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State Tipoffs Involving South Dakota Newsletter for Sunday February 23, 2020 ( 8 items )  

Ala. A.G. Marshall: Alabama and Four Other States Move to Halt Attempts to Illegally Rewrite the U.S. Constitution
MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Feb. 21 -- Alabama Attorney General Steve T. Marshall issued the following news release: Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, South Dakota and Tennessee have filed a motion to intervene in litigation over whether the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) can be slipped into the Constitution more than 40 years after the proposed amendment expired without the support needed to ratify it. In December 2019, Alabama, Louisiana and South Dakota filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Archi  more

Briar Cliff Announces New Board of Trustees
SIOUX CITY, Iowa, Feb. 12 -- Briar Cliff University issued the following news: Briar Cliff University is pleased to announce the newest members to the University's board of trustees: Gail Bernstein, Annette Hamilton, Sr. Renae Hohensee, and Mary Sterk. Bernstein of Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, is a former business owner and speech pathologist. She earned a Bachelor of Science in speech pathology from the University of Minnesota and a Bachelor of Arts in business administration from Briar Cliff   more

Nebraska PSC Moves Forward With Complaint Against Organic Grain Dealer
LINCOLN, Nebraska, Feb. 20 -- The Nebraska Public Service Commission issued the following news release: The Nebraska Public Service Commission (PSC), Wednesday, February 19, voted to move forward with a Complaint requiring Organic Producers Iowa Nebraska South Dakota (OPINS) Cooperative of North Bend to cease and desist all operations as a Grain Dealer in Nebraska. In August 2019, OPINS Cooperative filed a renewal application for a Grain Dealers license, but failed to comply with Nebraska Revi  more

S.D. Gov. Noem Testifies Before Senate State Affairs Committee
PIERRE, South Dakota, Feb. 21 -- Gov. Kristi Noem, R-South Dakota, issued the following testimony on Feb. 19 before the Senate State Affairs Committee: Governor Kristi Noem testified before the Senate State Affairs Committee in support of legislation that will ensure economic progress is possible for all of South Dakota's communities (SB 157). This was the first time a governor has testified before a committee in more than a decade. Noem's Testimony (as prepared for delivery): "Good morning.   more

Sanford Health: Cardiologist's Math Skills Help Keep Patients Off Dialysis
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 20 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Adam Stys, M.D., grew up in Poland with two mathematicians as parents and was supposed to become a computer scientist. Good thing for his patients at Sanford Health and others around the world that he went to medical school instead. Stys is an interventional cardiologist at the Sanford Cardiovascular Institute in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He also trains new physicians as program director of the interventional cardiol  more

Sanford Health: Heart Screening 'Means My Life Was Saved'
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 18 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: Before May 3, Claude Vershure thought his health was fine, despite a hereditary high blood pressure condition. But on May 3, the 72-year-old felt lucky to even be alive when he had a heart screening that revealed a concerning EKG, along with a cardiac calcium score more than 14 times the number that typically would trigger treatment. Vershure, who lives in Custer, South Dakota, had no notion that Friday morning of ge  more

Sanford Health: Sanford MMA Athletes See Great Benefit in Partnership
BISMARCK, North Dakota, Feb. 19 -- Sanford Health issued the following news: For mixed-martial arts fighters like Logan Storley, aligning his career with Sanford Health makes perfect sense. Storley was a high school wrestling legend in Webster, South Dakota, who went to become a four-time All-American at the University of Minnesota. He remains undefeated after more than three years as a professional MMA fighter. His affiliation with Sanford Mixed Martial Arts is a natural one based on Storley  more

Tenn. A.G. Slatery: Tennessee and Four Other States Move to Halt Attempt to Illegally Rewrite the U.S. Constitution
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. 21 -- Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery III issued the following news: Tennessee has joined Alabama, Louisiana, Nebraska, and South Dakota in a motion to intervene in litigation over whether the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) can be placed into the Constitution more than forty years after the 1979 deadline for ratifying the proposed amendment expired. Three States -- Illinois, Nevada, and Virginia -- recently sued the Archivist of the United States -- the federal   more