South Dakota
Feeding South Dakota prepares to meet growing need
RAPID CITY, S.D. — With the start of November this Saturday — 40-million Americans who rely on snap food benefits will see them reduced, or stop altogether — if the government shutdown continues..
As the deadline approaches — local food banks are preparing for what could be another strain on their resources.
Snap is intended to stretch a grocery budget, not cover all food costs, and provide low income families access to healthy food.
In South Dakota, about 75,000 people receive snap benefits.
“It’s really hard to know what that could look like for us when it comes down to numbers of people. We’re spending some time this week getting very planful about contingency plans and and making sure that we can do all that we possibly can in the communities coming into November with those benefits changing,” said Stacey Andernacht, Vice President of Public Relations, Feeding South Dakota.
Feeding South Dakota distributes food to every county in South Dakota. providing nearly 12 million meals a year.
Snap benefits being withheld is one more stressor on the organization.
In April, Feeding South Dakota was notified they would not receive 11 expected loads of food through a federal program.
In July, cuts to federal food assistance programs resulted in more pressure on food banks.
“It is a challenging time right now as a food bank, you know, we are the food safety net for South Dakota. Our goal, our mission, our focus, is making sure that every South Dakotan has access to the food that they need to thrive, and especially in times of uncertainty and and we’re looking at a couple of different, you know, groups of folks who are feeling some uncertainty right now, and we want to make sure that they don’t feel uncertain about putting food on their table,” Andernacht said.
Feeding South Dakota is navigating the changing landscape.
Donations of cash and food to the organization like the recent South Dakota Farmers Union donation of 35,000 pounds of pork will help Feeding South Dakota meet its mission in South Dakota.
“Really, as we come into November, we’re going to need community support in order to bring us across that finish line, in order to help us, you know, bring an influx of food into the community and across the state. I can’t tell you exactly what that looks like, but it’s going to be food, for sure. It’s going to be dollars to purchase food that’s going to be our greatest need, if the shutdown continues into November,” Andernacht said.
Jerry Steinley has lived in the Black Hills most of his life and calls Rapid City home. He received a degree in Journalism with a minor in Political Science from Metropolitan State University in Denver in 1994.
Sioux Falls schools won’t see larger class sizes as a result of looming budget cuts.
The Sioux Falls Board of Education on Monday committed to holding the line on student-teacher ratios despite more than $3 million in spending reductions South Dakota’s largest school district is facing amid ongoing funding constraints.
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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The Preseason South Dakota Prep Media Basketball Poll has been released. Teams are ranked by points received and first-place votes are in parentheses.
Boys
Class AA
1. Lincoln (11) 78
2. Brandon Valley (6) 58
3. Huron 43
4. Mitchell 38
5. O’Gorman (1) 15
Receiving votes: Jefferson 13, Harrisburg 12, Washington 6, Roosevelt 3, Spearfish 2, Tea Area 2.
Class A
1. SF Christian (16) 176
2. Lennox 135
3. West Central (2) 127
4. Clark/Willow Lake 103
5. Hamlin 86
6. Pine Ridge 68
7. St. Thomas More 62
8. Groton Area 46
9. RC Christian 40
10. Dakota Valley 37
Receiving votes: Dell Rapids 29, Vermillion 21, Winner 17, Madison 16, Baltic 12, Flandreau 5, Hill City 4, Mobridge-Pollock 4, Cheyenne-Eagle Butte 1, Mahpiya Luta 1.
Class B
1. Castlewood (10) 149
2. Wessington Springs (2) 124
3. St. Mary’s (4) 110
4. Wall (1) 109
5. Viborg-Hurley (1) 108
6. Freeman 98
7. Lyman 54
8. Aberdeen Christian 50
9. De Smet 37
10. Parkston 35
Receiving votes: Sully Buttes 31, Bridgewater-Emery 25, Howard 17, Leola/Frederick Area 14, Gregory 9, Wolsey-Wessington 7, Lemmon 6, Estelline/Hendricks 5, Deubrook Area 2.
Girls
Class AA
1. O’Gorman (16) 88
2. Brandon Valley (2) 72
3. Washington 45
4. Jefferson 26
5. Stevens 17
Receiving votes: Mitchell 16, Spearfish 3, Aberdeen Central 2, Rapid City Central 1.
Class A
1. SF Christian (11) 173
2. Mahpiya Luta (7) 160
3. Hamlin 120
4. Dakota Valley 119
5. Sioux Valley 94
6. Wagner 88
7. Vermillion 62
8. Mobridge-Pollock 52
9. Lennox 39
10. Flandreau 29
Receiving votes: West Central 19, Aberdeen Roncalli 11, Clark/Willow Lake 6, St. Thomas More 4, Groton Area 4, Mount Vernon/Plankinton 3, Miller 2, Canton 2, Lakota Tech 2, Pine Ridge 1.
Class B
1. Bennett County (15) 176
2. Sanborn Central/Woonsocket 131
3. Centerville (3) 108
4. Lyman 106
5. Parkston 96
6. Harding County 75
7. Ethan 72
8. Deubrook Area 39
9. Colman-Egan 37
T-10. St. Mary’s 31
T-10. Freeman 31
Receiving votes: Corsica-Stickney 23, Arlington 21, Lemmon 11, De Smet 11, Kadoka Area 6, Waubay-Summit 6, Gayville-Volin 5, Warner 2, Northwestern 1, Chester 1, Avon 1.
South Dakota Coyotes (5-5) at Wyoming Cowboys (7-2)
Laramie, Wyoming; Tuesday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: South Dakota visits Wyoming after Isaac Bruns scored 28 points in South Dakota’s 89-87 overtime loss to the Northern Colorado Bears.
The Cowboys are 7-0 on their home court. Wyoming is 6-1 against opponents over .500.
The Coyotes have gone 0-3 away from home. South Dakota scores 83.6 points while outscoring opponents by 3.4 points per game.
Wyoming scores 86.0 points, 5.8 more per game than the 80.2 South Dakota allows. South Dakota has shot at a 45.2% clip from the field this season, 4.0 percentage points above the 41.2% shooting opponents of Wyoming have averaged.
TOP PERFORMERS: Leland Walker is scoring 14.9 points per game with 4.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists for the Cowboys. Khaden Bennett is averaging 10.9 points and 5.2 rebounds while shooting 44.0%.
Bruns is scoring 19.3 points per game and averaging 4.7 rebounds for the Coyotes. Jordan Crawford is averaging 12.1 points and 2.6 rebounds.
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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