“No eminent domain for private gain” is a message that over 80% of SD residents and landowners support. Landowners and farmers with farming backgrounds and pedigrees second to none are fighting to protect their constitutional rights. They are fighting back against a pipeline that will carry CO2, an asphyxiant, that will kill. They are wanting to protect their rural assets from a corporation with foreign investments. Summit Carbon Solutions (SCS) is seeking to bury a pipeline on private property crossing fields, acreages, streams, roads, pastures, feedlots, and tree groves. These same landowners and farmers have organized public forums and meetings, attended PUC and legislative hearings, and formed a legal team to protect their rights as SD residents. They have done so donating their own time, money, and travel expense.
SCS has no real concern for the environment. In fact, they have no real endeavor to help ethanol other than using ethanol plants as a means to pirate onto private land holdings to build their project. Their only end goal is to obtain lucrative tax credits, a program of tax spending, that causes you to pay more taxes and future generations to carry larger debt.
In the last few months, SCS has tried to rebrand itself as pro SD, pro Ag. But it is still the same out- of -state LLC that dragged over 160 landowners into condemnation court in 2023. It is the same company that continues to do away with local control and sue counties. It is the same company that has hired dozens of lobbyists to sabotage the law-making process for their own greed. In the meantime, landowners and farmers are torn between trying to being present in Pierre while balancing the need to care for their own families and livestock. Sadly, SCS has convinced several legislators to carry propaganda much like paid employees or agents. The amount of expensive advertising that allies of SCS are spending is in direct proportion to the greed and chaos that SCS carries as public garbage.
The real answer to carbon capture is the land itself. Healthy soil and plants are the true carbon sink. The ethanol industry can take two paths. Either carry the carpet bagging of SCS to grab expensive tax credits thus continuing more chaos as they seek to do now. Or build cooperative actions among farmers and community residents as they have done in past. We all know that the right answer lies with our own farmers not an out of state corporation. The South Dakota way is building within while respecting neighbors, friends, and fellow residents.
Dear Editor and to Township Supervisors, Turner County Commissioners, Minnehaha County Commissioners and State Legislators.
Thank you for your sacrificial time and efforts in so many areas. I am Peggy Hoogestraat, a resident of Germantown Township in Turner County. My husband has rural property there as well as a home within a block of Turner County Commissioner Miller in Viborg. I own property in Humboldt Township in Minnehaha County where I lived as a child.
My husband and I take our corn to Poet near our home and we purchase ethanol blended gasoline. I don’t have millions of dollars to purchase large advertisements for my thoughts, nor can I give you a donation for a baseball stadium, but I would like to share just a small part of my experience with an oil pipeline that crosses my Minnehaha County property.
The north edge of the property runs along Highway 38. I had numerous folks who wanted to purchase the land there to put up a home or a shed. I continually turned down the opportunities to sell as I wanted to keep the land available for myself or my family to build in the prime area. I want to remind you that if a building were placed there, it would have meant a higher and forever tax paid on the property. However, in 2016 an oil pipeline was built on my property. I can no longer build on that land. Even if I wanted to build just off the easement area, I would not because of the threat of a leak. The oil company has already had to do a maintenance dig on my property only to find oil on the outside of the pipe before repairs were completed. The leaked oil remains in the ground. Please note that the oil company is taxed on the pipe in the ground but as the pipe depreciates, the tax gets less.
Now I would like you to imagine this happening to property owners across the state as a carbon pipeline comes through. Developments, building, and expansions by private property owners will be halted. Those increased taxes will never happen. Temporary income from a private company will eventually end. Expenses for the townships, counties and state will continue. And if your town is worthy according to the pipeline company, you may get a new baseball stadium which will only be a monument reminding the local folks of the damaged field drain tiles, livestock damages, soil issues, damaged roads, fear of a possible leak, affected physical and mental health, and so much more. Please also consider the amount of water and electricity that a carbon pipeline would require.
As you make decisions for the taxpayers and citizens of your township, county, and state, please do your own homework. And remember that South Dakota IS a great state to live in. Let’s keep it that way.
