The Ziebach County Sheriff’s Office made a traffic stop that resulted in a felony drug arrest on June 15th. Justina Snow has been charged with felony drug charges, the case was turned over to the Ziebach County States’s Attorney. Snow was stopped by Ziebach County Sheriff Gary Cudmore and additional tribal resources were requested. During the stop, marijuana and three quarters of a pound of methamphetamine were found with the assistance of Tribal K-9 “Rowdy”. The Northern Plains Safe Place Drug Task Force is also investigating the case.
South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem blasted Ben & Jerry’s anti-American 4th of July message and said the leadership of the company hasn’t studied its history enough. On Independence Day, Ben & Jerry’s Twitter account posted a message pushing for the return of “stolen Indigenous land,” including Mount Rushmore, located in South Dakota, to Native American groups. Governor Noem had other thoughts on the matter. “I’m not going to listen to a bunch of liberal Vermont businessmen who think they know everything about this country and haven’t studied our history,” Noem told “Fox & Friends”. “Right now, Mount Rushmore is the greatest symbol of our freedom and history of the United States of America.”
Those are your headlines at this hour. I’m Colette Keith in the KIPI News center.
