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The cost of land for a proposed prison site in Mitchell is now nearly double its original price tag. Landowner James River Farms increased its asking price from $18,000 to $35,000 per acre.
Syphilis rates in South Dakota have dropped sharply following a public health effort from the state Department of Health. State leaders say what was once a health crisis has been stifled, though work always remains when battling STIs.
Dakota State University received a $1 million grant from Google to host a cybersecurity clinic. Officials say the clinic is improving cybersecurity in the state and abroad.
Starting June 25, Monument Health is enacting limited visitation at its Rapid City Hospital Women’s and Children’s Center. In a Facebook post, officials said the restrictions are to protect families—especially newborns who are not old enough to be vaccinated—from the measles virus.
The Department of Health is holding a series of public vaccination clinics in response to newly confirmed cases of measles in South Dakota.
Landsat 7, the first Landsat to downlink data to the ground station in South Dakota, is officially decommissioned. SDPB had a conversation at the Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, or EROS, in Sioux Falls with two men who worked with the satellite.
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