Please say no to legislation or decisions that favor out of state investors wanting to build a carbon pipeline. Please say yes to protect our South Dakota citizens. The ethanol plants will do fine without the pipelines.
By House Majority Leader Will Mortenson and Senate Majority Leader Casey Crabtree February 3, 2024
South Dakota is a special place. We are blessed with natural wonders, fertile soil, room to roam, and freedoms that most people in the world envy. What makes South Dakota exceptional are the people and how we treat one another. Here in South Dakota, we embody the value of being a good neighbor. From helping with ranch chores, harvest, child care, or an emergency, South Dakotans are always stepping up to help others.
Just like any family, there are times we may disagree. Today, we are faced with strong feelings on both sides of the land use debate related to carbon dioxide pipelines. The proposed project has led to emotional conversations in the Legislature, at county commission meetings, and around dining room tables.
Going into the 2024 Session, both of us as Republican Majority Leaders are committed to finding a path forward that benefits landowners and sets clear expectations of regulatory and procedural requirements for those who want to do business in South Dakota. For those who want to become our neighbors and do business here, they will need to do so the South Dakota way, as good neighbors.
We know this is a contentious issue, but we also know South Dakotans can come together to enact good public policy. Both of us have talked to landowners opposed to the project as well as landowners willing to work on easements. Based on those conversations, it is clear that the time is now for impactful change related to the planning, siting, surveying, permitting, and safety mitigation regarding CO2 infrastructure projects while also reaffirming protections to landowners.
Last year, the two of us and our respective chambers were on the opposite side of this issue, and we left Pierre in a stalemate. After lengthy discussions with landowners, ag producers, landowner-rights groups, county commissioners, and our colleagues in the Legislature, it became clear that we all agreed far more than we disagreed. Together, we have worked on proposals that focus on a project development process; one that promotes respect, fairness, and certainty for everyone involved.
There is widespread agreement that South Dakota needs to be forward thinking. As a state dependent upon agriculture, our prosperity depends on national and global markets, and we must embrace emerging industries that leverage our commodities. Doing so creates jobs, feeds families, pays off loans, puts dollars into local economies, and, most importantly, helps create a brighter future for our state and its next generation. This is another way we are focused on helping people because a rising tide lifts all boats. A strong ag economy in South Dakota helps everyone.
Policy reform is needed, and that will require good-faith discussions based on facts among everyone willing to have a serious discussion on protecting property rights while also setting in place a process for projects with tremendous public benefit. With that as our starting point, we have introduced legislation to keep our state open for business while reaffirming our commitment to protecting the people of South Dakota.
We have introduced three bills this year that we are asking our fellow legislators to support–HB 1185, HB 1186, and SB 201. As a package, these bills address many of the concerns we have heard since the CO2 pipeline projects began. These landowner protections include:
1. Additional compensation to landowners when building for-profit infrastructure projects.
2. Safety enhancements, including additional minimum depth to 4 feet and required release of
all dispersion and impact models.
3. Liability protection, including lifetime repair of drain tile, indemnification for harm done to
land, livestock, and residents.
4. Improved land surveying process. For survey and siting, planners must provide a description
of the area, anticipated date(s) and time(s), length of time needed, work description, and
contact information for the company. Landowners may challenge the request within 30 days.
5. Project planners must provide additional safety and land-use studies to justify the project
need, their ability to protect landowners, and ability to follow through on their commitments.
6. Land agents for CO2 pipeline projects must be South Dakota-based.
7. Easements for CO2 pipeline projects expire after five years if the developer is unable to
construct the project.
This is truly a consequential year for lawmakers in Pierre. We can come together and support common sense reforms that protect landowners, we can fight to squander economic development that benefits the state as a whole, or we can leave session in a stalemate once again.
Together, we’re committed to continuing the South Dakota tradition of being good neighbors and right-sizing the issues that have emerged to forge a path forward that respects landowners, creates fairness for landowners and developers, and provides certainty for all parties on the process to be followed for infrastructure projects in our state.
