More book fallout, hand counting ballots, navigating conflicts & under-worked councilors

CORRECTION: Independent candidate Anny Libengood is a candidate for county commission. An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the winners of the race in June 4 GOP primary election would not face a opposition in the general election. The Dakota Scout strives for fairness and accuracy and sincerely regrets the error.

Minnehaha County Auditor Leah Anderson says assertions she wants to hand count tens of thousands of ballots cast on Election Day have been misconstrued. Following an hours-long meeting before the County Commission Tuesday morning, the embattled election official in South Dakota’s most populous county told

The publisher of Gov. Kristi Noem’s controversial new book is conceding that it will have to fix another factual error made by the governor, this one about South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds. Hachette Book Group will amend future editions of “No Going Back” to clarify Noem’s allegation that Rounds called on Donald Trump to drop out of the presidential race in October, 2016 following the release of taped conversations in which Trump bragged about how he enjoyed fondling women. The release of the Access Hollywood tapes came near the end of the presidential campaign and nearly derailed his campaign, forcing Trump to issue a rare apology.