Much of the eastern half of South Dakota was moving pretty slow, given the terrible road conditions caused by the season's first real blizzard.
Even Governor Kristi Noem had her mind on driving conditions in the state.
At the Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Joe Sneve and Jonathan Ellis report in 'This is a disservice': Noem frustrated with lack of progress in Ravnsborg fatal crash investigation:
The governor isn't happy that South Dakotans still don't know if their attorney general will be charged criminally for killing a pedestrian while driving through Highmore more than 100 days ago.
Gov. Kristi Noem this week expressed her displeasure with the failure of the Hyde County State's Attorney's Office to determine whether South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be indicted after he struck and killed 55-year-old Joe Boever on the evening of Sept. 12.
"I share South Dakotans' frustration about the amount of time that has taken," she said in a statement to the Argus Leader. "To have more than 100 days go by without resolution on this is a disservice to the victim's family."
Noem promised transparency into the incident, and she has held press conferences to update the public on the status of the investigation. But weeks have gone by since her secretary of Public Safety, Craig Price, turned his investigation and reports over to the group of states attorneys who will decide whether charges should be filed.
Tony Mangan, a spokesman for the Department of Public Safety, confirmed Wednesday that his department finished its role in investigating the matter weeks ago. . . .
Read the rest at the Argus Leader. That's certainly not Governor Noem's usual positive pants posturing.
Last week, Ravnsborg took advantage of the gap. The Associated Press reported Attorney general Jason Ravnsborg: 'I believe I have not committed any crime.''
We believe the real disservice to the family (and the citizens of South Dakota) was striking and killing Joseph Boever as he walked on the shoulder of the road while carrying a light. But we're just a simple country blogger.
Photo: Governor Noem's famous flamethrower photo on Instagram. Find out About that flamethrower South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem had in her hands at the Argus Leader.
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