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Recent winter weather caused blood drive cancellations, impacting the community blood supply. LifeServe Blood Center is urging community members to roll up a sleeve and give blood donation a try as soon as possible.

Gregory Business and Industrial Development group (BID) focused in 2021 on updating its strategic plan from April 2019. Note that from the goals listed below, two goals continue as significant challenges for “growing our community,” while two new ones were adopted. One of the new goals focuses on improving the appearance of Main Street, while the second goal addresses our board and improving diversity in its membership.

While some South Dakota businesses have struggled during the pandemic, others have seen success by expanding e-commerce, online messaging, and social media services. Every week, quilters from around the world can participate in Fabric Friday, a virtual shopping event hosted by Quilter’s Corner in the small town of Faulkton.

South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) is hosting a yearround activity with chances to win prizes for going outside and playing BINGO in 2022. The 2022 Go Outdoors BINGO activity has a total of four BINGO cards - one for each season - with five chances to win.

National nonprofit credit counseling agency Take Charge America shares tips to cure the postholiday financial blues The holidays may be over, but their financial impact is likely to add extra strain in the new year for the 36% of individuals who took on debt to pay for gifts, decorations, and more in 2021, according to LendingTree. “It’s easy to feel overwhelmed if you brought holiday debt into the new year,” said Michael Sullivan, a personal financial consultant with Take Charge America, a nonprofit credit counseling and debt management agency, but with a little focus and hard work, you can create a plan of action that will pay off that debt as quickly as possible so you can focus on your other big money goals for 2022, like buying a home or taking a dream vacation.” Sullivan shares six tips to help you quickly pay off your holiday debt: Stop using credit cards.

South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg told state lawmakers last week that he has been unable to find funds to hire someone to coordinate tribal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to investigate missing Indigenous people.

On January 13, Governor Kristi Noem issued the following statement in response to the United States Supreme Court blocking the OSHA vaccine mandate: “Our nation was built on freedom, on the belief that our rights come from God, not from government. Any infringement on our rights risks breaking the constitutional republic that we hold so dear.