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🌱 How a new K-9 unit could change policing in Box Elder

Box Elder, South Dakota Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Box Elder! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new K-9 unit could change policing in Box Elder
  • How one Box Elder officer turned decade-old code problems around

Also on today's calendar: Volunteer Orientation and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: what do you call a rabbit with fleas? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Breezy with record-tying heat, with a high of 92 and low of 60 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Thursday: Mostly cloudy, windy and warm, temps: high: 82, low: 49.
  • Friday: Breezy in the morning, with a high of 81 and low of 48 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• State Awards Drug K-9 Funding to Pennington County, Box Elder (kotaradio.com) — Box Elder residents can expect a new police K-9 unit after the South Dakota Attorney General awarded the city up to $93,000 for drug-detection dogs and training. Paired with $60,000 for Pennington County, the funding aims to boost meth and drug enforcement across the region, with dogs and handlers selected this summer and training finished by early fall.
   

• Box Elder Official Named South Dakota Code Officer of the Year (kotatv.com) — A Box Elder code enforcement officer just earned statewide recognition for cleaning up long-troubled properties and improving local trailer parks. Mark Larson was named South Dakota Code Enforcement Officer of the Year for his persistent work resolving decade-old violations, coordinating major cleanups, and keeping Box Elder neighborhoods safer and more livable.
   

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What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Hunt posted a job opening for Maintenance Technician in Box Elder. Apply here.
  • Chili's Grill & Bar posted a job opening for Janitor - Rapid City Chili's in Rapid City. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Box Elder here.

🗞 Nearby News

Rapid City

  • LDS Church releases first renderings of new Rapid City temple (newscenter1.tv)
  • Rapid City man arrested in death of missing infant (buffalosfire.com)
  • Raider Park Family Day Kicks Off Summer Series in Rapid City (kotatv.com)

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Ok Box Elder! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Bugs Bunny ! (Thank you bruce A. for sending it in!)
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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Box Elder

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Stay in the loop with what's happening in Box Elder

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