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Lincoln County commissioner calls veterans memorial a 'joke,' accuses chair of being 'poor'

Weekly meetings have become regular sparring shows among the five commissioners

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The Lincoln County Commission continued its descent into acrimony this week after Commissioner Doug Putnam attacked two of his colleagues during their regular meeting Tuesday.

Putnam closed a tense meeting by accusing Chairwoman Tiffani Landeen of running the meeting unfairly, calling her a “poor chair.” He then blamed longtime Commissioner Jim Schmidt for the county airport’s financial problems.

“You were there for 20 years, and that airport was losing a pile of money. That was your fault,” Putnam said to the retiring commissioner.

Lewis Drug snuffs out tobacco, nicotine sales at all locations in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota

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Lewis Drug snuffs out tobacco, nicotine sales at all locations in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota

A regional pharmacy and retail chain recently purchased by Sanford Health is phasing out all tobacco and nicotine sales.

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