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3-Point Queens! Lady Dragons have a great win against the Cubs

Carrie Moritz
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3-Point Queens! Lady Dragons have a great win against the Cubs

The Garretson Blue Dragons Girls' Basketball team hosted two games last week, first welcoming Alcester-Hudson in a doubleheader on Tuesday, and taking on rival Dell Rapids on Thursday.

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Ava Ockenga gets around the defense. //Garrick A Moritz, Gazette

The Garretson team celebrated its second win of the season last Tuesday, January 21 in the game against Alcester-Hudson.

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Brooklyn Trudeau passes to a teammate in the game against Alcester-Hudson on Tuesday, January 21.

The two teams battled it out throughout the evening, though Garretson took the lead in the first quarter and kept it, forcing Alcester-Hudson to play catch-up. While the opponents got several shots off at the basket, none were sinking through the hoop, and the Garretson team took full advantage, staying on top of the rebound and then pulling several fast breaks to keep their lead. They went into the half seven points ahead, 22-15.

It was the third quarter where the lady Dragons began turning what had been a defensive game into an offensive shutout. After the Cubs nearly caught the Garretson team, the Dragons pulled off several 3-point shots to widen the gap, bringing their lead to a satisfying 35-28 at the end of the third quarter.

In the fourth, the Dragons brought their skills together and went on an 8-point run while holding the Cubs to 30, then gathered another five points to hit 50-32. While Alcester-Hudson was able to cobble together a few more points, the game ended with Garretson up 54-36.

Garretson had 17 steals to Alcester-Hudson's 11, 11 assists, 21 rebounds, and a 62% 3-point conversion to AH's 0%.

Then, on Thursday, Dell Rapids came to Garretson. The rival team kept the Dragons on their toes, grabbing the lead early and forcing Garretson to stay on the defensive.

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Harper Andera looks to take a shot. //Garrick A Moritz, Gazette

While the home team was able to stay within fighting distance of the Quarriers throughout much of the first half, Dells took advantage of Garretson fouls and widened their lead in the second quarter, going into the half ten points ahead at 15-25.

The second half was an all-out battle for the ball as Garretson gained three points to Dells' ten in the third quarter, and found themselves unable to overcome the offensive game of the Quarriers. They ended the game 29-48.

The Lady Dragons headed to Hendricks for a game against Estelline/Hendricks on Tuesday (results not available at press time), and will be back at home this Friday, January 31 in a border battle with Hills/Beaver Creek.

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JV Boys Pick Up Two Wins

Carrie Moritz
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JV Boys Pick Up Two Wins

By Tad Heitkamp, coach

On January 17th, the JV Blue Dragons were back on the road to battle the Colman/Egan Hawks. The Blue Dragons came out of the locker room firing on all cylinders as they defeated Colman/Egan handedly 52-25. 

“Wow…this is exactly what we as coaches expected from this team,” stated Heitkamp. “This group has all the ability and skill set to compete each and every night…and that’s exactly what we did for an entire 4 quarters.” 

The visiting Blue Dragons jumped out to a 30-11 lead at the half and never looked back. 

“I asked the guys to take advantages of their mistakes and play hard nose defense, which is what we did. We also ran our offensive sets very well, which led to some very easy scoring opportunities.” 

Colton Buchholz had a great night as he led all scorers with 21 points, which included four 3 pointers. Ethan McGregor and Jackson Arend also had solid nights as they dented the nets for 8 points each, while Shea Smidt and Myles Hanson added 5 and 4 points. Isaiah Coburn and Cade Risty got in the scorebook with 3 and 2 points, as Cooper Smith added another point to the scoring column.

On the 21st of January, the Blue Dragons played host to the Alcester/Hudson Cubs in the confines of the “old gym”. The Blue Dragons did not come out playing inspired basketball the opening half as they seemed to be just going through the motions on the court, which allowed the Cubs to go into the locker room with a 16-13 lead. 

“That first half was a struggle to watch,” stated Heitkamp. “I didn’t even talk X’s and O’s at halftime…instead I reminded the kids that playing the game of basketball is a privilege and not a right! They need to represent the name across the chest of their uniform and play to the expected level as a Blue Dragon.” 

The home team bounced back on all levels the second half as they held Alcester/Hudson to 5 total points and torched the nets for 24 points, defeating the Cubs 37-21. 

“That’s the standard we expect from this group…just wish they could get themselves motivated without their coach getting on his soapbox at halftime,” mentioned Heitkamp. 

Colton Buchholz and Jackson Arend continue to lead the way in the scoring column as they hit for 10 and 8 points, while Isaiah Coburn connected for 7 points of his own. Shea Smidt, Michael Hanisch, and Myles Hanson all contributed with 4 points each.

Noem proposes major cut to tobacco prevention in SD

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Noem proposes major cut to tobacco prevention in SD

Bart Pfankuch

South Dakota News Watch

If lawmakers approve Gov. Kristi Noem's proposal to cut the state tobacco prevention fund, , anti-tobacco advocates say more children are likely to use tobacco and nicotine products, more adults will die early and the state will pay millions of dollars in new health care costs over the long run.

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Tobacco products sold in South Dakota, including these displayed on Jan. 21, 2025, at BJ's Country Store in Black Hawk, S.D., range far beyond traditional cigarettes. (Photo: Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch)

Since 2007, South Dakota has allocated $5 million annually to a fund that pays for programs to help tobacco users give up the habit and to prevent children and adults from ever starting.

The money pays for counseling services through the South Dakota Quitline, for medications to help people kick the addictive habit and for state and local tobacco-prevention programs.

The money comes from the state tax on annual sales of tobacco products, mainly cigarettes, and was part of Initiated Measure 2 that voters passed in 2006 to raise the tax on a pack of cigarettes by $1 and increase the taxes on other tobacco products.

The IM2 ballot measure also dictated that the first $30 million in tobacco taxes would go to the state general fund and the next $5 million would go to a new Tobacco Prevention and Reduction Trust Fund, which pays for the South Dakota Tobacco Control Program.

Tobacco tax revenues over the $35 million level would also flow into the general fund. IM 2 passed with almost 61% of the vote.

State: Program ready for 'right-sizing'

This year, Noem has proposed cutting the funding of the tobacco control program to $2 million a year, a 60% reduction. According to Senate Bill 54, the other $3 million would be sent to the state's general fund each year moving forward.

Noem has not publicly stated a reason for the proposed cut, and a News Watch request to interview the governor was not granted by her spokesman, Ian Fury.

But a spokeswoman for the state Department of Health, which administers the tobacco prevention program, told News Watch that the program's success at preventing tobacco use is the reason the funding can now be cut.

"The program has a track record of success, and we have seen a downward trend in tobacco use," DOH spokeswoman Tia Kafka wrote in an email. "As a result, the governor’s budget proposal right-sizes funding of tobacco prevention dollars. Services offered through the Quitline and tobacco prevention efforts within schools and communities will remain priorities for the program."

The Quitline and other programming seeks to reduce use of tobacco products and those that deliver nicotine, including vaping and other smokeless nicotine delivery products. Nicotine products are also addictive and are being used by adults and high school and middle school youths in South Dakota.

State records show that the state spent about $5.3 million on tobacco and nicotine prevention in fiscal year 2024, with $4.9 million in contracted services for the state program and about $382,000 on grants and subsidies to local prevention organizations.

The major expenditures, according to state contracts, were $1 million to Vilas Pharmacy of Pierre for tobacco cessation medications and $824,000 to Avera Health Plans to provide "telephone and other tobacco cessation counseling and support services for the SD Quitline."

State records also indicate that the Department of Health signed a $175,000, one-year contract in June for South Dakota State University to conduct a study of the effectiveness of the South Dakota Quitline. It does not appear the results of that study are complete, and the SDSU official listed on the contract did not return a call seeking information.

Tobacco tax revenues have fallen steadily over time in South Dakota. In fiscal year 2014, the state collected $52 million in state cigarette taxes and another $7.4 million in other tobacco taxes, for a total of $59.4 million.

In fiscal 2024, state cigarette tax collections were $44 million and other tobacco tax collections were $11.8 million, for a total of $55.8 million, according to the Department of Revenue.

Colin Keeler of the state Bureau of Finance and Management, said the health department will use the remaining $2 million in tobacco tax money and about $1 million in tobacco prevention money the state already receives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund tobacco programs at an annual rate of $3 million.

As proposed, he said, the money will be used for grants to communities and schools for tobacco prevention and cessation activities ($980,000), for the Quitline ($1.0 million), and for prevention marketing and advertising ($840,000).

But at that level of funding, South Dakota will fall even further below the CDC's recommendation of $12 million in annual spending on tobacco prevention for the state.

Smoking, vaping rates down in SD and US

Even though tobacco use is dramatically down in South Dakota, an average of 1,300 people die each year from smoking-related illnesses and the state spends an estimated $433 million annually on associated health costs, according to the American Cancer Society.

The number of adult cigarette smokers in the U.S. and South Dakota has declined sharply and steadily over the past several decades. According to survey data compiled by the American Lung Association, more than 42% of all Americans smoked in 1965, a rate that fell to 11.6% in 2022, a decrease of 73% during that period.

In South Dakota, 15% of adults were smokers in 2023, compared to 11% nationally, according to the lung association.

Smoking rates among Native Americans have also declined but not as much, and Native Americans smoke at roughly double the rate of non-Native adults in South Dakota and the U.S.

Youth tobacco use nationally has declined over the past few decades, especially when it comes to cigarette smoking, with 34.8% of high school students smoking at least once in the past 30 days in 1995 compared to 1.4% in 2024, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

However, when use of vaping devices and smokeless tobaccos are added in, 10.1% of high school students and 5.4% of middle school students reported some use of tobacco in the past month in 2024, the FDA reported.

In South Dakota, according to a 2022 statewide survey, 5.5% of high school students reported smoking cigarettes in the past 30 days and 15.8% reported using vaping devices in the past month.

Advocates fear backslide and health problems

People who work to combat tobacco and nicotine use and addiction said cutting the prevention funding is short-sighted and could reduce gains made in slowing tobacco and nicotine use in South Dakota.

Jodi Radke, South Dakota representative of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said evidence-based studies and results of the prevention program in South Dakota prove that tobacco and nicotine cessation programs are effective.

Radke, who has worked on tobacco prevention for two decades, said her organization estimates that cutting South Dakota prevention funding by 60% will increase youth smoking rates by 5%, lead 300 more children to become adult smokers, with 100 of those dying prematurely, and create $4.8 million in new health care costs due to smoking-related illnesses over the next few decades.

"Funding tobacco control is critical to impacting youth rates, so to cut funding from that really does impact outcomes in terms of kids becoming lifelong users," Radke said.

Battle to preserve funding in Pierre

Three lawmakers contacted by News Watch early in the session declined to comment because they were unaware of the proposed funding cut.

Ben Hanson, South Dakota government relations director for the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, said that makes sense because Noem never mentioned the cut during her budget address or her State of the State speech.

Hanson said the funding cut is a "rob Peter to pay Paul" maneuver the governor is using in a tight revenue year to fund other projects, such as $4 million in new spending on education savings accounts. Noem also has proposed cutting funding to the state library system and to South Dakota Public Broadcasting.

A proposed reduction in funding for the smoking prevention fund comes at a time when tobacco companies spend an estimated $25 million a year to market their products in South Dakota, including flavored products popular among youth, Hanson said.

"This isn't a haircut, this is gutting the fund," he said.

Hanson said those in the tobacco and cancer prevention fields will make a strong lobbying effort in the 2025 legislative session to protect the tobacco prevention funding.

"We're going to talk to each legislator one by one, and let them know the history of this and hopefully create a positive outcome," Hanson said.

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Greg Sands overcame addiction and prison to find success. Now he’s seeking a final chapter.

Carrie Moritz
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Greg Sands overcame addiction and prison to find success. Now he’s seeking a final chapter.

BY STU WHITNEY
South Dakota News Watch

TEA, S.D. – Greg Sands spent the longest night of his life at a federal prison in Oklahoma, running out of chances as the darkness rolled in.

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Greg Sands //photo courtesy SD News Watch

He was 31 years old and facing a 10-year sentence for cocaine distribution in South Dakota after years of reckless behavior and a rock-bottom sense of self-worth.

Sands, these days a major player in the Sioux Falls construction trade and a member of the South Dakota Hall of Fame, was a newly arrived inmate at the crowded El Reno correctional facility that night in 1989.

Placed on a cot on the fringes of the cellblock, he listened to the slamming of steel doors and wailing of inmates as he lay weeping, snowflakes fluttering from broken windows above.

“I was terrified,” said Sands, 66, who later appealed his sentence and was released after two years to deal with drug and alcohol addictions. “I had all the feelings you would expect from a man who had ruined his life.”

The story of how Sands found daylight and built Sands Wall Systems – a drywall and framing company based in Tea that has 80 employees and helped construct the Washington Pavilion and Sanford Pentagon – has the makings of a messy American dream.

It’s a tale fully embraced by its hero, who on a December morning tooled around company headquarters in a red sweatshirt adorned with a Christmas tree, chatting with employees and preparing for the annual holiday party.

