By Todd Epp
Apr 26, 2021 9:15 AM
PIERRE, S.D. (KELO.com) Midwest Honor Flights for veterans in the area will begin again once it’s determined to be safe to resume them.
That’s according to a post on the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs Facebook page.
The flights have been stopped during the coronavirus.
In 2021, veterans and guardians who assist them need to have proof of being fully vaccinated.
Click here to read the full post from the S.D. Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
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Although migrant youths won t be relocated to CT, Middletown mayor says kids need help, not jail
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The former Connecticut Juvenile Training School, at 1225 River Road in Middletown, shown April 8, 2021.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media
MIDDLETOWN The mayor is calling the Biden administration’s recent rejection of pursuing the idea of relocating migrant children at the now-closed state youth detention center here a solid decision.
“It’s not the right site to be opened for anybody to be housed in,” Mayor Ben Florsheim said Friday. Last week, he called the proposal “inhumane,” considering the now-closed Connecticut Juvenile Training School effectively was a jail.
Child advocates decry idea of housing migrant children at former CT detention facility as step backward
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The former Connecticut Juvenile Training School, at 1225 River Road in Middletown, was shut down in 2018. The facility is shown April 8.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less
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Gov. Ned Lamont speaks at a COVID-19 community vaccination clinic March 14 in Stamford. Health workers administered the first dose of the Moderna vaccine to more than 350 people from the immigrant and undocumented communities.John Moore / Getty ImagesShow MoreShow Less
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Several advocacy groups across the state are criticizing the Lamont administration’s perceived interest in the state’s former juvenile detention center as a location for housing unaccompanied migrant youth, with one saying it would be a “warehousing of children in cages.”
Lennox school bus engulfs in flames, no one hurt By Todd Epp
Feb 10, 2021 9:40 AM
LENNOX, S.D. (KELO.com) A Lennox School District School bus became engulfed in flames Wednesday morning west of the Worthing exit on I-29.
There were 12 school children on the bus. Authorities report the bus driver was able to get them off the bus safely.
Due to the cold temperatures, the children waited in South Dakota Highway Patrol and Lennox Police Department cars until another bus picked them up.
The fire is still under investigation.
Below is the Facebook post about the incident from the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office.