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Capital reopening, free rides, vaccine theft: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Montgomery: Gov. Kay Ivey will end the state’s participation in federal unemployment programs geared to the pandemic, including supplements to jobless benefits and a suspension of a work-search requirement. The state will withdraw from the program June 19, the governor’s office said in a statement Monday. Applications for the pandemic-related benefits ...

View Comments Seven additional people with COVID-19 in South Dakota have died, the South Dakota Department of Health reported Wednesday, while 83 people tested positive for coronavirus. The seven new deaths were the largest one-day total since April 9. Three of the latest deaths were among people 70-79, two were 80 or older, one was 50-59 and one 60-69. Five were women. One was a resident of a long-term care facility.

Active infections decreased to 1,100 as the state reported an additional 236 people recovered from COVID-19 The number of people in state hospital beds with COVID-19 fell to 66. Of those, 21 were receiving intensive care and 15 were on ventilators. Out of the 123,435 people in the state who have tested positive, about 6% have received hospital care. A total of 335,301 people in the state have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine through the South Dakota Department of Healths immunization prog...

View Comments The South Dakota Department of Health reported 77 additional coronavirus infections on Monday, as well as one additional death of a person with COVID-19. Mondays numbers were based off of tests from Friday. Testing from Saturday and Sunday will be included in Tuesdays report. The one additional death - a woman 80 or older - brought the statewide total of people who had COVID-19 when they died to 1,981. Deaths caused by COVID-19 in the state were updated to 1,754.

View Comments The number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in South Dakota took a sharp decline, the South Dakota Department of Health reported Thursday, while one additional person with the disease died. The state reported 90 hospital beds occupied by a coronavirus patient, a dozen fewer than the day before. Twenty-one were receiving intensive care and 15 were on ventilators.

South Dakota reports 3 more COVID-19 deaths The South Dakota Department of Health reported Wednesday three additional people with COVID-19 died. The three deaths were the third day in a row the department has reported three fatalities tied to the illness. During the last seven days, the state has been averaging two deaths a day. The latest deaths were two people 80 or older and one person 60-69; two of whom were women and one man. The state reported 99 new infections, including 20 among Mi...

Three women arrested after I-29 pursuit By Carter Woodiel May 3, 2021 7:06 AM WATERTOWN, S.D. (KWAT) — Codington County deputies arrested three women Sunday morning following a vehicle pursuit on Interstate 29. Sheriff Brad Howell says just after 10 a.m., a deputy attempted to stop a vehicle in the southeast portion of the county near the Clear Lake exit. The vehicle was registered to a Sioux Falls man wanted on a parole violation. The driver of the car fled northbound. Spike strips w...

Hand County, Hamlin County, Marshall County, city of Parkston, Potter County, city of Whitewood, and Yankton County. Two cities and seven counties submitted 11 bridge removal applications   Overall, 107 bridge replacement applications, totaling $95.7 million in total project costs, were received by the South Dakota Department of Transportation. Four cities and 37 counties submitted the 107 bridge replacement applications. .   The projects will require a 18.05% local match. In March the Tran...

Local Bridge Replacement and Removal Project Recipients Announced News ReleaseApril 30, 2021News Local Bridge Replacement and Removal Project Recipients Announced PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Transportation Commission awarded 31 local bridge replacement projects totaling approximately $20 million at their meeting in Pierre on Thursday, April 29. Eleven local bridge removal projects, totaling approximately $1.5 million, were also awarded. Bridge replacement award recipients are: Beadle Cou...

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