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Yahoo
09-04-2025
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Former state employee pleads guilty to forgery-related charges
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — A former state employee has plead guilty to four forgery-related charges. In a news release, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that Renee Strong, 55, of Springfield, S.D., plead guilty to four forgery-related charges connected to crimes committed while she was an employee of the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and performing contract work for the Department of Health. The Battle of the Blades winner is… Strong plead guilty Tuesday in Hughes County Circuit Court to two Class 6 felony counts of Offering False or Forged Instruments for Filing or Recording in a Public Office and two Class 5 felony counts of Forgery. She will be sentenced at 10:30 a.m. June 10. Each felony count of Offering False or Forged Instruments for Filing or Recording in a Public Office carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison and a $4,000 fine. Each felony count of Forgery carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Strong was accused of forging and falsifying food service inspection reports while performing inspections for the Department of Health through a contract with the Department of Public Safety as a food inspector. South Dakota's Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) investigated the case, and the Attorney General's Office is prosecuting the case. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Climate
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The Battle of the Blades winner is…
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) –The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) version of March Madness is now over. SDDOT hosts its own bracket during the month of March, but instead of brackets filled with names of college basketball teams, they're names of snow plows submitted by kids from all over South Dakota. This year's bracket expanded as a battle between South Dakota and North Dakota, both holding their own brackets, with the two prevailing snow plows from each state facing off in the championship. SDDOT announced on social media that the winner of the SDDOT vs. NDDOT Battle of the Blades is Thaw Patrol. Thaw Patrol was named by Winner Elementary's first grade class. Thaw Patrol faced off against Plower Ranger in the championship. There were over 36,000 votes cast in the championship matchup alone. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Sport
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Battle of the Blades: SDDOT vs NDDOT
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Department of Transportation is holding its own version of March Madness. But instead of brackets filled with names of college basketball teams, they're names of snow plows submitted by kids from all over South Dakota. Police investigating shooting near West 12th Street These snow plows and the people who operate them are the driving force behind what's called 'Battle of the Blades.' It's a friendly competition between South Dakota and North Dakota. It started three years ago during one of our worst winters in recent memory. 'It was a very long winter for everyone including our drivers, so it was kind of a fun way to get our public engaged and keep them interested and focused in on our operations,' Craig Smith Here's how it works. Kids from all over KELOLAND came up with a number of names for the snow plows and were put into brackets just like the NCAA Tournament. Instead of competing on a basketball court, the public has been voting on which ones are the best and get to move on. Here is a look at where the bracket sits now. On the South Dakota side; 'Scoop! There It Is' is in the final four with 'Thaw Patrol.' 'Thaw Patrol' was the name submitted by Winner Elementary's First Grade class. 'Scoop, There It Is!' was named by a 3-year old named Pete, along with his family. 'I love it, I really do, I really love it,' Lead Highway Maintenance Worker, Chad Shull said. 'Scoop There It Is' is driven by Lead Highway Maintenance Worker, Chad Shull. He drove it to Pete's daycare in Rapid City, so all the kids could check it out. 'I took it over to the daycare and Pete got in and he blasted the air horn and all the little kids started crying, we found out the air horn wasn't a good idea,' Shull said. But the 'Battle of the Blades' is a great way to drive people to the DOT's web site and learn more about resources like 511 and what the drivers do for the public. 'I think it's pretty cool, I think it's getting a lot of South Dakotans interacting with the DOT and engages them, so it's a great thing,' Shull said. While you're there, be sure to vote for your favorite snow plow name. Don: It's based on voting? Craig: Yeah the public can go out there, we encourage everyone to go out and vote and select the winners to get in the championship against North Dakota DOT and then choose one winner between the Dakotas. The top name from South Dakota will take on the Top name from North Dakota on can go to the DOT web site to vote for your favorite name, click here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
