PIERRE, (KCCR) — Fighting a strong northwest wind officials gathered high above Hilger’s Gulch at the South Dakota State Health Lab to break ground for the Workforce and Education Center in Pierre Tuesday. Governor Kristi Noem says while the building is important it’s the people using it who matter the most…
Pierre Mayor Steve Harding told a crowd of health department workers and project officials the original health lab was considered out of town when constructed in the mid-1990’s…
Public Health Lab Director Dr. Tim Southern says the staff of the Health Lab helped drive the expansion…
Construction of the lab expansion due to limits on federal funding is the fall of 2026.
