Due to the flooding incurred on Friday night/Saturday morning, the culvert construction was unable to be completed.
The new date of closure/detour will occur on Tuesday 09/24/2019.
Please consider an alternate route. Detour signs will be posted.
Important Voter Information
September 6, 2019 by
Greetings Oglala Lakota County residents;
The Oglala Lakota County Auditor’s office has been notified by your local postal carriers that there are a large number of voter verification notices that will be returned to our office due to address changes. We would like to encourage any registered voters that may have experienced a change of address by either physically moving to a different location or their physical address being changed due to the new 911 address changes, to update their voter registration as soon as possible.
Once every two years, during non-election years, the South Dakota Secretary of State does a process of list maintenance which generates a list of voters who have not updated their registration nor voted in the last 2 election cycles (4 years). They will be sent a verification notice which will need to be filled out and returned to the Oglala Lakota County Auditor’s office by the voter. If the address provided on the registration is incorrect or outdated, for example, if you had an old rural route address that has since been updated by the new 911 addresses, this would impact you as the notice will be returned “Undeliverable”. This will potentially cause a voter’s registration to become inactive. This means you would need to fill out a voter registration prior to voting at the polls.
You may contact the Oglala Lakota Auditor’s office @ (605) 745-5130 or mail correspondence to: Oglala Lakota County Auditor, 906 N River St., Hot Springs, SD 57747 or visit the office in person. You may also email the Auditor: [email protected]
OLC Hazard Mitigation Plan – Public Review
June 27, 2019 by
The current draft of the OST and OLC Hazard Mitigation Plan is now available for Public Review online. This draft includes the latest revisions that were discussed at the second round of meetings.
You may review the draft at the project website: https://jeo.com/osthmp.
The draft will now be made available for a 30-day public comment period, which lasts from Thursday, June 27th to Saturday, July 27th, 2019. At the end of this period, the complete multi-jurisdictional plan will be submitted to the South Dakota Department of Public Safety and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for final approval.
This is your last opportunity to review the plan and submit to JEO any requested changes or corrections, prior to its submission to SDDPS and FEMA.
Statewide Tornado Drill
April 22, 2019 by
South Dakota will have its Statewide Tornado Drill on Wednesday, April 24th, 2019. Sirens will blow!
A statewide tornado drill will be conducted for South Dakota by the National Weather Service between 9:00 and 9:30 am MDT (10:00 and 10:30 am CDT) on Wednesday, April 24. Because the exercise is used to ensure communications and warning systems are functioning properly before storm season, people will see and hear the actual alerts used for tornadoes.
Outdoor warning sirens will be sounded in many towns. The sirens may not be heard inside homes and office buildings, as they are intended to alert people who are outdoors away from radio or TV.
The drill will also include activation of the Emergency Alert System, which will interrupt local media broadcasts. The scroll on broadcast television and cable TV channels will look like a real warning, while the NOAA Weather Radio and broadcast audio will be identified as a test.
Local emergency response agencies may practice their response procedures and many schools will conduct safety drills for their students.
Cell phone alerts and other electronic notification systems will not be involved in the test.
People do not need to take any action during the drill, but they are encouraged to make plans to protect themselves and their families before storms develop. Don’t wait until the storm is headed toward you as there won’t be time. Information about storm safety is available from county emergency management offices or visit the following web sites:
Rapid City National Weather Service: www.weather.gov/safety
American Red Cross: www.redcross.org
Federal Emergency Management Agency: http://www.ready.gov
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