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Homeless · Sioux FallsThis story is reported by South Dakota News Watch, a non-profit news organization. Find more in-depth reporting at www.sdnewswatch.org. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (SDNW) – With a wheelchair as his bed and a ratty checkered blanket as his covers, 63-year-old George VanVooren spent the night on a sidewalk outside the Bishop Dudley Hospitality House in Sioux Falls on a recent Saturday night. "You get a couple hours of sleep – if you're lucky," he said. …See the Story
Street doctors make house calls to the homeless
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Sioux Falls · Sioux FallsAn attempt by Republican lawmakers to add work requirements for South Dakotans covered under Medicaid expansion will hinge on two election outcomes in November.First, voters will decide on Amendment F, a legislative effort to allow employment criteria to be used for able-bodied adults to receive Medicaid benefits as part of the 2022 expansion approved by South Dakota voters.Medicaid is a joint federal and state program that helps cover medical c…See the Story
Medicaid work requirements in SD? Only if Trump wins.
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Sioux Falls · Sioux FallsNEMO, S.D. – South Dakota tourism continues an upward trajectory, even as the largest annual tourist event seeks younger attendees to ensure its future. The state broke an all-time record last year with 14.7 million total visitors. Those visitors spent $4.96 billion, marking a nearly 5% increase from the previous year and breaking another record. The annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally regularly accounts for hundreds of thousands of visitors on its…See the Story
Sturgis Rally tourism targets next generation of bikers
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Sioux Falls · Sioux FallsARMOUR, S.D. – Businessman Dudley Schroeder was convicted of a crime and spent two days in jail. The infraction? His downtown auto shop was declared a nuisance property and he didn't clean it up as ordered by a judge.Schroeder's transmission repair service is located on U.S. 281 on the southern end of this small town 45 miles southwest of Mitchell. City leaders said they had tried for many years and attempted far less invasive methods to get him…See the Story
SD shop owner jailed over nuisance property ruling
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Republican Party · Sioux FallsDETROIT – Justin Roebuck can recall the exact moment that distrust of 2020 presidential election results impacted his status in the Republican Party.The top election official of Ottawa County in western Michigan was speaking to a GOP women’s group when he was asked who won the race between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden in the Midwest battleground state.“When I told them that Biden won Michigan by about 154,000 votes, the gasp wa…See the Story
How SD, Michigan took different paths to 'election integrity'
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