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Who's Making News in the Sioux Empire

  • Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft & Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether comment on the new Pentagon (Interview)
  • SD Delegation on Capital One in Sioux Falls (Interviews)
  • Fred Slunecka, Sioux Empire United Way Volunteer Campaign Chairman(Interview)
  • Safety Tips from Sioux Falls Police Department (Interview)
  • Lori Visker Mrs. South Dakota 2011 and a survivor of domestic violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. (Interview)
  • Halloween Safety Tips (Interview)
  • Sioux Falls Fire Marshall Dean Lanier, Fire Prevention Week (Interview)
  • Dave Hoffman Party America "What's Hot for Halloween" (Interview)
  • Chad Huwe The Last Pothole Repair Push for 2011 (Interview)
  • A donation to Feeding South Dakota from Billion Motors (Interview)
  • Ayanta Kimburo and Mubarek Muhammedsede honored by Sioux Falls Fire Rescue for saving two children from drowning (Interview)
  • Awards Ceremony for two teens who saved two children from drowning (Interview)
  • Pastor Jeff Hayes, who runs the weekly food giveaway talks about a youngster who was at one of the food giveaways. The boy told one of the workers he lives in a car and one of his family projects is going "dumpster diving' for food. (Interview)
  • 2011 Lifelight (Interview)
  • Multi -Cultural Center Board of Directors briefing (Interview)
  • Tom Walsh with the Los Cabos Children's Foundation talks about Sanford Health (Interview)
  • Ghana native Kojo Benjamin Taylor talks about Sanford Health's Ghania Clinic (Interview)
  • Sanford CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft summarizing a major announcement (Interview)
  • Gaylynn Huber, Director of Sioux Falls Street Department (Interview)
  • Walt Bones, South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture (Interview)
  • Dick Beck of SF Morning Optimist are sponsoring and evernt to benefit Camp Bring It On (Interview)
  • Protecting our kids with Darcy Jenson of Prairie View Prevention Services (Interview)
  • Mayor Mike Huether & Jim Sederis of Sioux Falls Fire Rescue (Interview)
  • Sara Coarothers, Volunteer Help Line Director (Interview)
  • Jill & Dan Johnson, co-founders of South Dakota's 1st Laughter Club (Interview)

  • Suicide survivor and assistant Help Line Call Center Director Sandy Parham (Interview)
  • Senator John Thune talks about his aerial tour of the Missouri River (Interview)
  • It Could Happen To You (Interview)
  • Fire Safety with Jim Sederis of Sioux Falls Fire Rescue (Interview)
  • Kristi Metzger talks about her recovery from pain killers (Interview)
  • President Obama granted 8 pardons. One of them-Pastor Al Peratt of Sioux Falls (Interview)
  • Journalist Jay Kirschenmann talkes about his latest book (Interview)
  • Consumer Watch with Jim David of the Better Business Bureau (Interview)
  • Chief Master Sergeant Kevin Uthe of the South Dakota Air National Guard (Interview)
  • South Dakota Congresswoman Kristi Noem speaks about current issues (Interview)
  • Phyliss Arends with NAMI South Dakota (Interview)
  • Julie Briggs, Executive Director of the Business Resource Network (Interview)
  • Sioux Falls Mayor Mike Huether talking about his first year in office (Interview)
  • Mary Hitzemann, Executive Director of "Face It Together" (Interview)
  • The man that traveled 50 states seeking employment in each state. (Interview)
  • Cancer Survivor Ty Eschenbaum (Interview)
  • Author Sue Schmidt (Interview)
  • Meet Karl Hernes of Canton. Former Navy SEAL (Interview)
  • Jim Haggan with the South Dakota Department of Tourism (Interview
Drug Test Bills Killed
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 07:07

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) - A South Dakota House committee has killed a pair of bills that would have required people in the welfare and Medicaid programs to be tested for illegal drug use.

The panel rejected the measures after opponents said the testing would be costly and would not reduce illegal drug use.

Supporters argue that drug testing would help people overcome drug addictions and would stop the use of state funds to help people using drugs.

One bill would have required drug tests for people suspected of using illegal drugs while receiving help from the welfare program. People failing drug tests would have lost benefits unless they entered a treatment program.

A second bill would have set up a pilot program to give drug tests to people receiving health care from Medicaid.

(Copyright 2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)