One of my main responsibilities as Governor is to keep South Dakota safe. It’s something that I take very seriously. After all, I love this state. I love the people who live here. In a small state like ours, we’re all really neighbors. We get to know one another. And we work together to take care of each other.

MAGISTRATE COURT Terrance Schreiner, 83, Pepper Pike, OH, speeding on state highway, fine $59.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50. Dakota Michael Rinker, 26, Gregory, SD, seatbelt violation, fine $25.00.

A special meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 8:00 a.m., Friday, April, 16, 2021, at the high school to hear the building and grounds committee’s recommendation as to which contractor to hire to repair storm damage from last August’s hail storm.

To the Editor, Because initial jurisdiction to begin investigating errors of a voting machine is the responsibility of local law enforcement, I have asked the Tripp County Sheriff Shawn Pettit to take action which should concern all South Dakotans. With bipartisan support I have made a formal request to the Tripp County Sheriff’s Office for an investigation into a successful cyber-attack by a foreign adversary on South Dakota’s election system including a comprehensive forensic audit of the machine or machines involved.

The oneroom school still evokes nostalgia in the hearts of folks in this country. From the very beginning, our history as a democratic nation is tied to the development of such schools in the country and early settlements of America.

The regular meeting of the Gregory School District Board of Education was held at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, 2021, at the high school. Katie Opp was the messenger of Gorilla Good News.