Sands spoke of forgiveness, symbolized by the presidential pardon he received from former President Bill Clinton in 2001, a point of pride along with 33 years of sobriety.

It extends to the philanthropy that Sands and his wife, Pam, embrace through organizations such as the Glory House, a halfway house for recently released inmates, and Feeding South Dakota, the state’s largest hunger relief organization.

Dave Johnson, now a family friend, was a Glory House counselor in 1989 when Sands was taken from the facility in shackles after violating conditions of his pretrial detention.

Johnson was running the place decades later when Greg and Pam helped fund a residential treatment center for women and handed out $50 bills to Glory House residents each December to celebrate the holiday.

“They were able to buy presents for their kids,” Johnson said of the residents. “Many times I heard them say that it was the best Christmas they ever had."

Setting aside the shame

Sands’ ability to understand hopelessness helps him address it.

Just like forging a multi-million dollar business from the back of a pickup truck helped him navigate the upper reaches of Sioux Falls development while expanding into Rapid City and North Dakota.

One thing his story needs is an ending, and he’s preparing for that as well.

Sands, whose previous 290-pound frame is down to 185 after dietary changes and medication, is recovering from prostate cancer surgery in October that sapped his formerly boundless energy. He also takes medication for mild anxiety.

His drywall company, which expanded to steel stud framing two decades ago, recently completed a process to shift ownership from Sands to his employees, with the transfer becoming final after 10 years.

The phasing-out has already begun.

Greg and Pam spend much of their time in Palm Springs, California, but they weren’t about to miss the Christmas party and distribution of holiday baskets to customers. There's meatloaf and mashed potatoes on the menu at headquarters in Tea, "true South Dakota cuisine" according to Sands.

It’s a chance for the CEO to slow down and appreciate how far he’s come, but he can’t stop moving, low energy or not. He rarely stops talking.

He shows off the factory, where workers load sheets of steel into a machine that forms frames and joints for commercial and recreational projects.

He name-drops presidents and governors and business elites, noting that several are close friends. He says he hopes to meet Clinton to personally thank him for the pardon at the planned July 4, 2026, grand opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota, which Sands' company helped build.

If Hollywood ever makes a movie out of his life, Sands tells people, that could make a compelling final scene.

He's come a long way from that night in the prison cell block, but he hasn’t forgotten it. He still flinches when a prison door slams in a movie or TV show. He thinks often of those who have not yet escaped the swirl of addiction.

How much success is enough to leave one's struggles in the past?

“He still feels shame about it,” said Pam, his wife of 29 years. “He's always trying to prove himself and show that, you know, 'I'm not that guy anymore. I'm somebody.' And I tell him, 'You don't have any more to prove, Greg. You've done great. You’re awesome.' But I think that it’s always there.”

An early start on addiction

Sands' restlessness took root in a place he tried to call home. Greg and his older brother, Dunn-Barr, were raised by their mother, Phyllis, in south Minneapolis in the early 1960s.

“My father abandoned us when I was a year old,” Greg said. “When I was 11, I talked to him on the phone. He was living in St. Louis Park, about a half-hour away. We set up a time for him to come over, and he never showed up. That was the last time I ever talked to him.”

Greg and his mother and brother might have endured if not for a fourth presence in the household, Phyllis’ boyfriend, who was physically abusive to her and her sons.

By the time Greg’s grandfather came to move the family back to South Dakota in  Aberdeen, near Phyllis’ hometown of Britton, the boy was 13 years old and already experimenting with booze and pot.

Three years later, in 1974, he was arrested for shoplifting Pink Floyd albums and sent to the Plankinton Boys School, a juvenile correctional facility located about 25 miles west of Mitchell.

The analytical skills that later helped him scan construction blueprints without formal training allowed him to meet the educational standards required to begin the next chapter of his life.

“I tested out right away,” said Sands. “And I never went back to school.”

Taking pride in hard work

He talked his grandmother into helping him get a loan for a motorcycle, a mode of escape that propelled him west to Rapid City at age 17.

There he forged an alliance with Benny Goldade, an established drywall contractor and the uncle of a friend from Aberdeen. The more he taught Sands the trade, Goldade figured, the less time he would spend on the job himself.

“He trained me so that I could take a job from cradle to grave on my own,” Sands said of Goldade, who died in 2017. “I was a finished drywaller within a year, which is like three times faster than normal.”

It was painstaking work, measuring and cutting wall panels to attach to studs and preparing them to be painted. But it paid well and allowed Sands to drop everything at the end of the shift and get loaded, which became his routine.

“There’s something to be said for being a tradesman,” he said. “You can go anywhere that there's work and get hired tomorrow, and there’s pride in that. No one cared what you did off the jobsite, as long as you showed up in the morning.”

'Most addictive drug in the world'

After five years in Rapid City, Sands took his trade to the Denver area, living and working in Boulder, Breckenridge and Winter Park. It was there that he discovered cocaine, which became more widespread in the late 1970s.

“It started as a love drug in California, where people thought it was nonaddictive,” said Sands. “A few years later, they saw people living in cardboard boxes and said, ‘Well, maybe we got that wrong.’”

By the 1980s Sands had moved to Los Angeles, showing off drywall skills with a bazooka, a specialized tool that applies drywall tape and “mud” (joint compound) at the same time for faster finishing.

“I went to a 14-story highrise on Wilshire Boulevard and they put me in charge of the whole freaking job,” he said. “I had never touched a steel stud in my life, but I was able to visualize what needed to be done for this tenant buildout. All the 50-year-old carpenters hated me for being a 26-year-old in charge.”

In his free time, Sands went from snorting cocaine to smoking crack, which he calls the “most addictive drug in the world.” Fueling his drug habit meant making numerous trips into some of Los Angeles’ seediest neighborhoods.

“I was there every four hours, because you’re only going to do 80 bucks worth, and then you’re going to quit,” he said. “You run home, smoke that, and then run back to get another 80 bucks worth. That cycle plays out until you run out of money.”

The end of his California stay came when Sands broke the cardinal rule: He didn’t show up for work in the morning.

“We were doing a big downtown job at the Hope Street hospital,” he said. “There’s 50 men on the job, and I’m running it, and I'm not there. So now we’ve got 50 guys showing up to a jobsite with no direction, just spinning around, and that cost the company money. So I got fired.”

An 'unsuccessful drug dealer'

In 1987, Sands entered a Scientology-affiliated drug treatment plan called Narconon to address his cocaine problem. But the treatment didn’t hold.

When he returned to Aberdeen two years later to help care for his mother, he brought his drug habit home with him.

His supplier in Los Angeles, a fellow South Dakota native, began sending packages of cocaine through United Parcel Service to Sands in Aberdeen, where drywall work became secondary to using and selling drugs.

“Drywalling was just a cover,” Sands said. “I would spray mud on my arms and go down to the Circus Bar and have drinks at 10 in the morning, acting like I just got off a job site.”

A friend in Aberdeen was a UPS driver, ensuring that the packages weren’t inspected too closely. When asked about what later became known as a drug distribution ring in northeast South Dakota, Sands chuckled.

“There was no distribution. There was consumption,” he said. “Whatever I got, I used about 60% of it myself and sold the rest to a guy who cut it (added substances to increase bulk), and later I would buy it back because I ran out of mine. It wasn’t a smooth operation. I was the most unsuccessful drug dealer I’ve ever met.”

Missteps lead to FBI arrest

The party ended with a series of missteps that could have been written as a screwball comedy if not for the grave consequences involved.

Sands’ supplier in California, for some reason, used Federal Express instead of UPS and penned the delivery address in a manner that complicated shipping.

“The last number in the address was supposed to be a zero, but he put a little loop in it that made it look like a six,” said Sands. “It came off as an address that didn’t exist.”

The return address was fake, so FedEx workers opened the package and discovered the drugs. They notified law enforcement, whose investigation was aided by the fact that the package contained the phone number of one of Sands’ associates.

Working with the FBI, FedEx workers called that individual and asked him to come pick up the package on April 10, 1989. Sands followed in a car behind him, suspicious of the circumstances but still wanting to acquire the drugs.

“I drove down the road a bit and came back around, and the FBI had him on the ground in front of the FedEx place,” said Sands. “I left town, got drunk and then called my lawyer, who said, ‘Greg, this is bad. You’ve got to turn yourself in tomorrow morning.’”

'Large-scale' drug operation

The drug bust made regional headlines that summer, when Sands and two other defendants pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute 6 ounces (170 grams) of cocaine with an estimated street value of $75,000.

“We disrupted a large-scale operation,” then-U.S. Attorney Philip Hogen told reporters. “We believe this was not the only incident.”’

Sands was placed in pretrial detention at the Glory House in Sioux Falls but was caught drinking at a jobsite. It was part of an attitude that found him “blaming everyone else for my problems, which is what addicts do,” he said.

Johnson, a Glory House counselor at the time, said Sands’ actions made it clear that he was not ready to accept responsibility and receive treatment for his alcohol and drug abuse.

“When the federal government says you’re in pretrial, you probably need to mind your Ps and Qs at that point,” said Johnson. “Greg was led out of the facility in shackles, and then I didn’t hear from him for quite a while.”

Prison term 'buckled my knees'

After pleading guilty, Sands and his lawyer expected him to get somewhere between 37 and 46 months, based on sentencing guidelines.

At the September 1989 sentencing hearing in Aberdeen, U.S. District Judge Richard Battie characterized Sands as the “organizer” of the drug ring and observed a lack of remorse. There was also concern over Sands’ failure to reveal the identity of his supplier or the number of previous drug shipments.

When Battie asked him prior to sentencing how many times he brought cocaine into South Dakota, Sands replied, “I can’t answer that.”

“Do you wish not to answer, or do you know how many times?” asked the judge.

“I know how many,” said Sands.

“And you wish not to answer. Was it more than once?”

“Yes, sir.”

Moments later, Battie handed down the sentence of 10 years in a federal correctional facility, plus five years of supervised release. Sands felt the world collapsing beneath him.

“It buckled my knees,” he said. “When you hear that, it feels like you’re going to prison for the rest of your life.”

Appeal leads to shorter sentence

By the time U.S. marshals took Sands to the airport a few months later to fly Con Air to federal prison, the Upper Midwest winter had arrived.

“We had on our bus clothes – khaki T-shirt and thin sweatpants, a pair of socks and slippers,” he said. “They take you in a van to the tarmac and there are officers there to search you out in the cold. They give you a bologna sandwich and a piece of fruit and stale potato chips and you’re chained up as they fly all over the country, dropping off and picking up inmates.”

That night was Sands’ memorable encounter at the Oklahoma prison, where inmates were processed for their destination. He served most of his time at Fort Worth and Texarkana facilities in Texas, making connections and continuing to smoke pot while surviving on commissary funds sent from his mother.

His lawyer filed an appeal that was ultimately successful. The Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled in July 1990 that the district judge erred in denying a reduced sentence based on Sands accepting responsibility for his crimes.

His prison stay was reduced to 24 months, which Sands realized was not a lifetime after all. He began making plans to “get off paper” by satisfying his probation and beginning the process of putting his life back together.

Committed to making a change

Part of that meant writing a letter to Johnson at the Glory House, apologizing for his behavior and asking to be accepted as a halfway house resident upon his release from prison. It was either that or the Brown County Jail in Aberdeen.

The answer was not what he expected.

“I told him no,” recalled Johnson. “I think that surprised him because he was accustomed to using his charisma to get his way and manipulate people, which is not uncommon for addicts. We had a good relationship, but I told him, ‘I’m not sure if I want you back or not. What are you going to do to make changes?’”

As his release date approached, Sands was no longer using drugs and experienced more clarity about his circumstances. He acknowledged that his arrest and incarceration were the result of his own addictive behavior.

“For a while I had blamed the guy in L.A., you know, like I was a victim and he was an idiot,” Sands said. “And then I had an epiphany that my life was screwed up because I was an adult involved in a criminal conspiracy, and I had an addiction that I needed to get my arms around.”

He expressed some of those sentiments in a second letter to Johnson, and this time he got the response that he desired.

“I pretty much knew I was going to take him back,” said Johnson, who retired as Glory House president in 2021. “But I wanted him to really think about it and process it because I wanted him to make a commitment internally that it was time to make a change.”

When his prison release came and he was shuttled to the airport for his flight to South Dakota, Sands headed straight to the airport bar and wrestled with his conscience for a few moments before ordering a Diet Coke.

Love blossoms at AA meetings

It was a few months later in 1991 that Pam Blomstrom first encountered her future husband at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting.

Pam, who grew up in Hot Springs and started drinking at age 14, moved to Sioux Falls in 1989 after seven years in the Army, an experience that fueled her alcoholism.

“It was like birds of a feather,” she said of her military stint. “You found the ones who liked to drink a lot, and that’s who you hung out with.”

Greg’s first impression of Pam was that he wanted to sleep with her, having recently been released from prison. Her initial observation of him was, “Who’s that dude with a mullet and his pants pulled up too high?’”

