Minnehaha County News

Minnehaha County commissioners expressed understanding Tuesday after confusion at last week's flu shot clinic in Sioux Falls and then jousted over what it suggests about government expanding its role in health care.

The H1N1 vaccination clinic being held in Sioux Falls on Thursday is now open to anyone in South Dakota who is part of Tier 1. Earlier, organizers planned to limit who could get the vaccine to residents of Minnehaha or McCook Counties or the Sioux Falls portion of Lincoln County.

A quick reminder, there is a public H1N1 vaccination event tomorrow night in Sioux Falls.

It's a disturbing trend, the number of sex crimes against children doubled last year in South Dakota.

Three people are in the Minnehaha County Jail after a robbery at a Sioux Falls bank over the lunch hour.

Task force member Carol Twedt, a Minnehaha County commissioner, says it wouldn't make much sense to press for the change until South Dakota's finances improve.

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Last Thursday Minnehaha County tried to vaccinate two-thousand people against the H1N1 Flu, but the county ended using less than half that amount.

The monthly meeting of the Minnehaha County Democratic Party will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov.

A 19th century Sioux Falls character called Annie Highpockets is the subject of the monthly meeting of the Minnehaha County Historical Society on Nov.

Child care providers and children who go to large day cares will be lining up this week to get the H1N1 vaccine.

Minnehaha County says its H1N1 vaccination clinic being held Thursday at the fairgrounds is invitation only.

A jury in Minnehaha County found registered sex offender Kenneth Stark guilty on all three counts against him.

A clinic with free vaccines for the H1N1 flu will begin Thursday afternoon for select groups at the W.H. Lyon Fairgrounds in Sioux Falls.

The Minnehaha County Commission today increased the minimum sized land parcel eligible for assessment as productive agricultural land.

Dell Rapids School District NOTICE OF DEADLINE FOR VOTER REGISTRATION Voter registration for the School Bond Election to be held on the 16th day of November 2009 will close on the 2nd day of November 2009.

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Officials say deaths have occurred in Minnehaha and Pennington counties. The Health Department does not name victims of the H1N1 virus because of privacy rules.

The H1N1 flu is hitting closer to home for thousands of South Dakotans tonight. The state health department has confirmed deaths in both Minnehaha and Pennington counties, bringing the total for the season to four.

Minnehaha County commissioners are looking at the question of how much land is needed to be classified as farm land.