Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 a.m. CDT - KTIV

Latest South Dakota news, sports, business and entertainment at 1:20 a.m. CDT - KTIV

SOUTH DAKOTA DEMOCRATS-OFFICE CLOSINGS

South Dakota Democrats closing 2 offices, citing costs

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Democratic Party is closing its Sioux Falls headquarters and Rapid City field office within the next month, citing financial costs.

Party chair Paula Hawks announced the closings in an email to state party officials Thursday.

Hawks said office rent was the biggest expense and that the closures would be temporary.

Minnehaha County Democratic Party chair Nikki Gronli says the move is best for the party’s future.

KELO-AM reports state Democratic Party officials say their executive director and West River field organizer will work remotely for now.

South Dakota Democrats also canceled a fundraiser in Rapid City scheduled for late September.

SANFORD HEALTH-RETALIATION LAWSUIT

Lawsuit: Sanford Health pressured medical director to resign

(Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A former Sanford Health executive says she was pressured to resign after she complained to supervisors about lax security.

Dr. Jolene Mitchell was the medical director at Sanford Clinic in Sioux Falls until she resigned in April.

In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, she said the clinic served patients who are convicted criminals. The lawsuit says a patient punched Mitchell in the abdomen when she was pregnant. Mitchell says Sanford ignored her complaints.

Sanford Clinic specializes in workplace illnesses and injuries.

Argus Leader reports that the lawsuit says Sanford discriminated against Mitchell because of her gender and cited complications with her pregnancy as reason to pressure her to leave.

Paul Hanson is the president of Sanford Sioux Falls. He disputes Mitchell’s claims. He says workplace safety is always a top priority.

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DSU ATHLETICS

Dakota State has $10 million gift for athletics complex

(Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com)

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University is another step closer to building a new athletics complex.

The university has a $10 million gift from First Premier Bank/Premier Bankcard and Miles and Lisa Beacom. It’s the largest single donation ever given to the school’s athletic program.

The Argus Leader reports athletics director Jeff Dittman says the university’s facilities are outdated and inadequate for a competitive collegiate program. Plans for a new athletic complex feature a two-story concourse and outdoor facilities. Dittman says the new complex will allow DSU to host more events and camps and improve its ability to compete at the conference level.

Premier Bankcard CEO Miles Beacom graduated from DSU in 1981 and is in the university’s athletics hall of fame.

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SIOUX FALLS KIDNAPPING

Man held on possible kidnapping charges

(Information from: Argus Leader, http://www.argusleader.com)

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man is accused of kidnapping a woman and driving around with her in his pickup truck for several hours.

Police say the 33-year-old Humboldt woman wasn’t physically harmed and eventually convinced the man to let her go. Authorities say the 23-year-old man struck up a conversation with the woman who was sitting in her car eating lunch in a parking lot Tuesday afternoon. The man asked the woman to sit in his pickup and when she did he locked the doors and drove away.

The Argus Leader says the woman was able to give police a description of the man who is being held without bond in the Minnehaha County Jail.

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DIOR AD-OUTRAGE-THE LATEST

The Latest: Native Americans say Dior ad pushes stereotypes

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dior is facing widespread criticism for an advertising campaign that Native Americans say perpetuates stereotypes.

Dior consulted with the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based Americans for Indian Opportunity on the campaign.

Executive director Laura Harris says the group sought to ensure Native American artists, actors and writers were included in the campaign to educate production teams. She says the controversy will start an international conversation about contemporary Native Americans.

Others like Dallas Goldtooth of the Lower Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota say the ad is romanticizing Native Americans as relics of the past. He says the ad doesn’t benefit Native people; it simply creates buzz for the French luxury goods company.

Goldtooth says no one will take Native Americans seriously if they’re continually portrayed as mystical and wearing feathers and fringe.

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