For a while, they shared flashes of eye contact at meetings. Both were still drinking occasionally, and after moving into his own apartment, Greg went on a bender that started at the Gaslight bar in Sioux Falls and ended at the Jesse James Saloon.

The next day, he met with his AA sponsor at JerMel’s diner at 10th Street and Minnesota Avenue to discuss how to get back on track.

Pam was their waitress. She recognized Greg and bristled when he ordered an “extra thick” milkshake because she was busy with other tables.

“I told him the milkshake machine was broken,” she recalls.

Still, a connection was there. So when Greg called her after leaving the restaurant and asked her on a date, she accepted.

Life on the bright side

They had dinner at Minerva’s restaurant a few nights later, and Pam learned that Greg had been in prison. When he told her it was for drugs, she knew it was serious but was relieved that he hadn’t done something worse.

She liked his straightforward manner and the fact that he was motivated to make something of his life. The drinking episode that led to the meeting with his sponsor turned out to be his last, kicking off more than three decades of sobriety.

After years of dependency and despair, there was appeal in finding the bright side.

Part of that meant Pam getting sober herself, but progress was slow. She was still sneaking around and closet drinking eight months into their relationship, even after they moved in together. Her deceit made her feel more deflated.

When Pam got a hairstyling job at Cost Cutters, Greg began insisting that she take it seriously and show up without fail. Slowly she emerged from her funk and began to appreciate the domestic routine that they built together, a manifestation of love.

“Things were getting better,” said Pam. “I saw the other side. It was something I wanted.”

'We made a great team'

Greg began sharing his addiction and prison experience with others, one of the goals he set while still behind bars.

He helped form a Narcotics Anonymous chapter in Sioux Falls that started with a handful of members with sporadic sessions and grew into a thriving fellowship that now offers meetings every day.

Though Phyllis Sands never got to see her son as a business owner, she did experience Greg's sobriety before she died in September 1993. One of her final entreaties was that he should marry Pam, a request that he took to heart.

They tied the knot in 1995 in Las Vegas, staying at the Tropicana and sharing visions of their future. Greg had gone from folding newspapers at the Shopping News to getting back into drywall, splitting jobs 50-50 with a partner who was content to keep it that way.

Greg had bigger ideas. He started working out of his 1973 GMC truck but envisioned a day when he would have a crew of five workers with “Sands Drywall” on their uniforms. Pam helped him see it as possible.

“We were tired of our lives sucking, and we made a great team,” said Greg. “Things started to move pretty fast.”

Pavilion job sparks momentum

A major breakthrough came when contractor Gerald Johnson hired Sands to handle taping and drywall finishing on the $32 million Washington Pavilion renovation project in downtown Sioux Falls.

“I walked out of there with 20 good tapers,” said Sands, referring to the process of bonding drywall panels with a smooth surface at the seams. “I went around to all the drywallers in town and said, ‘I’ll come in with my guys and I’ll do a whole floor in a week, instead of your three guys taking six weeks.' Jobs started adding up."

One of his first full-time employees was Terry Curl, who started in 1998 and thought he had blown his chance when he was pulled over in a company truck and arrested for speeding and marijuana possession.

“They pulled me over and patted us down, and I had 2 ounces of pot and alcohol in the truck,” recalled Curl. “They put everything on the hood when they arrested us, so everyone driving by on Cliff Avenue saw Sands Drywall on the truck.”

Sands not only retained Curl but made sure he had a jobsite to go to for work release as part of his sentence. Last year, Curl celebrated his 25th year with the company, calling Sands a father figure who helped him get sober.

“When it came to drugs and alcohol, I had walked the walk," said Sands. "I knew it was a disease, not a moral deficiency. So I treated it as such, and guys would get a second or third chance, as long as they weren’t at risk of hurting themselves or a co-worker, or losing us a customer. And they had to show up in the morning.”

Looking ahead to the next job

Showing up with a capable crew became a calling card for the company. It was noticed by Sioux Falls general contractor Craig Lloyd, who was in the process of turning Lloyd Companies into a regional powerhouse in real estate development.

First Sands had to prove himself to Al Stone, Lloyd’s construction manager, who hired him for a restaurant project in 2001 and was considering him for other jobs.

“I’d see this guy Greg Sands in my office park every two days, and Al was always beating him up about price,” recalled Lloyd. “One day I poked my head in and said, ‘Al, you've been beating up on this guy long enough. Just give him the job.’ It’s tough dealing with subcontractors, but Greg would show up on time, give us a fair price, and he would work ungodly hours to meet projections.”

The relationship with Lloyd Companies led to Sands Drywall working on the CNA Surety building and Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Sioux Falls; the Pentagon and other projects at the Sanford Sports Complex; and the Grand Falls Casino near Larchwood, Iowa.

By the time Ryan Rademacher came from Minnesota to interview with Greg in 2004 as an estimator, the company had settled into its industrial park location in Tea. In the works was the company’s steel stud and framing division, which would alleviate supply chain problems and allow Sands to expand his vision.

“We talked about the job, and my kids were young at the time,” said Rademacher. “It meant moving our family, so I said, ‘I’ll need to go home and talk to my wife about it.’ This was on a Friday, and Greg said, ‘OK, I’ll give you until Monday.’ He knew what he wanted.”

More than two decades later, Rademacher serves as president on a leadership team that includes president of operations Jared Swenson, carrying out the tradition of always looking for the next opportunity.

“This business grew because of relationships that Greg developed and nurtured over the years,” said Rademacher. “His philosophy early on was that he was always looking for the next job. It was basically, ‘Thank you for this one, but what do I need to do to get the next one?’”

Presidential pardon comes through

While Sands had made amends for his past, the felony conviction prevented him from voting or owning a firearm for hunting. It also complicated security clearances, keeping him from entering federal prisons to speak with inmates about his experiences.

So in the late stages of Clinton's final White House term in 2000, Sands applied for a presidential pardon through his probation office.

“I filled out the forms and sent them in and we waited,” said Sands. “Six weeks before the end of (Clinton's) term, I ran into a probation officer at a coffee shop and said, ‘Could you check on my pardon?’ She checked with the Board of Pardons and they said it wasn't there, so we figured it was going to be denied.”

Pam was working in the Sands Drywall office on Jan. 23, 2001, when a call arrived for Greg. It was an Associated Press reporter seeking comment on the fact that Sands was one of 140 people who had received pardons from Clinton as the president left the White House.

“Every day is a blessing," Sands told the media that day. "I'm a responsible, productive member of society, and that means something."

Taking giving to new level

For Sands, receiving the government's ultimate form of forgiveness brought clarity to his mission. It made him more determined to help others.

He and Pam established a foundation that played a major role in creating the Sands Freedom Center, a residential treatment facility at the Glory House for women just released from prison.

They teamed with regional health systems Sanford Health, Avera Health and the Mayo Clinic to promote addiction treatment while also helping to open the Link, a mental health triage center in Sioux Falls.

Greg and Pam also teamed with Feeding South Dakota to start a tradition of handing out Thanksgiving meals for families in need, with 3,000 turkey meals distributed each year in Sioux Falls and Rapid City.

These efforts were just as instrumental as Sands' business achievements in getting him inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in October of 2024, where he talked about the power of second chances.

While her husband is not sheepish about making such accomplishments known, Pam is equally open about bringing him back to earth.

One day driving around town, Greg felt compelled to say, "This side of the car is for people that got a presidential pardon."

"This side," Pam responded, "is for people that didn't need one."

Success and responsibility

The day before the company Christmas party in December, Sands spent time at the newly opened Steel District development on the banks of the Big Sioux River in downtown Sioux Falls.

His company had a stake in the project at the urging of Lloyd, whose company bought the land and spearheaded the effort, part of an overhaul of the downtown riverway stretching to Falls Park.

Sands and Lloyd reminisced before having lunch at the complex, which includes a hotel, residential lofts, restaurants and office space.

They marveled at the growth of the city and their own fortunes, with Sands going from working out of his pickup truck to partnering on some of the city’s most high-dollar deals.

“Some businesses don’t grow with scale,” said Lloyd. “Greg got into steel studs and production and finding a better way to do things, and that helped catapult us into what we do today, which are pretty large projects. This (Steel District) development is about $250 million. I didn’t know there was that much money in the world when I started.”

With success, said Lloyd, comes an elevated sense of community responsibility. His example inspired Sands to lock philanthropy into his company's employee ownership deal, requiring from 2.5% to 5% of profits each year be donated to nonprofits helping with addiction, mental health and hunger.

"It's in our company's DNA," said Sands. "Until the end of time."

Lloyd recalled in 2005 when he and his wife met Greg and Pam to pitch them on sponsoring a Christmas lights display at Yankton Trail Park to benefit the Heartland House, a program to assist homeless families and children.

“We’re in their living room talking and showing them the different displays,” said Lloyd. “And then we start talking about the Heartland House and the homeless people and how much of a need there is, and I look up and Greg and Pam are crying. I was like, ‘Oh, no, what did I say?’ And they said, “No, it’s just that we wish you guys had been here five or 10 years ago."

The clock is ticking, after all. There are only so many days to atone for past mistakes and deliver on promises made when the darkness arrived, allowing for a sliver of light.

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Public Notices published January 30, 2025

Carrie Moritz
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Public Notices published January 30, 2025
  • Minutes of the Minnehaha County Commissioners for Jan. 21, 2025
  • Minutes of the Garretson School Board Special Meeting for Jan. 21, 2025
  • NOTICE OF HEARING
  • Annual Salary Rates for full-time Minnehaha County Employees and Commissioners for 2025
  • HOURLY SALARY RATES FOR VARIABLE HOUR/SEASONAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR 2025

Minutes of the Minnehaha County Commissioners for Jan. 21, 2025

THE MINNEHAHA COUNTY COMMISSION CONVENED AT 9:00 AM on January 21, 2025, pursuant to adjournment on January 7, 2025. COMMISSIONERS PRESENT WERE: Beninga, Bleyenberg, Heisey, Karsky, and Kippley. Also present were Kym Christiansen, Commission Recorder, and Eric Bogue, Chief Civil Deputy State's Attorney.
    Chair Karsky called the meeting to order.

MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Kippley, to Approve the Agenda. 5 ayes

CONSENT AGENDA

MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Heisey, to Approve the Consent Agenda. By roll call vote: 4 ayes with Commissioner Beninga abstaining. The consent agenda includes the following items:

