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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) --This AP digital embed below shows the share of occupied ICU beds state-by-state. Since November, the share of U.S. hospitals ...

YANKTON, S.D. (KELO.com) -- South Dakota is in the top three states nationally in the percentage of Covid-19 vaccines distributed. There are still fru...

There are still frustrations with the slow pace of immunizations. Liz Healy, infection control specialist with Avera Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, says the state Department of Health is working to even out the distribution. Healy says it’s difficult to plan for any type of vaccination clinic. She says they are in frequent contact with the Health Department. Over 69,000 residents have received over 77,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine. (Jerry Oster, WNAX, contributed this report.) (Todd Epp...

/ KQSF FM Q95.7 The Most Music Jan 22, 2021 9:18 AM FILE PHOTO: U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Aucoin, 78, receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine dose at the Soldiers Home in Holyoke, Massachusetts, U.S. December 29, 2020. Hoang ‘Leon’ Nguyen/The Republican/Pool via REUTERS SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Associated Press has prepared interactive graphics (below) which shows the progress of distribution of the coronavirus vaccine. South Dakota and North Dakota continue to be among...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -- Department store operator Macy's Inc said on Tuesday it would close about 45 stores this year as part of its three-year plan to ...

Sioux Falls Health Officials: Covid-19 vaccinations are going well By Anson Mareus Dec 30, 2020 8:45 PM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — So far the coronavirus vaccination process has been going very well according to top health officials in Sioux Falls. In an interview with KELO radios’ Bill Zortman, Avera chief medical officer Dr. Kevin Post stated that residents should also be ready to be contacted by the health system for their own inoculations. “I do think it’s important for ...

By Todd Epp Dec 29, 2020 3:33 PM Collage of snowy downtown Sioux Falls on Phillips Ave. between 12th and 13th Streets, 12/29/20. KELO.com News photos by Todd Epp. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — The City of Sioux Falls has declared a snow emergency. It began at 4 p.m. Tuesday. Below is the news release from the City with the battle plan to fight the snow over the next few days. (This story was updated at 4:10 p.m., 12/29/20.) ….. Sioux Falls, South Dakota: The Public Works Street Di...

3 months ago in Local Jerry Oster Photo: WNAX The South Dakota Civil Air Patrol (CAP) joined the search for a woman missing in Day County. Amy Dougherty was last seen when she left for work Wednesday afternoon, driving in blizzard conditions from Andover to Bristol. She was driving a black Chevy Trailblazer. CAP involvement was requested by the Day County Sheriff’s Department via the South Dakota Department o...

South Dakota Civil Air Patrol (CAP) joined the search today for a woman missing in Day County. Amy Dougherty was last seen when she left for work Wednesday afternoon, driving in blizzard conditions from Andover to Bristol. She was driving a black Chevy Trailblazer. CAP involvement was requested by the Day County Sheriff’s Department via the South Dakota Department of Emergency Management. “Our Civil Air Patrol aircraft flew route and grid searches and concentrated on areas that previo...

CAP Is Flying The Pfizer Vaccine To Smaller Communities w/o Scheduled Air Service The South Dakota Wing delivered Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Dec. 15 to Prairie Lakes Hospital in Watertown on behalf of the South Dakota Department of Health. At the Health Departments request, the wing is flying the Pfizer vaccine to certain smaller communities in the state without regularly scheduled air service. Other wing members will assist with mission planning and logistical support. Civil Air Patrol is assisti...