Code Talker Memorial To Be Built; Bill To Fund It Tabled

Code Talker Memorial To Be Built; Bill To Fund It Tabled

PIERRE — A bill to fund a memorial to approximately 200 Sioux Indian “Code Talkers” from South Dakota who served in World Wars I and II and conflicts in Korea and Vietnam is killed by the Senate Appropriations Committee, but the project is far from not happening. House Bill 1248 had prior testimony leaving only action on the bill. Senator John Wiik of Big Stone City says such a monument has been an ongoing discussion since 2016…

House Bill 1013 would take 500-thousand dollars in general funds and three-million dollars in federal fund expenditure authority to dredge Capital Lake and develop a master plan to deal with the faulty Flaming Fountain. Wiik says public input will be a part of Capitol Lake’s future…

Senate Appropriators voted six to zero with three excused to table the measure.