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The South Dakota Department of Tourism was again recognized for its 2020 marketing efforts, this time winning a Gold Telly Award for its one-minute “Great Places Are Waiting” online commercial. The video spot was the department’s first major marketing message after COVID-19 shut down many states and brought domestic and international travel to a halt.

When Doug Knust started collecting material for a book, he didn’t realize he was writing a book. Knust, owner of the Gregory, Winner, and Mission NAPA stores, says that the idea to write the book wasn’t even his.

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 5:30 p.m., Monday, June 14, 2021, at the high school. A few changes were made to the agenda.

South Dakota Secretary of Health Kim Malsam-Rysdon told lawmakers that she is trying to avoid missing a November deadline to start issuing medical marijuana ID cards by holding a series of meetings to head off any objections to its proposed rules.

Special education student graduation rates are falling short of state goals, according to new state data. On June 4, The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reported that the South Dakota Department of Education released annual information that shows the state graduation rate was 72.14%, well short of the 85% target.

A federal judge rebuffed South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s efforts to force the National Park Service to grant the state permission to shoot fireworks from Mount Rushmore National Memorial to celebrate Independence Day this year.

South Dakota lawmakers tasked with redrawing legislative districts indicated that they will focus on the state’s two largest cities, as well as Native American reservations. Both the House and Senate committees that are redrawing legislative boundaries decided to create sub-committees tasked with gathering input from Sioux Falls, Rapid City and “tribal areas.’’ Lawmakers are readying to receive data from the 2020 Census, develop boundary lines for legislative districts and approve them by Dec.

Have you experienced emotional, physical, or sexual trauma? Have you found yourself minimizing the experiences because you believe that others have gone through much worse? Perhaps you tell yourself that since your trauma may not seem as bad, your pain isn’t a big deal.

John King, 50, Gregory, SD, to Lisa Lyn Johnson, 40, Burke, SD, on May 21, 2021, in Gregory, SD..