healthcare and education

The Rapid City Area School Board voted Tuesday against a two-week mask mandate. It also decided against forming a committee with doctors who would make further COVID-19 safety recommendations. 

The South Dakota Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of newly reported cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.

The South Dakota Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of newly reported cases, deaths, and hospitalizations.

The Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. 

A doctor who worked for the Indian Health Service on the Yankton Reservation has admitted to sexually abusing five patients over an 11-year period.

The state’s three major hospital systems are sounding the alarm on rapidly rising COVID 19 infections. 

September is suicide prevention month in South Dakota. Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the state…and data from earlier this year suggest suicides are on the rise.   

South Dakota hospitals are facing another COVID surge because of stalled vaccination rates and the Delta variant. 

The Department of Health says unvaccinated people make up the vast majority of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations. 

A nonprofit organization teaches high school students tools for the future. Jobs for America’s Graduates or JAG is in four schools and expanding to even more.