Commission Meeting Minutes for January 7, 2025

Bills to be Paid $7,594,886.66

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Auxiliary Services $416.55, LEWIS DRUG #01 Postage $38.94, LEWIS DRUGS INC Pharmacies $349.61, LEWIS DRUGS INC Postage $22.75, LEWIS, DYLAN Program Activities $300, LEXIPOL LLC Education & Training $3227.96, LIGHT AND SIREN Automotive/Small Equipment $2439.3, LIGHT AND SIREN Parts Inventory $971.04, LIND ELECTRONICS LLC Data Processing Equipment $92.66, LIPP, DELORES Business Travel $51.59, LITTLE CAESARS 3469- Supplemental Food $370.47, LOPEZ, VANIA MacArthur SJC Grant $100, LOPEZPETERSON, OSCAR MacArthur SJC Grant $100, LOVING, PHILIP Bd Evaluations (Minnehaha) $3125.89, LURKEN, BILLY Program Activities $150, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SVCS Evening Report Center $2054.29, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SVCS Interpreters $263.75, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SVCS MacArthur SJC Grant $600, LUTHERAN SOCIAL SVCS Shelter Care/Reception Center $76443.57, LYNN, JACKSON, SHULT Attorney Fees $3956, LYNN, JACKSON, SHULT Child Defense Attorney $1114, MAC'S HARDWARE Jail Repairs & Maintenance $18.06, MAC'S SIOUX FALLS, S Sign Supply Inventory $23.66, MADISON COUNTY Return Of Service $29.9, MAILCHIMP Advertising $60, MAJESTIC RIDGE LIMIT Welfare Rent $678, MALLOY ELECTRIC Heat, Vent & AC Repairs $32.6, MALLOY ELECTRIC HHS Maintenance $4839.01, MALLOY ELECTRIC Jail Repairs & Maintenance $2691.64, MALLOY ELECTRIC Small Tools & Shop Supplies $96.92, MANATRON INC Software $80331.22, MARION COMMUNITY MHP Welfare Rent $1605.35, MARSH & MCLENNAN LLC Memberships $50, MCLEODS PRINTING & O Printing/Forms $5196, MEIERHENRY SARGENT L Child Defense Attorney $1322.5, MENARD INC Jail Repairs & Maintenance $325.05, MENARD INC Program Activities $436.8, MENARD INC Rural Libraries $173.12, MENARD INC Small Tools & Shop Supplies $119.92, MENARD INC Tea-Ellis Range $108.98, MENDEZ, LINCY SMITH MacArthur SJC Grant $100, MICHAELS #9490 Other Supplies $40.54, MICHELS PROPERTIES Welfare Rent $400, MICROFILM IMAGING SY Lease-Rental Agreement $645, MICROFILM IMAGING SY Software $200, MIDAMERICAN ENERGY C Natural Gas $7096.62, MIDCONTINENT COMMUNI Subscriptions $638.92, MIDLAND INC Heat, Vent & AC Repairs $583.6, MIDLAND INC Hwy Shop Repairs & Maintenance $167.55, MIDLAND INC Jail Repairs & Maintenance $525.26, MIDLAND INC JDC Maintenance $105.79, MIDSTATES ORGANIZED Memberships $250, MIDSTATES UNIFORM & Miscellaneous Expense $1158.4, MIDSTATES UNIFORM & Office Supplies $583.7, MIDWEST OIL COMPANY Parts Inventory $1099.55, MIDWEST OIL COMPANY Truck Repairs & Maintenance $126.02, MIDWESTERN MECHANICA Coliseum $125, MIDWESTERN MECHANICA Contract Services $1140, MIDWESTERN MECHANICA HHS Maintenance $265, MIDWESTERN MECHANICA Jail Repairs & Maintenance $790, MIDWESTERN MECHANICA JDC Maintenance $145, MIKE PETERSON Uniform Allowance $175, MINNEHAHA CNTY TREAS Miscellaneous Expense $16.5, MINNEHAHA COUNTY Gas Oil & Diesel $87.46, MINNEHAHA COUNTY Investigators Expenses $18.79, MINUTEMAN PRESS Office Supplies $70, MINUTEMAN PRESS Printing/Forms $2690.6, MRG HAUFF LLC Uniform Allowance $841.25, NAPA AUTO PARTS Automotive/Small Equipment $20.34, NATIONAL 4-H COUNCIL Other Supplies $47.7, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Memberships $268.2, NATIONAL SHERIFFS AS Education & Training $645, NEW CENTURY PRESS Publishing Fees $3121.56, NGUYEN, QUANG Hwy Shop Repairs & Maintenance $198.98, NOVAK Miscellaneous Expense $1113, NOVAK Office Supplies $1158.52, NOVAK Tea-Ellis Range $90, NOVAK Trash Removal $1049.95, NYBERGS ACE HARDWARE Jail Repairs & Maintenance $187.41, NYBERGS ACE HARDWARE Office Supplies $70.28, NYBERGS ACE HARDWARE Other Supplies $40.42, O'LEARY LAW OFFICE Attorney Fees $202, OFFICE DEPOT INC Data Processing Supplies $101.3, OFFICE DEPOT INC Office Supplies $485.31, OFFICE DEPOT INC Publishing Fees $58.25, OLIVIER MILES HOLTZ Attorney Fees $7561.85, OLSON LAW FIRM PLLC Attorney Fees $3356.22, OLSON OIL CO. Automotive/Small Equipment $32.18, ONONDAGA COUNTY SHER Return Of Service $21.45, OTTERPOHL, EMMA Business Travel $276.14, PARAGON HEALTH & WEL Blood Withdrawal $7200, PASQUE MEADOWS APART Welfare Rent $328, PEARL DOOR, LLC Welfare Rent $1000, PECHOUS, COREY Uniform Allowance $120, PEGASUS OF SD Welfare Rent $2400, PENBROOKE PLACE APAR Welfare Rent $900, PENNINGTON COUNTY Extradition & Evidence $4164.61, PHARMCHEM INC Testing Supplies $127.8, PIONEER ENTERPRISES Burials $11000, PIPELINE CONFERENCE Education & Training $160, PRICE, THOMAS L Psych Evals $4800, PRIDE NEON, INC Automotive/Small Equipment $195, PRIDE NEON, INC Small Tools & Shop Supplies $150, QDOBA 2874 Miscellaneous Expense $252, QUALIFIED PRESORT SE Postage $10146.41, QUALIFIED PRESORT SE Publishing Fees $639.27, QUALSETH, RYAN Investigators Expenses $44.89, R&L SUPPLY LTD Building Repairs & Maintenance $23.07, R&L SUPPLY LTD Heat, Vent & AC Repairs $14.12, R&L SUPPLY LTD HHS Maintenance $115.35, R&L SUPPLY LTD Hwy Shop Repairs & Maintenance $190.08, R&L SUPPLY LTD Jail Repairs & Maintenance $1857.2, R&L SUPPLY LTD Plumbing & Welding $131.26, RANEY'S LLC Truck Repairs & Maintenance $392.62, RANGER JOES Other Supplies $20.95, RDO CONSTRUCTION EQU Heavy Equip Repairs & Maint $456.46, RENTOKIL NORTH AMERI Contract Services $622.43, RESOLUTE LAW FIRM IN Attorney Fees $2291.35, REYNOLDS LAW LLC Child Defense Attorney $7113.2, RISK ANALYSIS & MANA Insurance Admin Fee $2938, RISTY, MAXINE J Court Reporters $2890, RJ RIES VALLET DRY C Office Supplies $39.49, ROEMEN'S AUTOMOTIVE Automotive/Small Equipment $26.25, ROTOROOTER Outside Repair $377.01, RUNNING SUPPLY INC Jail Repairs & Maintenance $345.87, RUNNING SUPPLY INC Plumbing & Welding $345.87, SAMO PROPERTIES LLC Welfare Rent $500, SANFORD Lab Costs $123, SANFORD CLINIC Insurance-Other Costs $348, SANFORD CLINIC Lab Costs $992, SANFORD CLINIC Professional Services $1361, SANFORD HEALTH PLAN Insurance Admin Fee $3825, SCHAEFER, WILLIAM M Bd Exp Fees (Yankton) $15, SCHEELS ALL SPORTS Other Supplies $149, SCHEELS ALL SPORTS Uniform Allowance $198, SCHILTZ, ANN C Bd Exp Fees (Minnehaha) $16, SCHNEIDER GEOSPATIAL Software $23148, SCILAWFORENSICS LTD Professional Services $2100, SD ASSOC OF COUNTY O Due To Other Governments $4078, SD PROPERTY MANAGEME Bldg/Yard Repair & Maintenance $-193.84, SD PUBLIC ASSURANCE Comprehensive Gen Liability $236968.7, SD PUBLIC ASSURANCE Vehicle Insurance $307.02, SD SHERIFFS ASSOC Memberships $6416.42, SD SYMPHONY ORCHESTR Program Activities $800, SDN COMMUNICATIONS Data Communications $540, SDN COMMUNICATIONS Telephone $2773.12, SENTRY SECURITY FAST Jail Repairs & Maintenance $1842.91, SESAC Program Activities $276, SGA Donations $87.5, SHELL OIL 2911361710 Gas Oil & Diesel $55.06, SHELL OIL10015518011 Safety Committee $65.26, SHERWIN WILLIAMS Building Repairs & Maintenance $1183.64, SHERWIN WILLIAMS HHS Maintenance $38.54, SHERWIN WILLIAMS JDC Maintenance $19.27, SHORT ELLIOTT HENDRI Architects & Engineers $1794.76, SHOWDOWN DISPLAYS Program Activities $337.49, SIOUX EMPIRE MOTORSP Gas Oil & Diesel $284.85, SIOUX FALLS AREA HUM Miscellaneous Expense $5147.27, SIOUX FALLS CITY Clinics - Auxiliary Services $360, SIOUX FALLS CITY Contracted Homeless Coordinatr $23319.43, SIOUX FALLS CITY Gas Oil & Diesel $13832.75, SIOUX FALLS CITY HIDTA Grant $48.53, SIOUX FALLS CITY Miscellaneous Expense $65326.92, SIOUX FALLS CITY Professional Services $66.16, SIOUX FALLS CITY Program Activities $35, SIOUX FALLS CITY Water - Sewer $1033.06, SIOUX FALLS CITY Welfare Utilities $333.15, SIOUX FALLS FORD INC Automotive/Small Equipment $1319.26, SIOUX FALLS FORD INC Gas Oil & Diesel $65.49, SIOUX METRO GROWTH A Miscellaneous Expense $10500, SIOUX VALLEY ENERGY Electricity $457.55, SISSON PRINTING INC Printing/Forms $961.5, SOUTH DAKOTA BUILDIN Memberships $50, SOUTH DAKOTA MULTI-H Memberships $275, SOUTH DAKOTA PLANNER Memberships $100, SOUTHEASTERN BEHAVIO Crisis Intervention Program $4473.68, SOUTHEASTERN BEHAVIO Professional Services $3181.25, SP BORN PRIMITIVE Other Supplies $233.75, SPLIT ROCK APARTMENT Welfare Rent $700, SQ *JIM & RON'S SERV Professional Services $85, ST FRANCIS HOUSE Motels $1020, STATE OF NEBRASKA Program Activities $2115, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Amts Held-Daily Scram $7131, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Amts Held-Remote Breath $1761, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Architects & Engineers $11413.95, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Archive/Preservation Supplies $778.72, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Blood/Chemical Analysis $8080, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Commitment - HSC $11361.99, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Commitment - Redfield $900, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Data Communications $200, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Due To Other Governments $3497455.15, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Extension Background Checks $90, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Fingerprint/Tax $314.96, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Inmate Supplies $2088, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Jury Fees $121.98, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Memberships $1425, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Misc Revenue $45.25, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Miscellaneous Expense $170, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Mug Shots $0.93, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Notary Exp $30, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Outside Repair $5.25, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Printing/Forms $437.85, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Professional Services $259.5, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Program Activities $550, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Property Search Fees $297.74, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT SCRAM $936, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Sign Supply Inventory $86.4, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Store Sales $165.5, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Telephone $792.45, STATE OF SOUTH DAKOT Witness Fees/Expenses $800, STREICHERS INC Uniform Allowance $847.97, SUMMIT FIRE PROTECTI Tea-Ellis Range $159, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE Board Of Prisoners-Meals $32429.98, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE Child Care Food $2428.06, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE Inmate Supplies $419.39, SUMMIT FOOD SERVICE School Lunch Program $5294.96, SURE TEST Professional Services $1043.6, SURF TAXI Transportation $32.4, SYMPLICITY CORP Miscellaneous Expense $350, TACO JOHNS 9484 Extradition & Evidence $8.78, TAMMEN AUTO & TIRE I Automotive/Small Equipment $42.84, TAMMEN AUTO & TIRE I Gas Oil & Diesel $100.62, TAYLORS 05 Gas Oil & Diesel $28.37, TCN INC Telephone $49.04, TECHNOLOGY HEIGHTS Welfare Rent $767, TECHO LLC Welfare Rent $1000, TEGRA GROUP INC Architect, Engineers, and PMgt $12776.1, THE HOME DEPOT 4301 Small Tools & Shop Supplies $496, THE UPS STORE 2125 Jail Repairs & Maintenance $37.69, THE UPS STORE 2125 Postage $36.32, THEBOOKPC.COM, INC. Data Processing Equipment $340.76, THOMSON REUTERS - WE Amounts Held For Others $829, THOMSON REUTERS - WE Legal Research $4252.52, THOMSON REUTERS - WE Subscriptions $314.04, THRIVE COUNSELING Recruitment $1575, TIRES TIRES TIRES Automotive/Small Equipment $65.42, TOMACELLI'S TOO Jury Fees $305.69, TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC Lease Interest $153.68, TOWNSQUARE MEDIA INC Lease Principal $346.32, TRANE Fairgrounds $9.98, TRANSOURCE TRUCK & E Truck Repairs & Maintenance $1286.77, TRANSUNION RISK & AL Investigators Expenses $76.4, TRANSWEST TRUCK OF Automotive/Small Equipment $21.26, TRI-STATE NURSING Professional Services $9127.25, TRIPLE R INDUSTRIES Welfare Rent $1240, TRISTATE GARAGE DOOR Outside Repair $190.25, TSCHETTER & ADAMS LA Attorney Fees $5283.87, TURNWELL MENTAL HEAL Professional Services $2459, TYLER BUSINESS FORMS Printing/Forms $420.75, TZADIK SIOUX FALLS I Welfare Rent $1026.91, U OF M CONTLEARNING Education & Training $75, ULTEIG ENGINEERS INC Architects & Engineers $4128.25, UPSTATE WHOLESALE SU Safety & Rescue Equipment $152, US BANK-CORPORATE TR Trust-Administration Fees $5350, US FOODS INC Other Supplies $197.93, US FOODS INC Professional Services $2614.03, US POSTAL SERVICE Office Supplies $73, US POSTAL SERVICE Postage $1247.76, VALHALLA PAINTING LL Outside Repair $11650, VANDERRIGHT LLC Welfare Rent $898, VER BEEK, KELSEY Attorney Fees $1177.6, VER BEEK, KELSEY Child Defense Attorney $5767.27, VERIZON CONNECT FLEE Professional Services $287.1, VERIZON WIRELESS Administrative Charges $23.49, VERIZON WIRELESS Data Processing Equipment $1377.22, VERIZON WIRELESS HIDTA Grant $85.48, VERIZON WIRELESS Tea-Ellis Range $40.01, VERIZON WIRELESS Telephone $5784.53, VERN EIDE MOTORCARS HIDTA Grant $1200, VITAL RECORDS Records Storage $4079.52, VOGEL MOTORS LLC Automotive/Small Equipment $39, VOGEL MOTORS LLC Gas Oil & Diesel $114, WALGREENS Safe Home Donations $59.45, WALMART STORES INC Building Repairs & Maintenance $7.94, WALMART STORES INC Child Care Items $424.39, WALMART STORES INC Clinics - Auxiliary Services $171.12, WALMART STORES INC Donations $3480.54, WALMART STORES INC Homeless Initiatives $590.86, WALMART STORES INC Office Supplies $207.07, WALMART STORES INC Other Supplies $25.78, WALMART STORES INC Pharmacies $49.11, WALMART STORES INC Program Activities $83.04, WALMART STORES INC School Lunch Program $165.78, WALMART STORES INC Supplemental Food $123.67, WALTON, MARCUS Attorney Fees $1046.5, WALTON, MARCUS Child Defense Attorney $701.5, WASTE MANAGEMENT OF Trash Removal $4176.23, WEERHEIM LAW OFFICE Bd Exp Fees (Minnehaha) $5945.5, WEERHEIM LAW OFFICE Crisis Intervention Program $103.5, WEST BRIAR COMMONS I Welfare Rent $1000, WEST POINTE LIMITED Welfare Rent $2000, WESTERN DETENTION Jail Repairs & Maintenance $1078.5, WHITNEY Welfare Rent $3600, WINNER POLICE DEPART Extradition & Evidence $307.85, WIRELESS WORLD-WEST Miscellaneous Expense $577.23, WOOD, DAVID AND VICK Program Activities $200, XCEL ENERGY Electricity $6005.46, XCEL ENERGY Road Maint & Material $17.69, XCEL ENERGY INC Welfare Utilities $1500, YANKTON COUNTY Return Of Service $250, YMCA Welfare Rent $700, ZIMRIDE, INC. Business Travel $78.66, ZORO TOOLS INC Automotive/Small Equipment $31.94, ZORO TOOLS INC Jail Repairs & Maintenance $125.7, ZORO TOOLS INC Truck Repairs & Maintenance $18.05. 

