Body of missing woman found in northeastern South Dakota
January 30, 2021 GMT
BRISTOL, S.D. (AP) The body of a Day County woman who has been missing since December was found in northeastern South Dakota.
The Day County Sheriff’s Office says on its Facebook page that Amy Dougherty’s body and sport utility vehicle were recovered Friday in a slough.
The 46-year-old Doughterty had been missing since Dec. 23, when she left home for her job in Bristol during a blizzard.
KELO reported that Doughterty’s sister posted a message on Facebook saying her sister was recovered from the water. The sheriff’s office told KXLG radio that they would have more to say on Monday.
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The sister of a missing Day County woman confirms that her sister’s body was recovered Friday.
In a Facebook message, Amy Stanton said Amber Dougherty’s body had been recovered.
Amy went missing on December 23rd during a blizzard.
She was traveling between her home in Amherst and Bristol to go to work.
Divers found Amy’s body about a mile west of Bristol in a slough just off a county highway. Tags:
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About this data Sources: State and local health agencies (cases, deaths); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (hospitalizations, tests). Cases, deaths and tests show 14-day averages. Hospitalization data is a weekly average of Covid-19 patients in hospital service areas that intersect with Day County. County-level testing data from Maine, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Washington and Wyoming may underestimate the total number of tests. The calculated test positivity may be unreliable in some counties in these states.
Cases have stayed about the same over the past two weeks and are still very high.
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In 2014, forty non-Indian owners of cabins and other structures at Pickerel Lake challenged Day County s legal ability to impose property taxes. The structures in question are located on tribal land held in trust.
When a Fifth Circuit judge ruled for the county, the property owners appealed.
The South Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the lower court and ruled in favor of Day County.
Victoria Wicks reports on this opinion for SDPB.
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