Notice is hereby given that a Verified Petition for Adult Name Change has been filed by Nicole Aileen Morgan, the object and prayer of which is to change Petitioner’s name from Nicole Aileen Morgan to Nicole Aileen Borszich.
On the 19th day of March, 2024, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. said Verified Petition will be heard by this Court before the Honorable Judge Hoffman Presiding, at the Court Room in the Minnehaha County Courthouse, City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the court. Anyone may come and appear at that time and place and show reasons, if any, why said name should not be changed as requested.
Dated this 30th Day of January, 2024 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Attested by,
Angelia Gries, Clerk of Court
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NOTICE TO BIDDERS
Structure No. 50-144-020 Replacement
Replace the existing 92.0’ four-span, continuous concrete bridge with a new two-span 144.0’ pre-stressed concrete 27-inch girder bridge.
Online bids shall be received and accepted via the online electronic bid service through QuestCDN vBid online bidding, or by sealed paper copy by Minnehaha County Auditor’s Office, 415 N Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, not later than 10:15 a.m. Wednesday, February 21, 2024. Bids shall be publicly opened and read at the Auditor’s Office at 10:30am.
For this project, bids will be received and accepted via the online electronic bid service through QuestCDN vBid online bidding, or by sealed paper copy. Sealed paper copies to be received by Minnehaha County Auditor’s Office, 415 N Dakota Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Bidding information can be downloaded at www.questcdn.com. Reference QuestCDN project number 8958836 for a non-refundable charge of $22.00. Contact QuestCDN Customer Support at 952-233-1632 or for assistance in membership registration, downloading digital project information and vBid online bid submittal. Project bid documents must be downloaded from QuestCDN which will add your company to the Planholder List and allow access to vBid online bidding for the submittal of your bid.
For sealed paper bids, specifications and proposal forms that must be used are also available at Minnehaha County Highway Department located at 2124 E 60th Street North, Sioux Falls, SD 57103. Bids submitted on forms other than the proposal supplied by the Minnehaha County Highway Department will be irregular and will not be considered.
Minnehaha County reserves the right to reject any or all bids, waive technicalities, and make award(s) as deemed to be in the best interest of the County.
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Notice: DBA Doing Business As/Assumed Name status
Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Certificate of Assumed Name Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. ASSUMED NAME: KIRK ALLEN HETTICH, KIRK A HETTICH, KIRK HETTICH, K A HETTICH, K HETTICH, KAH, KH, HAK, HETTICH KIRK, HETTICH KIRK ALLEN, HETTICH ALLEN KIRK; NAMEHOLDER(S): Kirk-Allen Hettich Name: Kirk-Allen Hettich Address: c/o 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] USA Mailing Address: 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] Email for Official Notices: n/a /s/ Steve Simon Secretary of State. All rights reserved without prejudice, without recourse. UCC 1-308.
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Notice: DBA Doing Business As/Assumed Name status
Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Certificate of Assumed Name Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. ASSUMED NAME: LOGAN LEE THEISEN, LOGAN L THEISEN, LOGAN THEISEN, THEISEN LOGAN, THEISEN LOGAN LEE, L L THEISEN, L THEISEN, LLT, LT, TLL, DALTON RAE THEISEN, DALTON R THEISEN, DALTON THEISEN, D R THEISEN, D THEISEN, THEISEN DALTON, THEISEN DALTON RAE, DRT, DT, TDR; NAMEHOLDER(S): Jody-LaRae Wellman Name: Jody-LaRae Wellman Address: c/o 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] Mailing Address: c/o 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] Email for Official Notices: n/a /s/ Steve Simon Secretary of State. All rights reserved without prejudice, without recourse. UCC 1-308.