The following reports were received and placed on file in the Auditor's Office:   

Mobile Crisis Team Statistics for December 2024   

Corrected Coroner Report for November 2024   

Register of Deeds Statement of Revenue Report for December 2024  

Auditor's Account with the County Treasurer for December 2024   

Coroner Report December 2024 Highway Monthly Construction Updates for January 2025

Routine Personnel Actions

New Hires

1. Opal Harkins, Deputy State's Attorney for the State's Attorney's Office, at $3,596.80/biweekly (22/2) effective 01/21/2025.

2. Tara Palmiotto, Senior Deputy State's Attorney for the State's Attorney's Office, at $4,954.40/biweekly (22/14) effective 01/21/2025.

Promotions:

1. Tristian White, from variable hour Juvenile Correctional Worker to Juvenile Correctional Officer I for the Juvenile Detention Center, at $24.85/hour (13/1) effective 01/18/2025.

2. Holly Even, from Tax and License Technician to Senior Accounting Technician for the Treasurer's Office at $24.85/hour (12/2) effective 01/18/2025.

Step Increases

1. Darion Gonsor, Appraiser for Equalization, at $35.98/hour (15/10) effective 01/13/2025.

2. Duane King, Appraiser for Equalization, at $38.76/hour (15/13) effective 01/06/2025.

3. Christopher Lilla, Director of Equalization for Equalization, at $4,954.40/biweekly (24/6) effective 01/07/2025.

4. Shannon Ulmer, Appraiser for Equalization, at $30.26/hour (15/3) effective 01/21/2025.

5. Sara Zishka, Appraiser for Equalization, at $31.04/hour (15/4) effective 01/21/2025.

6. Jenna Girard, Project Engineer for the Highway, at $3,258.40/biweekly (21/2) effective 01/20/2025.

7. Scott McGaha, Highway Maintenance Team Member for the Highway, at $27.44/hour (12/5) effective 01/29/2025.

8. Trayden Lemons, Correctional Officer for the Jail, at $27.44/hour (14/2) effective 01/08/2025.

9. Nicholas Rebnord, Corporal for the Jail, at $35.98/hour (17/6) effective 01/13/2025.

10. Daniel Stewart, Correctional ‌Officer for the Jail, at $27.44/hour (14/2) effective 01/08/2025.

11. Traci Smith, Public Defender for the Public Defender's Officer, at $7,357.60/biweekly (26/14) effective 12/27/2024.

12. Daniel Christiansen, Deputy Sheriff for the Sheriff's Office, at $41.73/hour (17/12) effective 12/27/2024.

13. Cory Hartley, Sergeant for the Sheriff's Office, at $41.73/hour (20/6) effective 12/26/2024.

14. Dylan Westerbur, Deputy Sheriff for ‌the Sheriff's Office, at $35.11/hour (17/5) effective 12/30/2024.

15. Nicole Young, Legal Office Assistant for the State's Attorney's Office, at $23.64/hour ‌(10/3) effective 01/02/2025.

16. Amy Folsom, ‌Senior Deputy State's Attorney for the State's Attorney's Office, at $4,380.00/biweekly (22/9) effective 01/06/2025.

17. Lyndee Kamrath, Senior Deputy State's Attorney for the State's Attorney's Office, at ‌$4,601.60/biweekly (22/11) effective 01/06/2025.

18. Brianna Palomaki, Senior Deputy State's Attorney for the State's Attorney's Office, at ‌$4,068.00/biweekly (22/6) effective 01/04/2025.

Variable Hour Pay Increase

To increase the hourly rate of pay effective 12/21/2024, for the following individuals in variable hour positions:

1. Reagan Richardson, ‌Administrative Secretary for Facilities, to $20.75/hour.

Other Salary Changes

1. ‌To approve unpaid leave beginning on January 13, 2025, for Awor Arop, Paralegal for the State's Attorney's Office. 

Special Personnel Actions

1. To promote Amy ‌Folsom to Chief Criminal Deputy State's Attorney in the State's Attorney's Office at $6,038.40/biweekly (25/10) effective January 21, 2025. 

Abatement Recommended for Approval by the Director of Equalization
Parcel-29780, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $1,419.73
Parcel-29776, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $1,487.13
Parcel-40083, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $1,950.87
Parcel-28027. Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $433.10
Parcel-29774, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $669.59
Parcel-29803, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $836.82
Parcel-29799, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $404.58
Parcel-29778, Sioux Falls School District, 2024 Property Taxes, $568.58
Parcel-15366, South Eastern Development, 2024 Property Taxes, $908.86
Parcel-97617, South Eastern Development, 2024 Property Taxes, $804.67
Parcel-97618, South Eastern Development, 2024 Property Taxes, $266.53
Parcel-44846, Steven Reed, 2024 Property Taxes, $140.50
Parcel-95624, Adam & Heather Buss, 2024 Property Taxes, $520.55
Parcel-87530, Jerry & Barb Van Vliet, 2023 Property Taxes, $2,465.60
Parcel-87530, Jerry & Barb Van Vliet, 2024 Property Taxes, $2,437.88
Parcel-93211, Renee Eliason, 2023 Property Taxes, $6,097.26
Parcel-93211, Renee Eliason, ‌ 2024 Property Taxes, $5,733.58
Parcel-93782, Joshua ‌& Carina Floyd, 2024 Property Taxes, $2,593.60
Parcel-46475, Eric Krumm, 2024 Property Taxes, $635.44
Parcel-63874, Calvary Chapel Sioux Falls, 2024 Property Taxes, $48,958.96
Parcel-95550, Arvin ‌& Lorelei Schelhaas, 2024 Property ‌Taxes, $1,892.34
Parcel-94122, Jansmick ‌Land Investments LLC, 2024 Property ‌Taxes, $1,827.58
Parcel-96958, Senior Citizens Services, Inc. 2024 Property Taxes, $916.20
   

Notices and Requests   

Joint Public Notice from the US Army Corps of Engineers of a Permit Application Submitted by Westwood Professional Services to Expand an Existing Open Pit Quarry in Sections 14 & 23, Township 101 North, Range 48 West, Minnehaha County

PRESENTATION

Joleen Thompson, Family Visitation Center Executive Director, presented an overview of the services provided by the organization to empower children to maintain healthy relationships with family members through safe supervised visits and exchanges. Since inception, the Family Visitation Center has grown from providing 1,000+ hours of service in 2001 to over 2,100 hours in 2024. Requests from individuals seeking safe supervised visits or exchange services for themselves or an acquaintance are received daily and often multiple times. The growing mental health concerns challenging citizens of this community and being reported in the media are also reflected in the individuals accessing the services of the organization. The increased frequency and severity of these issues present an increased safety risk and the children in these family situations are experiencing undue trauma. In 2024, the Family Visitation Center served over 725 individuals with 341 being children. Approximately 65% of the families are referred through Child Protection Services and 35% come to us through the courts; and 96% of those in 2024 were through the 2nd Judicial Circuit with approximately 91% of all families served reside in Minnehaha County. The presentation went on to highlight the facility used by the organization. Finally, the presentation highlighted how the funding received from the County is used and the costs of the services provided by the Family Visitation Center.

AGREEMENT

Upon the request of Jacob Maras, Interim Highway Superintendent, MOTION by Beninga, seconded by Kippley, to Authorize the Chair to Sign an Agreement between Minnehaha County and IMEG Corp. for Construction Administration for Project MC23-06, Structure 50-180-134 Bridge Replacement with an Amount not to Exceed $88,120.87. By roll call vote: 5 ayes.

SURPLUS DECLARATION

Upon the request of Jacob Maras, Interim Highway Superintendent, MOTION by Beninga, seconded by Bleyenberg, to Declare Highway Department Scrap Iron as Surplus and Authorize Disposal by recycling and Authorize the Deposit the Proceeds in the Highway & Bridge Fund. By roll call vote: 5 ayes.

VETERAN SERVICE OFFICE APPOINTMENT

Lori Montis, Assistant Human Services Director, and Crystal Widdifield, Emergency Relief/VSO Manager, presented a request for recognition of the second Minnehaha County Veteran Service Officer Appointment. The South Dakota Department of Veteran Affairs has approved the appointment of Doug Roderick as a Minnehaha County Veterans Service Officer effective November 2024 through the first Monday in January 2026. In his role, Mr. Roderick will help lead the county's Veterans Service in assisting veterans and their dependents and survivors to apply for state and federal benefits, advocate for Veterans and the issues they face, and represent Minnehaha County Veterans in building awareness of Veteran's benefits. The Minnehaha County Veterans Service Office is located in the Health and Human Services building and office hours are Monday through Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Heisey, to Approve the Recognition of the Appointment of a 2nd Veterans Service Officer for Minnehaha County. 5 ayes.

TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PURCHASE

Upon the request of Monte Watembach, Director of Information Technology, MOTION by Beninga, seconded by Kippley, to Authorize the IT Department to Purchase Computers for 2025 off a Quote from Dell Technologies in Amount of $143,692.94. 5 ayes.

AGREEMENT AMENDMENT

Upon the request of Tom Greco, Commissioner Administrative Officer, MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Kippley, to Authorize the Chair to Sign an Amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding between Minnehaha County and South Dakota State University for 4H Programming. By roll call vote: 5 ayes.

RESOLUTIONS

Upon the request of Tom Greco, Commission Administrative Officer, MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Beninga, to Establish Appointment to the Minnehaha-Lincoln County Board of Mental Illness and the Minnehaha County Review Board for Developmental Disabilities and Approve Resolution MC25-05. 5 ayes.

RESOLUTION MC25-05
ESTABLISH APPOINTMENT TO THE MINNEHAHA-LINCOLN COUNTY BOARD OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND THE REVIEW BOARD FOR DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

WHEREAS, SDCL 27A-7-1 provides that the Minnehaha County Commission appoint two regular lay members and alternates of the Minnehaha-Lincoln County Board of Mental Illness for a term of three years; and 
WHEREAS, SDCL 27B-7-24 provides that the Minnehaha County Commission appoint two regular lay members and alternates of the Minnehaha County Review Board for Developmental Disabilities for a term for a term of three years; and 
WHEREAS, there is one regular lay board member vacancy (Minnehaha County resident) for both the Minnehaha-Lincoln County Board of Mental Illness and the Minnehaha County Review Board for Developmental Disabilities; and
WHEREAS, the Co-Chairman of the Minnehaha-Lincoln County Board of Mental Illness and of the Minnehaha County Review Board for Developmental Disabilities has recommended a qualified candidate for said positions; now
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Minnehaha Board of County Commissioners that:
Sena Dover (Minnehaha County resident) be appointed as a regular lay board member of the Board of Mental Illness and Minnehaha County Review Board for Developmental Disabilities effective immediately.

