19 AM EDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — U.S. Census data shows there are more than 48,000 young people who are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in South Dakota. ...

Sioux Falls man gets double lung transplant after COVID

Apr. 24, 2021 11:21 AM EDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man has undergone a double lung transplant after suffering complications from COVID-19. The Sioux...

UW Whitewater lineman Quinn Meinerz runs at the school's pro football day Tuesday, March 9, 2021, in Whitewater, Wisc. The only FCS teams hosting pro days this year were Central Arkansas, North Dakota State and South Dakota State. Division III Wisconsin-Whitewater held one only because its Senior Bowl revelation, offensive lineman Quinn Meinerz, warranted another look after his team did not play in the fall. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Pandemic making NFL draft's small school gems harder to find

By Eric Olson Apr. 14, 2021 04:03 PM EDT

Woman's trial in baby's death 40 years ago delayed again

Apr. 10, 2021 01:02 PM EDT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The trial for a woman accused of killing her newborn son 40 years ago has been delayed again. Theresa Bentaas'...

U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, a Republican from South Dakota, speaks with medical staff after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, April 5, 2021, in Sioux Falls, S.D. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves)
Rep. Dusty Johnson gets COVID shot, promotes vaccination

Apr. 06, 2021 03:32 PM EDT

FILE - In this May 1, 2020, file photo, a sign sits in front of the Tyson Foods plant in Waterloo, Iowa. Hundreds of meatpacking workers have been vaccinated against the coronavirus but the union that represents them says several hundred thousand more have not, despite the risks they continue to face at work. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
Union says meatpacking workers should be vaccinated sooner

By Josh Funk Feb. 13, 2021 09:08 AM EST

South Dakota confirms 23 new deaths due to the coronavirus

Jan. 17, 2021 01:44 PM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials on Sunday confirmed 23 deaths in the last day due to complications from the coronavirus. ...

South Dakota sees fast vaccine delivery, faces rural test

By Stephen Groves Jan. 16, 2021 12:56 PM EST
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota is looking to build on one of the nation's fastest COVID-19 vaccinations rollouts so far by making vaccines available to a...

South Dakota reports 25 new deaths due to the coronavirus

Jan. 07, 2021 04:25 PM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials on Thursday reported 25 new deaths due complications from the coronavirus, increasing the total number...

South Dakota shows 6 deaths after 2 days with no fatalities

Jan. 06, 2021 03:18 PM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota health officials on Wednesday confirmed six new deaths due to complications from the coronavirus, after two straight days...

South Dakota COVID-19 update shows no deaths for 2nd day

Jan. 05, 2021 02:54 PM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's COVID-19 update released Tuesday showed no new deaths for a second straight day, although the state Department of...

Business owners frustrated at pace of coronavirus grants

By Stephen Groves Dec. 30, 2020 04:18 PM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — As an initial deadline passed Wednesday for South Dakota's $450 million grant program to help small businesses upended by the pandemic...

South Dakota lawmaker says she'll stay away from Capitol

Dec. 29, 2020 11:37 AM EST
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota lawmaker said she will be participating in the upcoming legislative session remotely until she receives a vaccine for...

People stroll on the Venice Beach Boardwalk in Los Angeles, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020. In Los Angeles County, the nation's most populous, county estimates show that about 1 in 95 people are contagious with the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Latest: Louisiana congressman-elect dies from COVID-19

By The Associated Press Dec. 29, 2020 01:19 AM EST

Angel Fuchs, left, and Marc Veillet enjoy a walk in Canal Park as the snow and wind picked up, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 in Duluth, Minn. (Alex Kormann/Star Tribune via AP)
Winter storm in Dakotas, Minnesota make travel frightful

By Dave Kolpack Dec. 23, 2020 03:37 PM EST