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Infrastructure, clinical trials and more | Today's Stories | Dec. 29

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On today's update...

The EPA announced that Rapid City is the recipient of nearly five-million-dollars in grant funding to improve its solid waste infrastructure. The city is using the funding to enhance its recycling program.

An unexpected phone call from an Avera Health number could be an invitation to participate in a new clinical trial. Avera Research Institute is in the early stages of investigating a common—but under-researched—form of cancer.

And more...

Jackson Dircks is a Freeburg, Illinois, native. He received a degree from Augustana University in English and Journalism. He started at SDPB as an intern before transitioning to a politics, business and everything in-between reporter based in Sioux Falls.