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Notice: DBA Doing Business As/Assumed Name status
Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State Certificate of Assumed Name Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 333 The filing of an assumed name does not provide a user with exclusive rights to that name. The filing is required for consumer protection in order to enable customers to be able to identify the true owner of a business. ASSUMED NAME: JODY LARAE THEISEN, JODY L THEISEN, JODY THEISEN, THEISEN JODY LARAE, J L THEISEN, J THEISEN, JLT, JT, THEISEN, THEISEN, JODY LARAE, WELLMAN, JLW, JW, JODY LARAE WELLMAN, JODY L WELLMAN, JODY WELLMAN, WELLMAN JODY LARAE, J L WELLMAN, J WELLMAN; NAMEHOLDER(S): Wellman Jody-LaRae Name: :Jody LaRae: Wellman Address: c/o 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] USA Mailing Address: c/o 700 South Tayberry Avenue, Sioux Falls, South Dakota [57106] USA Email for Official Notices: n/a /s/ Steve Simon Secretary of State. All rights reserved without prejudice, without recourse. UCC 1-308.
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NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that a joint meeting of the Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County Planning Commissions will be held at 7:00 p.m. on February 26, 2024 in the Commission Room of the County Administration Building, 415 N Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, SD, where there will be a public hearing to consider the following amendments to the Revised Joint Zoning Ordinance for Minnehaha County and the City of Sioux Falls.
ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS related to the following:
Article 15.07 – Accessory Building and Uses – to add Intermodal Shipping Containers as an Allowed Accessory Building with requirements
Article 15.16 – Temporary Use – to add Intermodal Shipping Containers as an Allowed Temporary Use with requirements
Article 24.02 – Definitions – to add a definition for Intermodal Shipping Container
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 29, 2024
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NOTICE OF HEARING
Notice is hereby given that at a meeting of the Minnehaha County Planning Commission will be held at 7:00 p.m. on February 26, 2024 in the Commission Room of the County Administration Building, 415 N Dakota Ave., Sioux Falls, SD., where there will be a public hearing to consider the following amendments to the 1990 Revised Zoning Ordinance for Minnehaha County.
ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS related to the following:
1) Amending Section12 adding Section 12.19 Long Term Lease or Rental.
AT THE ABOVE TIME AND PLACE all interested persons will be given full, fair and complete hearing thereon.
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.
SCOTT ANDERSON,
PLANNING DIRECTOR
Dated: January 29,2024
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
GARRETSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-4 SCOREBOARD REPLACEMENT
GARRETSON, SD
General Notice
Garretson School District (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
GARRETSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-4 SCOREBOARD REPLACEMENT
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Garretson School District Office until February 28, 2024 2:00 p.m. local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.
The Project includes the following Work:
Provide all labor, materials, tools, and equipment to remove the existing scoreboard and install the new scoreboard, foundation and accent panel as specified in this contract and shown on applicable drawings.
Bids are requested for the following Contract: Garretson School District 49-4 Scoreboard Replacement
The Project has an expected completion date of August 1st, 2024.
Obtaining the Bidding Documents
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website:
https://www.infrastructuredg.com/bid-information/
Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.
Instructions to Bidders.
For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.
This Advertisement is issued by:
Owner: Garretson School District 49-4
By: Guy Johnson
Title: Superintendent
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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS
GARRETSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-4 VISITOR BLEACHERS
GARRETSON, SD
General Notice
Garretson School District (Owner) is requesting Bids for the construction of the following Project:
GARRETSON SCHOOL DISTRICT 49-4 VISITOR BLEACHERS
Bids for the construction of the Project will be received at the Garretson School District Office until February 28, 2024 2:00 p.m. local time. At that time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read.
The Project includes the following Work:
Provide all labor, materials, tools, and equipment to install the new bleachers and foundation pad as specified in this contract and shown on applicable drawings.
Bids are requested for the following Contract: Garretson School District 49-4 Visitor Bleachers
The Project has an expected completion date of August 1st, 2024.
