There were 33 deaths with heart disease listed as the underlying cause reported in South Dakota during the week ending Aug. 20, 2022, a 8.3% decrease from the previous week.
There were 24 deaths with cancer listed as the underlying cause reported in South Dakota during the week ending Aug. 20, 2022, a 22.6% decrease from the previous week.
There were less than 10 deaths with cerebrovascular disease listed as the underlying cause reported in South Dakota during the week ending Aug. 20, 2022, a decrease from the previous week.
South Dakota's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending Aug. 6, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
There were less than 10 deaths from cerebrovascular diseases reported in South Dakota in the week ending Aug. 6, making up less than 22.7% of total deaths by all causes in South Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths from chronic lower respiratory diseases reported in South Dakota in the week ending Aug. 6, making up less than 22.7% of total deaths by all causes in South Dakota.
There were less than 10 deaths from Alzheimer's disease reported in South Dakota in the week ending Aug. 6, making up less than 22.7% of total deaths by all causes in South Dakota.
Governor Kristi Noem and six of her fellow Republican governors sent a letter to the Southwest Power Pool, Inc., expressing concern about the federal government implementing “a Good Neighbor Plan” that would govern the interstate transportation of emissions while ignoring state-designed plans that are already in place.
The South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) says that traffic over the John C. Waldron Memorial Bridge, connecting Pierre and Fort Pierre, will be reduced to one lane in both directions for the next several months.
There were less than 10 deaths from diabetes mellitus reported in South Dakota in the week ending Aug. 6, making up less than 22.7% of total deaths by all causes in South Dakota.
Lt. Gov. Larry Rhoden announced that Lakota Tech High School will receive an award for its STEM programming from the National Lieutenant Governors’ Association Lt. Governors’ STEM Scholarship Program! NLGA awarded the school $1,000 as part of a national call for applications for funding STEM programming and curriculum in schools.
There were less than 10 deaths from influenza and pneumonia reported in South Dakota in the week ending Aug. 6, making up less than 22.7% of total deaths by all causes in South Dakota.
Attorney General Mark Vargo and Jerauld County States Attorney Dedrich Koch announce that Mitch LeRoy Caffee, Wessington Springs, 39, pled guilty to one count of first degree manslaughter, a Class C felony, and one count of Aggravated Assault, a Class 3 Felony and was sentenced today to life in the state penitentiary on the first degree manslaughter conviction and 15 years in the state penitentiary on the aggravated assault conviction, with the sentence to run concurrent.