NORTHERN HILLS — Before March 2020, Pastor Scott McKirdy had been trying to get online worship services started, but he was unsure about how to do it.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota resumed using Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccinations Monday, state health officials announced.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota health officials asked vaccine providers to put Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 shots on hold after a request Tuesday from federal officials.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — Half of South Dakota’s population age 16 and over has received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, the state’s Department of Health announced Saturday.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota will be getting more than $16 million in federal funding to expand its coronavirus vaccination programs.
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SPEARFISH — As part of Sen. John Thune’s western South Dakota tour Wednesday, he stopped by the Monument Health vaccine clinics in Sturgis and Spearfish.
SPEARFISH — Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. made a whirlwind tour through Western South Dakota Wednesday visiting with fire officials in Rapid City, and then community leaders in Sturgis, Spearfish, and Belle Fourche, along with touring COVID-19 vaccination clinics in Spearfish and Sturgis.
PIERRE — Cases of COVID-19 across South Dakota are on the rise, and state officials are asking residents to remain vigilant against the spread of the coronavirus.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and domestic needs.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota health officials on Sunday reported no change in the number of active COVID-19 cases and a drop in hospitalizations.
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PIERRE — Beginning Monday, South Dakota will move to a new priority group for COVID-19 vaccinations that will include more than 220,000 residents who have yet to receive one dose of the vaccine.
DEADWOOD — While masks are still required at city-owned and -operated buildings, including city hall and the Deadwood Rec Center, a resolution approved at Monday night’s City Commission meeting relaxes a previously enacted mask mandate from “required” to “suggested” in other city-owned local…
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — State Department of Health officials said Thursday that the variant strain of the coronavirus first detected in the United Kingdom has now been confirmed in South Dakota.
WASHINGTON (AP) — One year after the nation was brought to a near-standstill by the coronavirus, President Joe Biden pledged in his first prime-time address to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1 and raised the possibility of beginning to “mark our independence from this virus” by…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell last week to 712,000, the lowest total since early November, evidence that fewer employers are cutting jobs amid a decline in confirmed coronavirus cases and signs of an improving economy.
PIERRE — The South Dakota Department of Health Wednesday announced that the remainder of those in priority group D – teachers, childcare workers, college staff, college students, and funeral workers – are now eligible to receive their COVID-19 vaccine through Phase I vaccinators.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fully vaccinated Americans can gather with other vaccinated people indoors without wearing a mask or social distancing, according to long-awaited guidance from federal health officials.
STURGIS — Nursing homes across South Dakota are going to feel the impact of the pandemic for years to come, said a local healthcare administrator.
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota has reached 1,900 deaths due to complications from the coronavirus, state health officials reported Sunday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An exhausted Senate narrowly approved a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill Saturday as President Joe Biden and his Democratic allies notched a victory they called crucial for hoisting the country out of the pandemic and economic doldrums.
PIERRE — Heeding the advice of its music advisory committee and its COVID task force, on Wednesday the South Dakota High School Activities Association Board of Directors voted to cancel this year’s All-State Chorus concert. All-State Orchestra will take place with safety protocols in place.
BELLE FOURCHE — Cheryl Westland is almost giddy when she talks about her ability to offer COVID-19 vaccinations.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival John…
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the last in a series of stories about the COVID-19 vaccine.
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Meatpacking workers across the country have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their shots this week, offering some peace of mind in an industry that was ravaged by COVID-19 a year ago.
LEAD — COVID-19 protocols in Lead-Deadwood have resulted in cancelation of tonight’s Region 8A boys’ basketball tournament game at Hot Springs.
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SIOUX FALLS (AP) — South Dakota is expected to receive 7,000 doses this week of the recently-approved Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine.
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EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the second in a series of stories about the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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