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South Dakota moving to ‘on-demand’ vaccine ordering By Carter Woodiel Apr 30, 2021 7:39 AM SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — South Dakota will soon change how it obtains COVID-19 vaccine doses as vaccine supply continues to grow to meet demand. The state will shift from receiving regular weekly allotments from the federal government to an “on-demand” system where vaccine providers order what they expect they’ll need based on demand from the public. “That works well for them; that’s how vaccines are ordered most commonly,” South Dakota Health S...

Some students will need help catching up after COVID-19 restrictions end By Todd Epp Apr 26, 2021 7:08 AM VERMILLION, S.D. (KELO.com) — With the end of a Covid-19 shadowed school year in sight, administrators are recognizing many students will need more help at the start of the fall term. Vermillion Superintendent Damon Alvey says they are moving to add more counselors. Alvey says they know there are students that have lost most of an academic year. Students were sent home in mid-March of last year as the pandemic ramped up and school districts scrambled to put together remote learn...

Radio Iowa You are here: Home Governor expected to sign new bill on ag trespassing, court challenge expected A bill that criminalizes certain types of trespassing on agricultural properties has passed the Iowa legislature and now awaits Governor Kim Reynolds’ signature. Drew Mogler, the public policy director at the Iowa Pork Producers Association, says it creates new penalties for those found guilty of trespassing to set up surveillance equipment on someone else’s property to secretly capture images or video. “It does have some important protections for not just our members but really ...

Legislative graphic. SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A bill requiring masks in most indoor public spaces is up for a vote by the South Dakota Senate. The bill, SB 125, passed out of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee “without recommendation” on Wednesday, meaning the committee did not endorse the bill but will allow the full Senate to vote on it. It is unlikely to pass the Republican-dominated chamber. Bill sponsor Reynold Nesiba, a Democrat from Sioux Falls, said voluntary mask recommendations like the one in his home city only go so far. “We’ve seen some of that even in...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — A strong cold front will bring in snow, wind, and much colder temperatures. Brad Temeyer at the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls says the front will move across the area overnight. He says the front will bring the coldest air of the winter. Temeyer says the pattern will stay cold for a while. January just wrapped up with much above normal temperatures for many reporting stations across the region. (Jerry Oster, WNAX, contributed this report.) '); } return false; }); $('#comments .commentlist .comment-content a').attr('target','_blank'); });