PIERRE, South Dakota, May 30 -- South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg issued the following news release: Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg is pleased to announce a new partnership between his office, the Division of Criminal Investigation and the City of Sioux Falls Police Department to expand the training capacity of the South Dakota Law Enforcement Training academy. Starting in the fall of 2020 a remote training program will begin in Sioux Falls for new recruits of the Sioux Falls Pol  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 29 -- The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation issued the following news release: During the week of May 17 through May 23, a total of 3,410 initial weekly claims for unemployment benefits were processed by the Department of Labor and Regulation. This is a decrease of 481 claims from the prior week's total of 3,891. A total of $4.0 million was paid out in state benefits, in addition to $12.6 million paid out in Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation (F  more

PIERRE, South Dakota, May 27 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release: Governor Kristi Noem signed two executive orders to help in South Dakota's fight against the spread of COVID-19. Executive Order 2020-25 suspends various requirements for state licensing boards. Executive Order 2020-26 extends the existing COVID-19 State of Emergency to December 30, 2020. To learn more about executive orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, please visit COVID.sd.gov.  more