Northeast Radio SD News – Watertown, SD - State-level prison overcrowding has transformed into an unexpected revenue driver for Codington County. In his May 2026 report to the Board of Commissioners on Tuesday, Sheriff Brad Howell revealed that space shortages across South Dakota’s penitentiary system have forced state authorities to routinely rely on regional county facilities, driving local jail revenues upward.

Northeast Radio SD News - Milbank, SD - The Grant County Board of Commissioners took a decisive step in securing the future of county leadership Tuesday, appointing Jeremy Steffensen as the next Grant County Sheriff.