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Separate incident results in no injuries, officials say Written By: Erik Kaufman | × WATERTOWN — Two people died Saturday in a fishing accident on Lake Poinsett, according to the Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office. According to a post on the Hamlin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, the Watertown Dispatch Center received a 911 call shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday that an ATV and two individuals had broken through the ice. Emergency personnel from the Hamlin County Emergency...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal judge says a state court in South Dakota can’t use...

From USA TODAY Network and wire reports Alabama Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or students can choose to get tested before returning to Tuscaloosa. Test results are expected to be provided within 24 hour...

Drive-in lawmaking, masked Mardi Gras, virtual farm show: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Tuscaloosa: The University of Alabama is requiring that students who will live on campus for the spring 2021 semester must be tested for coronavirus, officials said. The tests must happen within seven days of their arrival, no later than Jan. 19. The spring semester will begin Jan. 13. The university will offer free testing, or stude...

South Dakota reported six additional COVID-19 deaths on Wednesday and another 608 new positive infections. The six additional deaths brought the total to 1,519. They included three people aged 70-79, two 80 or older and one 60-69. Four were men and two were women, and one was a resident of a long-term care facility. Minnehaha County accounted for 144 new cases, and Lincoln County had 31. Brown County had 36 new cases, and Codington County had 35. Twenty-four new positive infections were found i...

A South Dakota federal judge harshly criticized Gov. Kristi Noem and the state court system’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in an order that also strongly condemned a state judge and prosecutor for violating a defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to a speedy trial.  South Dakota can’t “‘take advantage of its own failures to follow scientific facts and safeguards in entering blanket denials of the rights of speedy trials,” Judge Charles Kornmann wrote in a Dec. ...

South Dakota reported 501 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, and hospitalizations increased by 15 to 303. But recoveries outpaced new cases, with 1,286 patients reported recovering from the virus. The state reported 5,738 active cases. Counties that saw the biggest increases include: Minnehaha (111), Pennington (79), Lincoln (34), Brown (33), Lawrence (27), Codington (22) and Brookings (18). The day’s results come from 3,734 tests. Statewide, 10.5% of staffed hospital beds and 25.3% of staffed in...

Another 41 people with COVID-19 have died in South Dakota, the Department of Health reported Thursday, as active cases and hospitalizations continue to decline.

State health officials urged South Dakotans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 as the Christmas and New Year holidays were on the verge of arriving. In what was their last media call of the year, Department of Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Josh Clayton said they appreciated lower new cases and hospitalizations, crediting them to residents taking precautions during Thanksgiving. With vaccines now being delivered and administered, the light is at the end of the tunn...

State health officials urged South Dakotans to remain vigilant against COVID-19 as the Christmas and New Year holidays were on the verge of beginning. In what was their last press call of the year, Department of Health Secretary Kim Malsam-Rysdon and State Epidemiologist Josh Clayton said they appreciated lower new cases and hospitalizations, crediting them to residents taking precautions over Thanksgiving. With vaccines now being delivered and administered, the light is at the end of the tunne...