Obtaining the Bidding Documents
Information and Bidding Documents for the Project can be found at the following designated website:
https://www.infrastructuredg.com/bid-information/
Bidding Documents may be downloaded from the designated website. Prospective Bidders are urged to register with the designated website as a plan holder, even if Bidding Documents are obtained from a plan room or source other than the designated website in either electronic or paper format. The designated website will be updated periodically with addenda, lists of registered plan holders, reports, and other information relevant to submitting a Bid for the Project. All official notifications, addenda, and other Bidding Documents will be offered only through the designated website. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for Bidding Documents, including addenda, if any, obtained from sources other than the designated website.
Instructions to Bidders.
For all further requirements regarding bid submittal, qualifications, procedures, and contract award, refer to the Instructions to Bidders that are included in the Bidding Documents.
This Advertisement is issued by:
Owner:Garretson School District 49-4
By: Guy Johnson
Title:Superintendent
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Notice of Application for Executive Clemency
Gregory Thomas Eden who was sentenced in Minnehaha County on the 10th Day of October, 2007 to 5 years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary, suspended and a fine of $118.00 for the crime of Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, 4th Offense, has applied to the South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles for a pardon.
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Notice of Hearing: for Adult Name Change
CIV: 24-90
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA) SS COUNTY OF MINNEHAHA)
IN CIRCUIT COURT
SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
In the Matter of the Petition
of Carly Ryan Spridgen,
For a Change of Name to
Carly Ryan Spridgen-Dumke
CIV: 24-90
Notice is hereby given that a Verified Petition for Adult Name Change has been filed by Carly Ryan Spridgen, the object and prayer of which is to change Petitioner’s name from Carly Ryan Spridgen to Carly Ryan Spridgen-Dumke.
On the 27th day of February, 2024, at the hour of 11:00 a.m. said Verified Petition will be heard by this Court before the Honorable Judge Power Presiding, at the Court Room in the Minnehaha County Courthouse, City of Sioux Falls, Minnehaha County, South Dakota, or as soon thereafter as is convenient for the court. Anyone may come and appear at that time and place and show reasons, if any, why said name should not be changed as requested.
Dated this 9th Day of January, 2024 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
Attested by,
Angelia Gries, Clerk of Court
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We look into why recycling helps your pocketbook and not just the environment; the city council moved forward on the 4th Street project by way of passing surcharges, which means a big change in utility bills; and Garretson Wrestling has been seeing successes through a tough season. Plus, legislative updates and a busy week for basketball!
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Throughout the month of December our 4th graders work on a research project where they research different countries and how they celebrate Christmas. Towards the end of the writing process, the students make suitcases that represent the different information they found about their country’s holiday. This was a great way to tie in social studies with writing. Some of the most important things 4th graders learn are writing multiple paragraphs, speaking to an audience and new math skills. Some of these new math skills are long division, adding and subtracting fractions and finding degrees in a circle.
The third quarter project for 4th grade will also connect reading & writing with social studies in a creative activity that will strengthen their research, writing, and speaking skills. It is called a “Wax Museum”. The students will pose as if made from wax until they are prompted by having another person press their "button". At that point, they will "come alive” and say the information that they have researched and recorded about their particular character. The words that they say should sound as if that historical person is speaking. Before they can become their wax person, they will need to conduct research on their person.
An ethanol production company headquartered in Sioux Falls announced Monday it will partner with the remaining company looking to build a carbon capture pipeline in South Dakota.
Poet will collaborate with Summit Carbon Solutions to implement carbon capture technology at 17 Poet ethanol plants, including five in South Dakota and 12 in Iowa. The South Dakota plants are located near Big Stone City, Chancellor, Groton, Hudson and Mitchell.
An ethanol plant near Aberdeen. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)
“As the world seeks low-carbon energy solutions, carbon capture ensures that ag-based biofuels will remain competitive for decades to come,” said Poet founder Jeff Broin in a news release.
The decision comes after Poet’s former partner, Navigator CO2 Ventures, failed to obtain a permit in South Dakota and withdrew its pipeline project. That project aimed to transport liquefied carbon dioxide to a storage site in Illinois.
Sabrina Zenor, a spokesperson for Summit, said the addition of Poet became “an inevitability” after Navigator’s proposal ended.