Approved this 21st day of January, 2025
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION:
Dean Karsky, Chair 
ATTEST:
Kym Christiansen  
Deputy Auditor

Tom Greco, Commission Administrative Officer, presented a request for approval of a resolution appointing Commissioners to the Siouxland Heritage Museum Board and Accessible Housing Advisory Board. Pursuant to agreements with the City of Sioux Falls, both the Museum Board and Accessible Housing Advisory Board include one Minnehaha County Commissioner as a member of each of the Boards. Appointment to the Museum Board is made by the Commissioner and an appointment to the Accessible Housing Advisory Board is made by the Chair with approval of the Commission. The Resolution before the Commission provides for the approval of appointments of Commissioner Heisey to the Siouxland Heritage Museum Board and Commissioner Bleyenberg to the Accessible Housing Board with each appointment being effective immediately. Pursuant to the agreements noted above, the Commissioners will hold the board appointments until a successor is appointed. MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Heisey, to Adopt Resolution MC25-06 Appointing Commissioners to the Museum Board and Accessible Housing Advisory Board. By roll call vote:5 ayes.

RESOLUTION MC25-06
APPOINTING COMMISSIONERS TO THE MUSEUM BOARD AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING ADVISORY BOARD

WHEREAS, the Joint Cooperative Agreement between Minnehaha County and the City of Sioux Falls, dated July 21, 1997, provides for appointment of one County Commissioner by the Board of County Commissioners to the City-County Museum Board; and

WHEREAS, the Joint Powers Agreement for the Creation of and Minnehaha County Involvement with the Accessible Housing Advisory Board, dated May 1, 2020, and amended September 16, 2024, provides for the appointment of a member of the Minnehaha County Commission, to be appointed by the Chair and approved by the Commission, to the Accessible Housing Advisory Board; and

WHEREAS, the Commission has determined that such appointments are necessary; now

THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED by the Minnehaha Board of County Commissioners that:

It approves the following board appointments:

Name   Board   Term

Jen Bleyenberg  Accessible Housing Advisory Board  January 21, 2025 until a successor is appointed  

Cole Heisey   Siouxland Heritage Museum Board   January 21, 2025 until a successor is appointed  

Approved this 21st day of January, 2025

APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION:

Dean Karsky

Chair

ATTEST:

Kym Christiansen

Deputy Auditor

BRIEFING AND HEARING AUTHORIZATION

Scott Anderson, Planning Director, provided a briefing on the 2045 Envision Comprehensive Plan and requested authorization for the Auditor to publish a notice of hearing for the adoption of the 2045 Envision Comprehensive Plan. In August and October of 2024, Planning Staff provided an update regarding the progress of the Comprehensive Plan to the County Commission. The current 2035 plan was adopted on June 16, 2015. After approximately one year of meetings before the Planning Commission to present the updated chapters and 3 months of density task force meetings, the Envision 2045 Plan is complete. It was initially presented to the Planning Commission on September 23, 2024, and after a public hearing, adopted on November 25, 2024. Prior the Planning Commission hearing, three public input meetings were held in Dell Rapids, Brandon, and Hartford, which were well attended. The briefing went on to highlight the online comments received regarding Residential Development in the Rural Area and Allowing Accessary Dwelling Units (ADUs) in the Rural Area. MOTION by Kippley, seconded by Beninga, to Authorize the Auditor to Publish a Hearing Notice for the Adoption of the 2045 Envision Comprehensive Plan on February 18, 2025. 5 ayes.

INTER-FUND TRANSFER

Upon the request of Susan Beaman, Finance & Budget Officer, MOTION by Bleyenberg, seconded by Beninga, to Authorize a Transfer of $110,000 from the Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Abuse Program Fund to the General Fund. By roll call vote: 5 ayes.

RULES OF PROCEDURE REVIEW

Meredith Jarchow, Assistant Commission Administrative Officer, presented a briefing for the annual review of the Commission Rules of Procedures. The Commission adopted the Rules of Procedures in September of 2022, and was most recently revised in August of 2024. Under Section 7.1 of the Rules of Procedures requires the Commission to review the rules every January. At this time, the Commission Office staff have no recommend changes to the Rules of Procedure. Commissioner Heisey has expressed interest in update to Section 5.6 Citizen Participation, item (4) Placing an Item on the Agenda, to allow for one Commissioner to place an item on the agenda instead of the current requirement of having two Commissioners. Discussion was held on the proposed update, but it was the consensus of the Commission not to pursue the update at this time. 

BRIEFING

Meredith Jarchow, Assistant Commission Administrative Officer, provided a briefing on the proposed changes to the power outage response protocol. The protocol become effective on January 1, 2012, and requires a review by the Commission no later than February 1st of each year. The purpose of the policy is "to protect the safety of all persons within the County Administration Building, Annex, Courthouse, Museum, Siouxland Health & Human Services, and Extension facilities in the event of a power outage." As a matter of policy, the procedures contained in the policy are to be implemented "in the case of a power outage due to an external or internal cause". In working with the Sheriff's Office, Facilities, IT, and Human Resources, the Power Outage Response Protocol was rewritten to eliminate outdated language and better reflect the procedure that is followed in the event outage. There is no action requested from the Commission at this meeting but only a discussion on the proposed revisions. A formal request to make the changes will come at a future meeting.

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

Meredith Jarchow, Assistant Commission Administrative Officer, gave a briefing on the 100th Legislative Session which began on January 14th and summarized the legislation that the Commission Office is following. The briefing included information on the following House Bill (HB) 1019, 1043, 1045, 1052, 1059, 1060, 1064, 1065, 1066, and 1067. HB 1019 would eliminate certain property taxes levied on owner-occupied single-family dwellings and increase certain gross receipts tax rates and use tax rates. HB 1043 would require counties and municipalities to provide emergency medical services within their jurisdictions, increase liquidated court costs, and create the emergency medical services fund and make an appropriation therefor. HB 1045 would create a share the road specialty license plate. HB 1052 would prohibit the exercise of eminent domain for a pipeline that carries carbon oxide. HB 1059 would clarify the meaning of teleconference for purpose of open meeting requirements. HB 1060 would revise a provision related to civil commitment following a determination of mental incompetency. HB 1064 would permit the selling of fireworks throughout the year. HB 1065 would repeal the requirement that an adult occupant of a motor vehicle in forward motion must wear a safety belt. HB 1066 would revise residency requirements for the purposes of voter registration. HB 1067 would define the term "must". The briefing went on to highlight the following Senate Bills (SB) 2, 5, 8, 13, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 37, 45, 46, 48, 49, 50, 57, 68, 72, 73, and 74. SB 2 would increase civil penalties for commercial driver violations. SB 5 would permit a sheriff to charge a fee for satisfied or unsatisfied service of process while SB 8 would establish certain criminal offenses for boat operators and to provide penalties therefor. SB 13 would clarify the effective date of a measure initiated or referred within a political subdivision. SB 19 would repeal the expiration date for 911 emergency surcharge increase. SB 20 would require a voter use a pen when marking a ballot and SB 21 would prevent a member of a governing body from assisting in the canvass of the votes for an office for which the member is a candidate. SB 22 would modify provisions pertaining to the submission of a nominating petition. SB 23 would require the secretary of state to publish the numbers pertaining to the collection of signatures on a nominating petition. SB 37 would revise, and repeal provisions related to the 911 emergency surcharge and the 911 Coordination Board. SB 45 would impose a motor vehicle technology fee to support and enhance technology used to administer motor vehicles services, and to make an appropriation therefor. SB 46 would specify the funds into which certain boat fees are deposited. SB 48 would modify provisions pertaining to the registration of voters. SB 49 would prohibit the exercise of the right of eminent domain for the construction of certain facilities. SB 50 would prohibit the use of drones for purposes of assessing real property for taxation, and to provide a penalty therefor. SB 57 would revise presumptive probation. SB 68 would require an individual to be a citizen of the United States before being eligible to vote and to provide a penalty therefor. SB 72 would revise the payor of autopsy costs in certain circumstances. SB 73 would amend the definition of principal residence with regard to driver license to conform to voter registration requirements. SB 74 would require the publication and review of an explanation of the open meeting laws of this state.

COMMISSIONER LIAISON REPORTS

Commissioner Heisey reported on the following ‌departmental liaison assignments: Equalization, Museum, Public Defender, Register of Deeds, and Treasurer along with being the liaison for the Museum Board of Trustees, Public Defender Advisory Board, South Dakota Association of County Commissioners Executive Board (Alternate), Urbanized Development Committee Member, Abandoned Cemeteries, Inter-Lake Community Action Partnership, and Minnehaha County Conservation District.

Commissioner Karsky reported on a meeting regarding funding for the Link and upcoming meetings of the Sioux Metro Growth Alliance as well as South Dakota Association of County Commissioners.

Commissioner Bleyenberg reported on a recent meeting the Accessible Housing Advisory Board and the upcoming Regional Homeless Forum.

NON-ACTION COMMISSION DISCUSSION

Commissioner Beninga expressed appreciation for the Sheriff's Office and other first responders.

Commissioner Heisey reported on the deadline to file for party status related to the Summit Carbon Solution application to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. Discussion followed with an explanation on ordinance and past actions related to the ordinance by Commissioner Kippley as party status explanation by Commissioner Karsky. 

MOTION by Beninga, seconded by Kippley, to enter into Executive Session pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2 (1), (3), (4), and (6) at 10:40 a.m. 5 ayes.

Chair Karsky declared the executive session concluded at 11:05 a.m.

MOTION by Beninga, seconded by Heisey, to adjourn at 11:06 a.m. 5 ayes.  

The Commission adjourned until 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 28th, 2025.
APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION:

Dean Karsky

Chair

ATTEST:

Kym Christiansen

Commission Recorder

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Minutes of the Garretson School Board Special Meeting for Jan. 21, 2025

SCHOOL BOARD MINUTES

Special Meeting          Garretson School District #49-4        5:30 p.m.        January 21, 2025

Present: President Natasha Mendoza, Vice President Tana Clark, Board Member Wyatt Compton, Board Member Shannon Nordstrom & Board Member Justin VanDeBerg. Others present: Superintendent Guy Johnson & Garrick Moritz.

At 5:34 p.m., the Board convened in the Library at the Garretson School District for a special board meeting. All votes are unanimous, unless specifically noted in the minutes. 

President Mendoza led the Pledge of Allegiance and welcomed guests and visitors.

President Mendoza called for any additions or corrections to the Board agenda. There were no additions or corrections presented.

Action 25-062: Motion by Nordstrom, second by Clark, to approve the agenda as presented. Motion carried.

Action 25-063: Motion by Nordstrom, second by Compton, to go into executive session, pursuant to SDCL 1-25-2, subsection 1: A Personnel Matter. Motion carried. The Board entered executive session at 5:34 p.m.

President Mendoza declared the Board out of executive session at 9:03 p.m.

Action 25-064: Motion by Compton, second by Clark, to adjourn at 9:03 p.m. Motion carried.

 Approved by the Garretson Board of Education this _____ day of _________, 2025.

Natasha Mendoza, Board President

Jacob Schweitzer, Business Manager

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NOTICE OF HEARING

Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Minnehaha County Commission to be held at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, February 18, 2025 in the Commission Meeting Room of County Administration Building, 415 N. Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, there will be a public hearing to consider the following:

Adoption of the Envision 2045 Comprehensive Plan. This plan would supersede the current Envision 2035 Comprehensive Plan. If you have any comments you may call the planning office at 367-4204. A copy of the plan will be available with the Minnehaha County Auditor.

All interested persons may appear and be heard.

Meeting Assistance:  Accommodations for meetings will be provided for persons with disabilities upon request. Please contact the County Commission Office at (605) 367-4206 (Voice or TDD) 24 hours in advance of the meeting.

