HURON, S.D. – One person is dead following a shooting in Huron, according to Beadle County State’s Attorney Michael Moore. The suspect is in custody, and authorities have stated that there is no longer a threat to the public after a significant law enforcement response at the Clover Leaf Apartments on 10th and Minnesota.
A shelter-in-place order was issued around 10 a.m. but was lifted by 2:30 p.m., with schools resuming normal classes.
The Huron Police Department expressed gratitude to the Huron School District, parents, and the community for their cooperation during the incident. Authorities had previously sought the public’s help in locating a 15-year-old, but they have since confirmed that they are no longer looking for the juvenile.
Due to the involvement of a minor, authorities will provide updates while respecting juvenile rights.
Attorney General Marty Jackley has confirmed the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation and the Huron Police Department are investigating a homicide that occurred Thursday in Huron.
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has announced that South Dakota is part of a $10.25 million national settlement with three major wireless companies regarding deceptive and misleading advertising practices.
The settlement is with AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Attorneys General nationwide had been investigating the alleged misrepresentations of the three companies in various advertising efforts.
“South Dakotans were misled, and this settlement includes financial and corrective action aimed at protecting our consumers,” said Attorney General Jackley.
As part of the settlement, South Dakota will receive about $71,000. The money will be used by the South Dakota Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Division for consumer protection efforts.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – You can add Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts to the list of 26 U.S. Senators who are calling on the United States Postal Service (USPS) to pause planned changes to its processing and delivery network that could slow down mail delivery until the potential impacts are further studied by the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) and addressed by the Postal Service.
If you’ll remember, the USPS is already acting on plans to move the processing duties of two facilities in South Dakota out of state. The Huron facility will be moving operations to Fargo, ND and the Sioux Falls Operation will be outsourcing to Omaha, NE. Senator Mike Rounds and Senator John Thune have already voiced their concerns to the USPS and are also part of this latest attempt to slow the process down as well.
In Nebraska the USPS plans are to transfer operations of the North Platte, NE Mail Processing and Distribution Center (P&DC) to Denver, CO and convert the North Platte facility to a Local Processing Center. Ricketts has repeatedly engaged with USPS fighting to preserve the facility.
The full letter is presented below:
Dear Postmaster General DeJoy and U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors:
We call on you to pause planned changes to the U.S. Postal Service’s (USPS) processing and delivery network under the “Delivering for America” plan, until you request and receive a comprehensive Advisory Opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission to fully study the potential impacts of these changes.
USPS is moving forward swiftly with plans to consolidate and alter its facilities across the country, making irrevocable changes to its processing and delivery network which links all communities. This plan includes moving mail processing further away from local communities, by transferring operations out of local facilities (“Local Processing Centers” and Delivery Units) and into more distant hubs (“Regional Processing and Distribution Centers” and “Sorting and Delivery Centers”). The plan also includes “local transportation optimization,” an initiative that cuts the number of truck trips and mail collections at USPS facilities, causing mail to sit overnight in local offices. USPS has begun to implement this change without notifying the public, causing critical delays for mail that requires overnight delivery.
We are concerned about the impacts these changes have had so far, and the potential impacts that further changes could have. In regions where USPS has implemented significant changes, on-time mail delivery has declined. In addition, it is not clear these changes will improve efficiency or costs. Despite these concerns, USPS has moved forward with announcing and approving additional facility changes across the country. The nature of these changes creates concerns that local and rural service could be degraded. For example, USPS proposals to remove all outbound mail operations from local processing facilities seem to particularly harm local mail – since mail sent to a nearby locality would first have to go through a far-away processing facility, often in another state. “Local transportation optimization” has also caused disproportionate impacts on rural areas. In some rural communities, it has eliminated the possibility of overnight delivery for critical mail like medications and laboratory tests. Taken together, these changes have a nationwide scope and would affect service across the country.
We call on USPS to pause all changes, pending a full study of this plan by its regulator. While USPS claims these changes overall will improve service while reducing costs, there is evidence to the contrary in locations where USPS has implemented changes so far. USPS must stop implementation, restore service in those areas where changes were implemented, and fully understand the nationwide effects of its plan on service and communities.
In particular, we urge the Postal Service to request a comprehensive Advisory Opinion from the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC), which would provide a robust and public process to study the impacts of these changes. The request and analysis must include the full scope of network changes, including the intersecting changes to facilities across the nation (conversions to Regional Processing and Distribution Centers, Sorting and Delivery Centers, and Local Processing Centers) and local transportation optimization. During a hearing before the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Postmaster General DeJoy stated that USPS would consider requesting an Advisory Opinion – and suggested that USPS may slow down “mail move” changes in 2024. Disappointingly, the Postmaster General did not commit to the scope of an Advisory Opinion, or to meaningfully stopping changes until further study is complete.
The Postal Service must promptly request a comprehensive Advisory Opinion to study the impacts of its full plan. USPS should pause all changes, including administrative approvals and on-the-ground changes, until the PRC completes this study and USPS incorporates the results. USPS must improve service immediately in areas where changes have been implemented, and restore status quo operations as much as practicable.
The Postal Service’s primary responsibility is to provide timely and reliable delivery to every community across the nation. While USPS must continue adapting as an agency to remain stable and serve the public’s current needs, it must proceed with caution and understand the implications of its plans in order to protect mail delivery for all communities.
Thank you for your attention to this urgent matter.
NORFOLK, NE – A building under construction in Norfolk, Nebraska collapsed on Thursday afternoon forcing the closure of a road while authorities sorted through the details and crews cleaned things up.
City officials closed the 700 block of W Norfolk Avenue from around 2:20 p.m. until almost 7 o’clock to ensure public safety.
The building that collapsed was under construction, according to the Norfolk Fire Department…no one was in the building when it collapsed and no major injuries have been reported.
The construction was part of a project by Northeast Community College, which planned to utilize the structure for their new “iHub” facility. The college’s website says this facility was supposed to open in the summer of 2025 and was meant to “benefit manufacturing, agricultural and technical industries, as well as keep more young people employed in Northeast Nebraska.”
An official statement from Northeast Community College read : “The college was contacted by its general contractor that a portion of the building that was being prepared for reconstruction for the iHub had collapsed early this afternoon. We will be working with the City of Norfolk and our general contractor to make sure the premises are safe. We do not believe there were any injuries. That is all the information we have at this time.”
SIOUX CITY, IA – The weather is getting warmer and that means more folks heading to the water for days spent in the sun on boats. It’s something you see often when you’re close to the Missouri River and the recreational opportunities it offers. But as of today, the Sioux City Marina remains closed and the company that operates it wants to terminate its lease, city officials say. And, that puts the prospect of boaters hitting the water, this summer, in jeopardy.
City officials say the company is required to open the marina under the terms of the lease. According to reports that have been confirmed by the city’s attorney, Sioux City has denied the request to terminate the lease.
The marina, the nearby bar, the restaurant and the hotel are all leased by Hegg Companies, based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. They previously said they couldn’t open because of low water levels on the Missouri River, but officials say the problem is really built-up silt that needs to be dredged. That comes with an expensive price tag.
The lease is not just the marina, but also for the entire property. That complicates things because you can’t just end the lease on the marina and spinning it off as a separate entity. City officials could sue under the lease, but that would likely stretch into the summer.
City officials say the lease requires the company to also operate “Jolly’s on the River”, a nearby bar that sits on dry land. So far, the establishment has remained closed this year.