“We are the only carbon capture and sequestration pipeline in this project footprint, and in order for these plants to remain viable, they need to have carbon capture and sequestration,” Zenor said.
A Poet spokesperson declined to say why the company initially elected to partner with Navigator rather than Summit. The companies’ agreements with ethanol producers differ. Navigator would have charged plants to transport carbon dioxide based on how much it was transporting, whereas Summit has preferred profit-sharing agreements.
The Summit pipeline was previously planned to capture carbon dioxide emissions produced by 34 ethanol plants in five states, and transport it for underground storage in North Dakota. The 17 Poet plants would increase the number to 51. Carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere, contributing to climate change, and federal tax credits are available for sequestering carbon.
The Summit project has faced regulatory challenges and has suffered permit rejections in North Dakota and South Dakota. A permit decision is imminent in Iowa. The company has said it is working to refine its proposal to meet South Dakota requirements and plans to resubmit an application.
Summit estimates about 4.7 million tons of carbon dioxide will be captured from the 17 Poet plants.
Zenor said the pipeline will not have to be bigger in diameter to handle the additional liquid CO2. She did not immediately reply to a question about how the addition of Poet plants will impact the project cost, which had been estimated at $5.5 billion.
Meanwhile, some landowners on the former Navigator route who were opposed to that project are not excited to hear they may now have to deal with Summit.
“It’s certainly not a surprise,” said Jason VanDenTop, who farms near Canton. “I knew that was not going to be the end of the deal. They invested too much time and money.”
— Iowa Capital Dispatch reporter Jared Strong contributed to this report.
South Dakota Searchlight is part of States Newsroom, a network of news bureaus supported by grants and a coalition of donors as a 501c(3) public charity. South Dakota Searchlight maintains editorial independence.
PIERRE — South Dakota legislators took the first step Wednesday toward asking voters for the authority to impose work requirements on some Medicaid recipients.
The Senate State Affairs Committee voted 7-1 to send the resolution to the full Senate. If passed by that body and the House of Representatives, the measure will be placed on ballots statewide in the Nov. 5 general election.
Voters would be asked to put authority into the state constitution for the state to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients who have not been diagnosed as physically or mentally disabled. Medicaid is a federal-state health insurance program for eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities.
South Dakota voters approved a constitutional amendment in the 2022 general election to expand Medicaid income eligibility, making South Dakota the 39th state to expand the program. Current data from the state Department of Social Services says nearly 126,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in Medicaid.
Department of Social Services Secretary Matt Althoff testified that the number of expansion enrollees has reached about 18,000 since expansion began in July.
The proposed resolution, if approved by voters, would add an exception to the voter-approved amendment, which currently prohibits the state from imposing “greater or additional burdens or restrictions” on eligibility.
Rep. Tony Venhuizen, R-Sioux Falls, is sponsoring the resolution in the House. He testified that the amendment does not mandate a work requirement but opens the possibility for it.
“We’re honoring the will of the voters because we’re going back to the voters,” Venhuizen said. “We’re asking a clarifying question.”
Venhuizen said getting capable people to work is something that the state should incentivize with its social programs. He said exemptions from work requirements for people on cancer treatment or for a new mother are examples of things “we all agree about.” He said those exemptions are details that can be ironed out later.
However, opponents, including several health organizations, argued that Venhuizen could not guarantee those exemptions would be put in place. They said the amendment would threaten access to health care for some Medicaid recipients.
Governor Kristi Noem’s former Department of Health secretary, Kim Malsam-Rysdon, lobbied on behalf of Avera Health against the bill.
Malsam-Rysdon said most people on Medicaid are already working. She said “work requirements just don’t work” if the goal is to increase the labor pool.
Malsam-Rysdon said there is evidence, however, that work requirements may cause some people to lose their health care coverage.
Deb Fischer-Clemens, lobbying on behalf of the Catholic Presentation Sisters, who sponsor Avera, said the organization sees the potential effects of the proposed amendment “as a problem with ensuring people can get preventative care.”