Dated: January 21, 2025

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Annual Salary Rates for full-time Minnehaha County Employees and Commissioners for 2025

AANENSON,J 91,104.00

AANENSON,M 100,672.00

ABBAS,R   73,320.00

ABBAS,S   61,443.20

ABMA,G 59,945.60

ADAMS,E   59,945.60

ADIX,J   91,208.00

ALBERS,B  95,804.80

ALBRECHT,C  78,624.00

ALEXANDER,C    78,811.20

AL-HABUBI,H 49,171.20

ALINIZI,M   57,075.20

ALLEN,P    55,660.80

ALVINE,S   93,516.80

AMDAHL,J 50,440.00

AMOLINS,D 64,563.20

ANDERSEN,J  57,075.20

ANDERSON,A 47,985.60

ANDERSON,K 62,940.80

ANDERSON,L 101,212.80

ANDERSON,M 51,688.00

ANDERSON,S 156,998.40

ANDERSON,T 86,798.40

ANDRESS,T    62,940.80

ANHALT,J 116,771.20

ARENDS,L  57,075.20

AROP,A 59,945.60

ATACK,T   54,350.40

AVISE,M 111,134.40

AWUOL,M  55,660.80

BAHR,B 59,945.60

BAKER,M   86,798.40

BALK,M 57,075.20

BANCROFT,A 54,350.40

BARRETT MAYL,C   51,688.00

BARTELS,A    50,440.00

BARTELT,H 54,350.40

BARTMANN,C 51,688.00

BARTSCHER,J 73,028.80

BARTSCHER,N 46,820.80

BASSETT,T 61,443.20

BAXA,B 78,624.00

BEAMAN,S 125,715.20

BECK,K 103,168.00

BECK,T  59,945.60

BEHREND,B    62,940.80

BENCOMO,C   73,320.00

BENINGA,G 36,358.40

BENNETT,R 69,513.60

BENZ,K 145,808.00

BERENS,L  91,208.00

BERG,A  67,828.80

BERG,S  71,240.00

BERTHELSEN,L   54,350.40

BERTSCH,T 73,320.00

BETANCOURT,S  59,945.60

BEVERS,M  44,553.60

BJORKE,J  51,688.00

BLACK,K   44,553.60

BLEYENBERG,J   36,358.40

BOECKHOLT,A   86,798.40

BOELHOWER,C   103,168.00

BOESEL,E  80,620.80

BOGUE,E   173,326.40

BOHORA CHHETRI,S    62,483.20

BOHRER,J  50,440.00

BOLGER,R  93,516.80

BONESTROO,T   59,945.60

BOOTH,B   100,672.00

BORNETUN,J  54,350.40

BOSAVANH,D 59,945.60

BOSMAN,J 128,814.40

BOUW,L 57,075.20

BOUWMAN,I   103,168.00

BOYD,M 116,771.20

BOYLE,S    57,075.20

BRADEN,P  54,350.40

BRAUN,A   100,672.00

BRAUN,M  108,888.00

BRENDEN,J 64,563.20

BRENDEN,M   78,624.00

BREUER,J   64,563.20

BROESDER,J   78,624.00

BROWN,A  59,945.60

BROWN,D  51,688.00

BROWN,M  50,440.00

BROWN,R  67,828.80

BRUNS,T   54,350.40

BRUST,R    57,075.20

BRYAN,C   61,443.20

BUCHER,B  93,516.80

BUCKLEY,J 71,240.00

BULLIS,M   76,148.80

BURNS,B   69,513.60

BURNS,J 90,064.00

BURT,S  67,828.80

BURZLAFF,D  62,940.80

BUTCHER,C   105,768.00

BUTCHER,L 64,563.20

BUTLER,C  105,768.00

BYE,R   128,814.40

CALLIES,E  69,513.60

CAMPBELL,J  57,075.20

CAPELLUPO,L 113,880.00

CAREY,C    50,440.00

CARLSON,M   61,443.20

CAROTA,N 54,350.40

CARPENTER,R 64,563.20

CARSTEN,J 100,672.00

CAVE,J  75,108.80

CEGELSKE,Z  100,672.00

CHAGOLLA,A 61,443.20

CHAGOLLA,J  62,483.20

CHOSKE,E  61,443.20

CHRANS,J  54,350.40

CHRISTENSEN,D 46,820.80

CHRISTIANSEN,D 84,718.40

CHRISTIANSEN,K 54,350.40

CHRISTIANSEN,K 62,940.80

CLITES,D   46,820.80

COIL,T  50,440.00

COIL,T  73,028.80

COLWILL,K 86,798.40

CONLON,J 59,945.60

CONNORS,P   103,168.00

COOK,C 59,945.60

CORBETT,D   59,945.60

CORNAY,T 80,704.00

COUTURE,J 61,443.20

COWLES,R 59,945.60

COX,D   78,624.00

COZAD,M   57,075.20

CRAWFORD,B 66,164.80

CRAYNE,E  66,164.80

CROWNOVER,J   54,350.40

CULLEY,C  54,350.40

DAHL,C 103,168.00

DANIELSEN,R 66,164.80

DANNEN,B 73,028.80

DAU,A   59,945.60

DAVIS,D 66,164.80

DEAVER,C 156,998.40

DEBERG,J  66,164.80

DEGROOT,C   71,240.00

DEGROOT,L   51,688.00

DEHAAI,K  62,940.80

DEKONING,K  54,350.40

DENG,D 58,489.60

DESENS,B  55,660.80

DETERS,R  74,838.40

DEVLIN,B   59,945.60

DIAZ,L   55,390.40

DICKEY,S   66,164.80

DIRKSON,C 78,624.00

DOBBERPUHL,R  86,798.40

DODGE,R   55,660.80

DONELAN,T   59,945.60

DONOVAN,D  59,945.60

DOYLE,B   138,798.40

DREXLER,R 86,798.40

DUBBE,S   105,248.00

DUBBELDE,D  61,443.20

DUCHENE,J 54,350.40

DUNN,S 78,624.00

EARLEY STONEARROW,S 76,918.40

EBRIGHT,L 61,443.20

EICHHORN,C   54,350.40

EINING,J 91,208.00

ELKINS,C   57,075.20

ELLENS,N  95,804.80

ENGELSON,R  61,443.20

ENGQUIST,M  98,217.60

ESCHEN,A  73,028.80

EVEN,H 46,820.80

FAJARDO,J 59,945.60

FAUST,J 57,075.20

FEDDERSEN,W   75,108.80

FERN,B  46,820.80

FETTER,M  57,075.20

FEUERHELM,B 49,171.20

FIGG,R   73,028.80

FLUCKEY,V 108,430.40

FLYNN,J 122,678.40

FODS,R  76,731.20

FOERSTER,G  62,940.80

FOILES,D   98,217.60

FOLSOM,A 111,134.40

FOSSUM,N 108,430.40

FRAHM,S   66,164.80

FRANCO,J  54,350.40

FRANK,K   62,940.80

FRIEDERICKS,E   61,443.20

FRITZ,D 58,489.60

FUGLSBY,V 84,718.40

FUSTON,T  59,945.60

GANSZ,K   100,672.00

GARCIA,S  62,940.80

GARRY,M   91,208.00

GAYO GATLUAK,M  60,985.60

GEARMAN,J   113,880.00

GERANEN,L    54,350.40

GEVENS,R  66,164.80

GILLESPIE,M   128,814.40

GIRARD,J   80,620.80

GIRARD,S   44,553.60

GLANZER,K    61,443.20

GODBER,M 50,440.00

GONSOR,D 73,028.80

GRAVETT,J 138,798.40

GRECO,T   149,406.40

GREEN,B    62,940.80

GREINER,B 74,838.40

GROMER,J  173,326.40

GRONG,T   86,798.40

GROTEWOLD,T   66,164.80

GUERRERO,J   60,985.60

GUSTAFSON,B   54,350.40

GUSTAFSON,T   80,620.80

HAATVEDT,L 49,171.20

HACKETT,D   62,940.80

HACKING,S 91,208.00

HAGESTROM,D   59,945.60

HAGGAR,D 186,825.60

HALL,A 62,940.80

HALSEY,A 101,212.80

HAMILTON,D  69,513.60

HANNASCH,K 57,075.20

HANSON,W    91,208.00

HARRIES,L 86,798.40

HARRIS,J   78,624.00

HARRISON,R   80,620.80

HARROLD,E   44,553.60

HARTLEY,C 87,838.40

HARVIN,D  59,945.60

HATTERVIG,C 51,688.00

HAUGAARD,M 58,489.60

HEADRICK,K   62,940.80

HEALY,J 50,440.00

HEESCH,D  78,624.00

HEIDERSCHEIDT,M  61,443.20

HEIDRICH,A    67,828.80

HEISEY,C   36,358.40

HELLAND,A   54,350.40

HEMENWAY,S 78,624.00

HEMENWAY,S 64,563.20

HENCKEL,J 67,828.80

HENDRIX,D 61,443.20

HENLEY,P  64,563.20

HENRICHS,A   93,516.80

HENSCH,S  54,350.40

HERBERT,E 100,672.00

HERNANDEZ,C    54,350.40

HERNANDEZ,J 57,075.20

HERONIMUS,J 69,513.60

HERSCHBERGER,E   55,660.80

HERUM,R   66,164.80

HESVIK,H   54,350.40

HINZMAN,R 91,208.00

HODGEN,D 84,718.40

HODGES,S 91,104.00

HOEKMAN,K   80,620.80

HOFER,J 156,998.40

HOFER,J 76,731.20

HOFF,J  46,820.80

HOHN,A 54,350.40

HOHN,R 71,240.00

HOLLINGSHEAD,A   51,688.00

HOLLINS,M 55,660.80

HONERMAN,M 61,443.20

HONEYCUTT,B   44,553.60

HOOKER,T 59,945.60

HOPF,M 78,624.00

HORSE LOOKING,K  54,350.40

HOSKINS,W   156,998.40

HOWARD,A    49,171.20

HUDZII,N   58,115.20

HUGHES,P  64,563.20

HYNEK,J 113,880.00

IDE,M 57,075.20

INGALLS,J 78,624.00

JACKSON,D   57,075.20

JAMES,C   135,428.80

JANSSEN,D    78,624.00

JARCHOW OLSON,M   89,024.00

JARMAN,T 44,553.60

JASTRAM,M   108,368.00

JENNIGES,M   54,350.40

JENSEN,C  103,168.00

JEPSEN,C   93,516.80

JERKE,H 100,672.00

JOHANNSEN,M   71,240.00

JOHNSON,B   95,804.80

JOHNSON,B   57,075.20

JOHNSON,C   50,440.00

JOHNSON,C   49,171.20

JOHNSON,C   142,230.40

JOHNSON,D   59,945.60

JOHNSON,K   73,028.80

JONAS,D   69,513.60

JORGENSEN,A 54,350.40

JOST,B  76,731.20

KABASELE,M  54,350.40

KADI,M  142,230.40

KAISER,P   89,398.40

KALIN,A 46,820.80

KAMRATH,L   116,771.20

KAPPENMAN,C   49,171.20

KARDAS,D 73,028.80

KARSKY,D 37,876.80

KEEGAN,K 78,624.00

KELLEY,M  50,440.00

KERKVLIET,S  86,798.40

KERZMAN,D   66,164.80

KINDER,S   74,838.40

KING,D  78,624.00

KING,T  51,688.00

KIPPLEY,J  36,358.40

KIRCHENWITZ,A  73,028.80

KISTLER,D 89,024.00

KLINE,K 103,168.00

KNECHT,A 73,028.80

KNEIFL,K   54,350.40

KOISTINEN,J  119,641.60

KOMMES,S 71,240.00

KONECHNE,F  93,516.80

KRIENS,M  142,230.40

KRUEGER,N 76,731.20

KRUEGER,T 74,838.40

KRUSE,B    62,940.80

KUCHTA,L 51,688.00

LADWIG,J  78,624.00

LAMMER,J  75,878.40

LAMPE,J    59,945.60

LANCTO,M 62,940.80

LANGROCK,N 59,945.60

LANOUE,A 49,171.20

LARSON,C 57,075.20

LARSON,M 73,028.80

LARSON,M 86,798.40

LARSON,O 59,945.60

LARSSON,S   54,350.40

LAUTWEIN,D  116,771.20

LEIDHOLT,K   105,768.00

LEIDHOLT,P   92,248.00

LEMKE,K   44,553.60

LEMLER,K  49,171.20

LEMONS,T 54,350.40

LENSEGRAV,L 73,028.80

LICHTY,J   62,940.80

LIEBL,K 66,164.80

LIESTER,J  98,217.60

LILLA,C 125,715.20

LINGLE,V   44,553.60

LIPP,D   69,513.60

LOA,M   59,945.60

LOGUE,S   59,945.60

LONG,M 60,985.60

LOOZE,D   66,164.80

LOPEZ-PEREZ,E  61,443.20

LORENZEN,L  62,940.80

LOTT,P  54,350.40

LOUDNER,B   42,390.40

LOUGHEED,A 103,168.00

LOWE,C 78,811.20

LUKE,L  98,217.60

LUNDEEN,D   69,513.60

LUNDGREN,J  57,075.20

LUNDY,T   62,940.80

LYKKEN,M 98,217.60

MAALOUF,T   93,516.80

MACDONALD,C  51,688.00

MACDONALD,I   62,940.80

MARAS,J   128,814.40

MARAVILLA-HERNANDEZ,S  51,688.00

MARBACH,J   64,563.20

MARTELL,R    78,624.00

MARTIN,C  59,945.60

MARTINES,R   66,164.80

MATHIS,M  66,164.80

MATSON,S 75,108.80

MATTOCKS,W 59,945.60

MATTSON,M  132,080.00

MAYER,K   64,563.20

MAYER,M   78,624.00

MCCUBBIN,J   69,513.60

MCDOWALL,J 62,940.80

MCFARLAND,M   59,945.60

MCGAHA,S 55,660.80

MCGEE,L   64,563.20

MCGLOTHLEN,N 76,148.80

MCGOVERN,M 111,134.40

MCKEE,D   59,945.60

MCKEE,T   78,624.00

MEES-BURT,C 142,230.40

MELENDEZ,A  54,350.40

MEMBRENO,M 57,075.20

MENHOLT,C   54,350.40

MERCADO-GAMEZ,M   58,115.20

METTER,C  64,563.20

MEYER,J 64,563.20

MICKELSON,R 74,838.40

MILLAGE,S 113,880.00

MILLER,J   59,945.60

MILLER,R   59,945.60

MILLER,T   103,168.00

MILSTEAD,M  196,164.80

MIXELL,T   66,164.80

MOELLER,N    59,945.60

MONTIS,L  100,672.00

MORAN,C  125,715.20

MORRISON,C  46,820.80

MOSER,N   76,918.40

MOUSEL,L 103,168.00

MULDER,M 49,171.20

MUNKVOLD,M 86,798.40

MURPHY,A 108,430.40

MYERS,H   51,688.00

NADOLSKI,C  84,718.40

NELSON,A 91,208.00

NELSON,T 128,814.40

NESS,J  74,838.40

NESSEIM,J 80,620.80

NEU,K   59,945.60

NIETO,S 44,553.60

NILSON,K  116,771.20

NITZ,J   50,440.00

NUNES,M   57,075.20

NYHAUG,A 78,624.00

OBERFOELL,S 69,513.60

O'DONNELL,D 61,443.20

OLSON,C   91,208.00

OLSON,M   67,828.80

OLSON,R   78,624.00

OLTHOFF,P 91,208.00

O'MALLEY,J   116,771.20

ORDAL,L   59,945.60

ORDAZ,G   60,985.60

