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The COVID-19 treatments millions of Americans have taken for free from the federal government will enter the private market next week with a hefty price tag. Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is setting the price for a five-day treatment of Paxlovid at $1,390, but Americans can still access the pills at no cost — for now.

Get ready because I’m going to ask for your help today. You’ll recall that in early August we sent a petition to our nation’s U.S.

It was quite a blessing to receive the rain we did. The ground was awfully dry and it was a muchneeded replenishing of moisture. Although the rain put a damper on the harvest progress in the area, we harvested a good amount of the fields before the rain hit Thursday, Oct. 12.

(New York, NY - The nomination of Cody Haiar, dealer principal at Frontier Motors, a Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, GMC, Jeep, and Ram dealership in Winner, SD, for the 2024 TIME Dealer of the Year award was announced on October 18, 2023 by TIME.

CVS Health is pulling from its shelves some cough-and-cold treatments that contain an ingredient that has been deemed ineffective by doctors and researchers. The drug store chain said it will remove a small number of products that contain phenylephrine as the only active ingredient.

In September the IOOF held their annual state meeting in Rapid City. Every year a person is chosen as Oddfellow of the year. This person is chosen by majority vote. This year, Alisa Schmitz was the winner. The winner is given the chance to choose a charity of their choice to give a $250.00 donation to. Not only that, but the Gregory 100F Lodge #189 was also the winner of Lodge of the Year for the state of South Dakota. A $500.00 check is given to the lodge to be used how they see fit. In honor of cancer awareness month, and just because cancer has an impact on so many of our lives. Both checks were given to The Pink Ladies.

Burke VFW Post Commander Denny Pense was recently named an All-American Post Commander. Under Pense’s leadership the VFW was recognized for being an All-American Post, one of a select group of VFW posts honored as such each year.

The goal of those who support Pro-Life is to speak for those who cannot speak for themselves. In 1976 The Declaration of Independence stated that all are created equal and endowed by our creator with certain unalienable rights. Among these are life.

The South Dakota State Fair Foundation is excited to announce Dakotaland Feeds has pledged $25,000 to the ‘Raise The SHED’ fundraising campaign. The SHED will be the new home for Open Class Sheep at the South Dakota State Fairgrounds in Huron.

The regular meeting of the Gregory County Board of Commissioners was held at 9:00 a.m., Tuesday, October 17, 2023, at the Gregory County Courthouse. Reporter asks board to consider changing meeting time or date In the public input portion of the meeting, this reporter asked the board to consider changing their regular meeting day.