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Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
‘More seating, more room' at new driver exam station
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — There's a change happening next month that Sioux Falls area drivers need to know about. The driver exam station at West Russell and Kiwanis will move to the east side of town. Michelle McIntyre was at the Russell location Friday to renew her driver's license. 'I'm a teacher, so first day off of summer break, checking off the to-do list of all the errands this summer,' McIntyre said. Veterans talk real reason for Memorial Day People needing testing and licensing services won't be coming to the Russell location much longer. This driver exam station will soon move to the state's One Stop building on the east side of town. 'Driver's licensing is hoping to provide a more modern and better experience for customers, and moving into the One Stop with 12 other state agencies provides us the ability to do so,' Driver Licensing Program Director Jeannelle Yitagesu said. While the new location opens to customers on Monday, June 9th, the Russell location will not be open on Friday, June 6th. 'We need some time to get our equipment from one location to the other, so we want the public to be aware of that,' Yitagesu said. The driver exam station will have its own entrance at the One Stop building. 'Is a very nice facility, more seating, more room so you're not sitting on top of everyone else. That's going to be a nice feel for the public,' Yitagesu said. McIntyre thinks an upgrade from the current location will be nice. 'Maybe if it was a little bit bigger, just a little bit more seating for people, I think that would be really nice,' McIntyre said. The state also has a driver's license express station on South Minnesota Avenue. Drivers may also be eligible to renew licenses online, by mail, or at a kiosk. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Star
08-05-2025
- Business
- The Star
Ethiopia earns 83 mln USD from SEZ exports in 9 months
ADDIS ABABA, May 8 (Xinhua) -- Ethiopia has generated 83 million U.S. dollars in export revenue from commodities produced across its special economic zones (SEZs) during the past nine months, the Ethiopian Industrial Parks Development Corporation (IPDC) said in a statement Thursday. Manufacturing companies operating in these zones exported goods worth 83 million dollars during the first nine months of the 2024/2025 Ethiopian fiscal year, which began on July 8, the statement noted. Fisseha Yitagesu, chief executive officer of the IPDC, said SEZs are playing an increasingly vital role in driving export growth, creating jobs, and supporting import substitution. Yitagesu emphasized that SEZs are injecting a substantial boost to the country's economy by saving essential foreign currency through import substitution with locally produced goods, ultimately saving close to 12 billion Ethiopian birr (about 89.9 million U.S. dollars) during the reported period. Most of Ethiopia's SEZs have been developed by Chinese firms, while Chinese investors remain the largest group of foreign operators within these industrial zones. Recent data from the Ethiopian Investment Commission (EIC) showed that China has remained a leading source of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Ethiopia, with over 4,500 Chinese-run projects currently operating in the East African country. Ethiopia attracted 3.92 billion dollars in FDI during the last fiscal year that ended on July 7, 2024, with Chinese investment accounting for nearly half of the total inflows, the EIC said.