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Congratulations to the following college students from the Garretson area who made the Fall 2023 Dean's and President's Lists! (This list is not comprehensive and is comprised of names sent to the Gazette.)
Southeast Tech
Congratulations to the following Southeast Technical College students that achieved the President’s List or Academic Honors during the Fall 2023 semester. To be named to the President’s List, students must be full-time (12 or more credits), seeking a degree and have a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher. To receive Academic Honors, students must be enrolled part-time (6-12 credits), seeking a degree and have a semester GPA of 3.5 or higher.
Autumn Gaspar, Garretson - Business Administration; Angel Larson, Garretson - Media Design Technology; Aliyah Leedy, Garretson - Early Childhood Specialist; Samuel Schleuter, Garretson - Licensed Practical Nursing; Julia Mosley, Sherman - Business Administration: Agriculture Emphasis.
Dakota State 2023 Fall Academic Honors List Released
MADISON, S.D., January 5, 2024 – A total of 702 full-time and 183 part-time students qualified for the President’s Academic Honors list for the 2023 fall semester at Dakota State University (DSU) in Madison, S.D.
The following full-time students achieved a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 to qualify for the honors list:
The following part-time studentsachieved a grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0 to qualify for the honors list: Christie Jacobs, Garretson.
University of South Dakota
Full-time, undergraduate students are named to the Dean’s List if they received a 3.5 GPA for courses they took in the fall 2023 semester, and they had no incomplete or failing grades. For part-time students, those with fewer than 12 credit hours, the recognition is called Academic Honors.
Dean's List Honorees: Hallie Janae Carlson Garretson SD; Mattea Leann Fiegen Garretson SD; Tristan Lee Halverson Garretson SD; Jennica Lauryn Pitts Garretson SD; Taylor Savannah Sage Garretson SD; Rian Kaye Smidt Garretson SD; Kaleesta Rose Waysman Garretson SD; Maren Lorraine Bonte Sherman SD; Tristin NaRene Dunn Jasper MN.
University of Sioux Falls
Congratulations to the over 600 USF students who made the Fall 2023 Dean's List! To qualify, students must be enrolled in at least 12 semester hours and earn a term GPA of 3.5 or greater on a 4.0 scale.
Heidi Peterson, Majoring in Nursing, From Garretson, SD; Jayden Clark, Majoring in Criminal Justice And Psychology, Minoring in English And Sociology, From Garretson, SD; Taylor Dunn, Majoring in Business Administration And Accounting, From Jasper, MN.
BVU's Fall 2023 Dean's List
STORM LAKE, IA (01/09/2024)-- Katherine Hanson from Garretson was named to Buena Vista University's Fall 2023 Dean's List. Hanson was among more than 500 students named to the Dean's List this semester.
The Dean's List recognizes full-time students achieving a 3.5 grade point average or higher for the semester.
South Dakota State announces fall 2023 dean's list
BROOKINGS, S.D. (01/11/2024)-- More than 3,400 students were recognized for their outstanding academic performance over the fall 2023 semester at South Dakota State University by being named to the dean's list.
To earn dean's list distinctions in SDSU's colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Students with F, I, U, RI or RU grades are not eligible regardless of system term GPA attained. Note that this report includes courses that were taken at other South Dakota institutions this term. A minimum of 12 credits within the 100-699 course range must be taken. A student who passes pregeneral education courses may still qualify, if the student has 12 other credits that do fall within the 100-699 range.
Overall, 3,475 students from 39 states and 24 foreign nations are on the list. Nearly 1,500 students received a 4.0 GPA, and those are indicated with an asterisk.
Congratulations to these distinguished scholars on earning this academic achievement. Hayden Ask of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Preston Bohl* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Education and Human Sciences; Elyssa Clark of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Nursing; Evan DeBates of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Natural Sciences; Paetyn Dreckman* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Allison Ebbing* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Education and Human Sciences; Lesly Gonzalez of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Nursing; Kyley Greenhoff of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Nursing; Aftyn Heitkamp* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; John Houg of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Education and Human Sciences; Grace Hove* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Nursing; Peyton Hove of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Education and Human Sciences; Rachel Kindt of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Marcus Nace* of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences; Matthew Rattenborg of Garretson, South Dakota (57030) in SDSU's College of Natural Sciences.
