Charles Mix County News

By Monica Wepking, Editor The Common Council of the City of Wagner held a general discussion on extending its zoning powers to three-miles beyond the city limits at its November 16, 2009 meeting.

By Monica Wepking, Editor Richard John Nyman, 65, of Wagner was indicted in Charles Mix County Circuit Court Tuesday, October 27, 2009 on four felony drug counts after a search warrant assisted law enforcement in finding drugs and firearms at 400 N. Main NW in Wagner according to court records.

By Monica Wepking, Editor Ten single family dwellings for Indian Health Service staff that were scheduled to be built five miles east of Wagner will now be built in the Wagner Heights area, if the land is changed to trust status according to Richard Leasure, Yankton Sioux Tribe Project Manager.

South Dakota has received a $910,000 federal grant to upgrade 911 emergency communications services.

By Monica Wepking, Editor Wagner Mayor Sharon Haar went to Pierre on Thursday, September 24, 2009 to make one last plea to try to keep the Wagner drivers license services open.

By Monica Wepking, Editor Charles Mix County Commissioners at their Thursday, September 10, 2009 meeting went into executive session regarding litigation with four attorneys present.

By Monica Wepking, Editor For the past couple of weeks I have encouraged citizens of Charles Mix County to contact Governor Mike Rounds to stop the October 1, 2009 shutdown of the last two Driver License Offices in Charles Mix County.

By Monica Wepking, Editor The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 made it clear that a patchwork of 37,585 acres of trust land in Charles Mix County is Yankton Sioux Reservation and are subject to tribal and federal authority.

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling that found a small part of the once-huge Yankton Sioux Tribe's reservation in southeastern South Dakota still exists and remains under the legal jurisdiction of the tribe and federal government.

By Monica Wepking, Editor Ron Gall, Charles Mix County Emergency Management Director, met with CMC Commissioners on Thursday, August 20, 2009 to discuss a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding between the County and Cities in the County.

By Monica Wepking, Editor U.S. Senator Tim Johnson was one of many dignitaries present at the ground-breaking for the Wagner Veteran's Clinic, which was held on Friday, August 14, 2009 near Indian Health Services.

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Tuesday, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin announced that 17 law enforcement agencies, city governments and tribes across South Dakota will receive $5,103,052 in grants to hire, rehire or retain 30 police officers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Stimulus legislation, under the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented ...

Tuesday, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin announced that 17 law enforcement agencies, city governments and tribes across South Dakota will receive $5,103,052 in grants to hire, rehire or retain 30 police officers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Stimulus legislation, under the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented ...

Strong thunderstorms pounded parts of South Dakota today, dropping large hail in the Mitchell area and spinning funnel clouds in Minnehaha County and elsewhere.

Tuesday, Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin announced that 17 law enforcement agencies, city governments and tribes across South Dakota will receive $5,103,052 in grants to hire, rehire or retain 30 police officers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or Stimulus legislation, under the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented ...

South Dakota has a third human case of West Nile virus. Multimedia Watch The Video The Health Department says it's in Bennett County and comes after earlier human cases were found in Charles Mix and Hughes counties.

South Dakota has its second confirmed case of West Nile Virus in a person from Charles Mix County.

West Nile cases could be down in South Dakota this year even though mosquito populations will be higher than in dry years, state officials and researchers say.

South Dakota has a second human case of West Nile virus. It's in Charles Mix County along the Nebraska border.