New South Dakota Department of Labor stats show Lake County's unemployment rising again, to 6.9% in May. Still not as high as our January peak of 7.1%, but nothing to brag about, considering we're still above the statewide average of 4.9%.
Neighboring Brookings County also saw a rise, from 2.8% in April to 3.4% in May. Brookings's peak rate this year was March's 3.5%. Among all of our neighboring counties, only Miner is worse off at 7.3%.
One the funniest starts to a Sioux Falls City Council meeting
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Poops was a comedian tonight, though I don’t think he realized it. After
the invocation (in which a pastor did a nice job of speaking about
immigrants) Pau...
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