Lake Area Technical College
WATERTOWN, SD- Tiffany Sanderson, Lake Area Technical College President, announces the 2023 Fall President’s List. The President’s List is a list of outstanding students who, through their initiative and ability, have indicated a seriousness of purpose in their educational program. The President’s List is limited to full-time students who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.5 to 4.0. Students with a 4.0 have been noted by an *.
Mitchell, S.D.—Dakota Wesleyan University recently released its fall 2023 dean’s list which includes 316 university students.
To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 on a four-point scale. They also must complete at least 12 hours of academic work during the semester.
The following students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2023 semester. Raegen Altman; Jaelyn Benson; Logan Bly; Lily Ranschau; Ethan Rogich; Rave Uhlich.
Mitchell Tech Announces Fall 2023 President’s List
A total of 356 Mitchell Technical College students earned recognition on the Fall 2023 President’s List, according to MTC President Mark Wilson.
To be named to the list, students must earn a term Grade Point Average of at least 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and be registered for at least 12 credit hours of academic work during the semester.
Of those students on the President’s List, 163 earned a perfect 4.0** GPA, 93 earned high honors* (3.75-3.99) and 100 earned honors (3.5-3.73). Carson Roach; Zachary Uhl**; Sarah Welch**.
Augustana University
Augustana University announced today students who have been named to the Dean's List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.
This fall, the Dean's List recognizes 980 full-time students who have a minimum of 12 credit hours with grade-point averages at 3.5 or above (on a 4.0 scale).
Congratulations to these students: Morgan S. Moritz, Garretson, South Dakota; Jeffrey Norman Neukirchen, Garretson, South Dakota; Jorey Richard Sorenson, Garretson, South Dakota; Erin Amanda Steen, Jasper, Minnesota.
Northwestern College
ORANGE CITY, Iowa—Dominic Abraham,Hunter Abraham and Nadalie Johnson*, students at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the fall 2023 semester.
The Dean’s List is comprised of students who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.50 or above while carrying a minimum of 12 graded hours. This semester, 459 students qualified for the Dean’s List. Of them, 294 students earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher and are considered Collegiate Scholars, designated with an asterisk.
Dominic is a junior majoring in exercise science from Garretson. Hunter is a freshman majoring in exercise science from Garretson. Johnson* is a senior majoring in nursing from Garretson.
SMSU Fall 2023 Semester Dean’s List
Marshall, Minn—Southwest Minnesota State University announces the students recognized for academic achievement during the Fall 2023 semester.
An undergraduate student who completes 12 or more A-F graded credits and achieves a grade point average of 3.5 or higher will be considered for the Honors Dean’s List. If a 4.0 grade point average is achieved the student will be on the High Honors Dean’s List.
Following are the “High Honors” and “Honors” lists.
High Honors: Brandon SD: Grace Heiberger
Honors:Brandon SD: Kylie Birath, Olivia Mullin, Emily Van Roekel
Jasper MN: Elsie O'Neil
6,800-plus Huskers named to fall Deans' List
LINCOLN, NE (01/30/2024)-- More than 6,800 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students have been named to the Deans' List for the fall semester of the 2023-24 academic year.
Qualification for the Deans' List varies among the eight undergraduate colleges and the Explore Center. Listed below are the minimum requirements for each entity and the name of its respective dean or director. All qualifying grade-point averages are based on a four-point scale and a minimum number of graded semester hours. Students can be on the Deans' List for more than one college.
Garretson: Mads Pearce, junior, Dean's List, College of Arts and Sciences, history. The College of Arts and Sciences has a Dean's List GPA requirement of 3.7
Garretson: Ethan James Winterton, sophomore, Dean's List, College of Business, finance. The College of Business has a Deans' List GPA requirement of 3.6.