OSTERLOO,K  95,804.80

OSTERMANN,E   66,164.80

OSTREM,A 67,828.80

OTTERPOHL,E 105,768.00

OWUSU,C  54,350.40

PALLUCK,E 78,624.00

PALOMAKI,B  103,168.00

PATTERSON,J 75,108.80

PAULSEN,G    38,417.60

PAYTON,A 62,940.80

PECHOUS,C    71,240.00

PECKSKAMP,A   50,440.00

PEDERSON,N  61,443.20

PETEREIT,J 100,672.00

PETERS,E   44,553.60

PETERS,S   73,028.80

PETERSEN,M  86,798.40

PETERSON,M  57,075.20

PHEIFER,K  62,940.80

PHILLIPS,J 116,771.20

PHILLIPS,N 100,672.00

PONTARELLI,J    80,620.80

PRINS,T 49,171.20

PUNKE,S    64,563.20

QUALSETH,R  105,768.00

RADUNZ,H 54,350.40

RAPP,J  61,443.20

RASMUSSEN,E    98,217.60

RASMUSSEN,J 128,814.40

RASMUSSEN,P    71,240.00

RATERMAN,C 103,168.00

REBNORD,N   73,028.80

RECHTENBAUGH,J  66,164.80

RECHTENBAUGH,M  58,115.20

REED,W 100,672.00

REKER,V   125,715.20

RICCI,K  88,878.40

RICHARDS,M  62,940.80

RICHARZ,H 89,024.00

RISHLING,M    55,660.80

RIVERA,J   67,828.80

RODERICK,D   59,945.60

ROEDER,J  77,958.40

ROEMER,J  98,217.60

ROHDE,S   54,350.40

ROTERT,C  61,443.20

ROTH,C 46,820.80

ROUSHAR,M   59,945.60

RUSSELL,M 89,024.00

RYAN,K 119,641.60

SACKMANN,S 80,620.80

SADKOVICH,J 103,168.00

SAHLMAN,J   49,171.20

SAHURIC,E 62,940.80

SAMPLE,R  142,230.40

SATTER,M 62,940.80

SCARES HAWK,E 57,075.20

SCHAEPPI,S   59,945.60

SCHAFER,T 54,350.40

SCHATZ,J  100,672.00

SCHAUNAMAN,K 103,168.00

SCHIRADO,M  61,443.20

SCHLEUTER,H 73,028.80

SCHLEY,E  50,440.00

SCHMAHL,J   51,688.00

SCHMIDT,E 74,838.40

SCHMIDT,J 54,350.40

SCHMIDT,T 59,945.60

SCHMOYER,C  71,240.00

SCHOONHOVEN,W  54,350.40

SCHREURS,A  57,075.20

SCHROEDER,C 59,945.60

SCHULTZ,C 55,660.80

SCHUSTER,P  75,108.80

SEVERSON,S  57,075.20

SEVERSON,T  69,513.60

SEVERSON,T  66,164.80

SEXE,K  93,516.80

SHOW,E 76,731.20

SIELER,J 89,024.00

SINA,K  59,945.60

SITES,J  64,563.20

SITZMAN,A 71,240.00

SJOVOLD,S   71,240.00

SKOTS,A   62,940.80

SMILEY,A   51,688.00

SMITH,T 186,638.40

SOMMERS,T   54,350.40

SOUTHARD,C 57,075.20

SPAANS,J  78,624.00

SPALDING,R   57,075.20

STAHL,P    47,985.60

STANGELAND,L  86,798.40

STANLEY,C    93,288.00

STANLEY,L 54,350.40

STATON,N 74,838.40

STAUFFACHER,T 91,208.00

STEELE,H  59,945.60

STEFFEN,M 67,828.80

STEVENS,A    59,945.60

STEWART,D   54,350.40

STOVER,A 50,440.00

STRADTMAN,K   44,553.60

STRAIN,S   67,828.80

STRANSKY,A  69,513.60

SULLIVAN,J   66,164.80

SURKALOVIC,N  86,798.40

SUURMEYER,A 71,240.00

SWANEY,C 54,350.40

SWANSON,K  118,144.00

TAMAYO ZULUAGA,M 103,168.00

TERRONES,J   82,638.40

THELEN,J  78,624.00

THIEL,M 54,350.40

THOMAS,D 59,945.60

THOMAS,M 128,814.40

THORESON,J  105,768.00

TIGHE,J 78,624.00

TIRREL,C   71,240.00

TOERING,J 93,516.80

TOFT,M 62,940.80

TORNOW,K 54,350.40

TRUJILLO,M   59,945.60

TRUMBLE,H   98,217.60

TUSCHEN,M   86,798.40

ULBERG,J  57,075.20

ULLOM,B   59,945.60

ULMER,S   59,945.60

UNDERWOOD,A  54,350.40

VAN BUREN,E 105,768.00

VAN LINGEN,R   57,075.20

VAN VUUREN,J  54,350.40

VANDE WEERD,K    74,838.40

VANDENBERG,N 51,688.00

VANDENHUL,J   64,563.20

VANLOH,R 57,075.20

VANVELDHUIZEN,J 71,240.00

VANWYHE,S  82,638.40

VEEN,J  59,945.60

VOELKER,J 57,075.20

VOSS,R 95,804.80

WACHAL,S 84,718.40

WAHL,A 71,240.00

WALSH,S   91,208.00

WALTON,A 93,288.00

WALTON,W   78,624.00

WATEMBACH,M  173,326.40

WAYSMAN,B  57,075.20

WEBER,R   66,164.80

WEELDREYER,K  76,731.20

WEHRKAMP,J 128,814.40

WELBERG,T   46,820.80

WESCOTT,E   66,164.80

WEST,J 89,024.00

WESTERBUR,D   71,240.00

WHITE,J 80,620.80

WHITTINGTON,A 111,134.40

WIDDIFIELD,C 69,513.60

WIDRIG,A   62,940.80

WIECZOREK,A 103,168.00

WIEDERICH,A 60,985.60

WILLCOX,S 66,164.80

WILSON,C  116,771.20

WILSON,L  73,028.80

WINTER,C  61,443.20

WITTROCK,C  86,798.40

WOHLWEND,A   73,028.80

WOITTE,G  54,350.40

WOLF,A 62,940.80

WOLLMAN,G  57,075.20

WOLLMANN,M   59,945.60

WYNIA,K   100,672.00

WYNIA,M   93,288.00

WYNIA,W   74,838.40

YOUNG,N   46,820.80

YU,M 64,563.20

ZADDAM,K 54,350.40

ZIGAN,A 69,513.60

ZILLA,J  64,563.20

ZINK,C   73,028.80

ZISHKA,A  111,134.40

ZISHKA,S   62,940.80

ZITTERICH,J   74,838.40

ZULU,T  57,075.20

HOURLY SALARY RATES FOR VARIABLE HOUR/SEASONAL MINNEHAHA COUNTY EMPLOYEES FOR 2025

ANDAL,I 23.20

ANDERSON,S 19.50

ANEZ,T 25.55

BARTSCHER,K 20.00

BERENDS,L 22.55

BOOTH,B   30.00

BRECI,D 23.70

BRINK,B 26.10

BROWN,J   28.45

CADONAU,T  23.20

COLE,K 17.45

DARGEN,M 17.30

DEMBELE,C 20.75

DENSON,D 23.90

DO,C 22.05

DONALDSON,B  20.30

DSCHAAK,B   17.45

EVANS,P   27.00

FIEGEN,R   22.85

FINK,A  22.55

FLORA,D   29.65

FRANCIS,D 32.45

GEORGE,O 21.30

GIGANTE,J 22.65

GILES,L 24.35

GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ,J 19.30

GRAVETT,H   20.00

GUSTAF,D 21.85

HAGEN,J   24.35

HAMANN,S 23.20

HENSLEY,T 61.65

HILL,J   30.90

HIMRICH,R 17.15

HIRSCH,R   22.70

HOESLI,A  32.45

HOFER,T   19.95

IHNEN,K 17.50

JAMISON,A 16.40

JESERITZ,A 30.90

JOHNSON,J   24.05

JOHNSON,M   19.45

KAISER,D   31.35

KASIN,C 24.55

KAVANAGH,B 22.55

LIEN,S   16.95

LIEN,T   31.35

MATTSON,L   24.00

MEGARD,R 18.55

MONTGOMERY,A 16.95

MOREHEAD,M 20.00

MOSS,K 16.95

NELSON,O 25.30

NICHOLS,J 16.20

ORMBERG,L   20.50

PHOUTHAVONG,J   19.55

POSPISHIL,S   32.45

REAGAN,J  31.85

RICHARDSON,R  20.75

ROBBENNOLT,A 24.70

ROMAN,J   32.45

SANCHEZ,E    23.20

SEALS,S 22.55

SEWELL,A 16.20

SORENSEN,M 19.45

STROM,S   23.45

THOMPSON,M 61.65

TORRES,A  19.55

TRYON,S   20.05

VAN RAVENSWAAY,T 32.45

VANT HUL,S  32.45

VERHEY,J  23.45

VOSTAD,E 19.55

WEAVER,R 20.05

WEBER,R   23.20

WHITE,T 22.50

WIEDERICH,C 25.95

WOITTE-CURRIER,L 20.25

ZWAK,K 31.35

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Join SDPB for a free screening of Dakota Life Greetings from Garretson on Wednesday, February 5th, at Garretson American Legion, 504 N Main Ave, Garretson, SD. Guests are invited to attend the screening at 7 PM local time to view the special about Garretson and celebrate the town. Guests who can’t attend the screening can watch it live Thursday, February 13th at 8 PM Central (7 PM MT) on SDPB1 or at www.sdpb.org/DakotaLife.

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Dan Paulson of Farm 484 in Sherman, SD is a finalist in The South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) for the Specialty Crop Producer of the Year.

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Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops, including floriculture. The award is sponsored in part by the S.D. Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources (DANR) and the Specialty Crop Block Grant Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

 The two finalist candidates are: 

*Fred Fast Horse, Rick's Micro Farm, Mission, S.D. 

*Dan Paulson, Farm 484, Sherman, S.D.

The S.D. Specialty Crop Producer of the Year is someone who:

*Provides visionary leadership to South Dakota's agricultural industry, and advocates for specialty crops - fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, and nursery crops, including floriculture. 

*Actively promotes growth, innovation, and prosperity for South Dakota local food systems and specialty crops. 

*Mentors new and beginner farmers and invests in the next generation of producers.

The winner will be announced during the Upper Midwest Urban and Rural Agriculture Innovation (UMURAI) Conference on the evening of Feb. 6th, 2025 in Oacoma S.D. 

The nominees will receive a complimentary day conference pass to the UMURAI Conference. The ‘S.D. Specialty Crop Producer of the Year’ receives an award plaque and a one-year membership to the S.D. Specialty Producers Association.

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Garretson Elementary fourth graders have had a busy January so far, researching and writing about Winter Olympians and producing both a written report and speech. 

Through this project, they had to use multiple sources to learn about their subject, and then write about what they found. It was a team teaching project between fourth grade teachers Liz Etrheim and Dakota Johnson, allowing the students to all have a similar experience.

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"The goal of this project was to introduce our 4th graders on how to properly research using both articles and online resources," said Etrheim. "[They had] to learn to write multiple paragraphs, how to speak in front of an audience and to show your findings through a project."

"It is important for students to learn these goals as it helps them look through different sources to find information, organize their findings, as well as being able to effectively communicate their findings," said Johnson. "All [are] skills that students will carry on throughout the rest of their education and beyond the classroom. It allows them to go explore their curiosities on topics that interest them."

Students had to use multiple resources, including, but not limited to, articles and age-appropriate websites, according to Etrheim.

"We discussed the importance of online safety and how not all websites are a reliable source," she added. 

The students were incredibly motivated to learn about the athletes. Their favorite sports, according to Johnson, were ice hockey and bobsledding, and two popular athletes were Lindsey Vonn and Chloe Kim.

"Another great story that students seemed to enjoy learning about was the Jamaican bobsled team that was based off the movie 'Cool Runnings,'" Johnson said. "Students were very much motivated in learning the history of each Olympic event along with learning new and fun facts about each event."

The final report had to be at least 3-5 paragraphs, a solid expectation for the 9–to-10-year-olds. 

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