There’s a new face in the County Health Nurse office at the Sanborn County Courthouse. That face belongs to Lacy Eaton, and she comes to the county after serving as a county health nurse in Beadle County for the past eight years. She replaces Marla Feistner, who retired this summer.
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Sanborn County’s Sheriff’s Department has gained another full-time deputy with the recent hiring of Michael “Mike” Salathe. He was raised in a military family due to his father’s service, but once his father retired from the military, they moved to Miller and then to Huron, where Deputy Salathe graduated from high school in 1999. Salathe’s father was born and raised in Jerauld County, which is what drew them to return to the area after his father’s military retirement.
After high school graduation, Deputy Salathe joined the United States Army and served for five years. Following his military service, he moved back to the area and worked for South Dakota Wheat Growers in Huron for 13 years. For 11 of those years, he lived in Iroquois, where he was a volunteer firefighter.
Three years ago, Salathe decided to get into the law enforcement field and joined the corrections department for Davison County and moved to Mitchell. He is currently living in Mitchell but looking for a home in Sanborn County. Deputy Salathe is not married, but he has two daughters, Temperance, age 12 and Chloe, age 10 living with him. He has a live-in girlfriend who has a son, Cody, age 11, who also lives with them.
…Read on and see a picture of the new deputy in this week’s issue of the Sanborn Weekly Journal!
Legislative District 8 for the Democratic Party met in Madison for the purpose of electing District Officers on Tuesday, May 26. John Schmidt of Woonsocket was elected Vice-Chairman of the legislative district, and Travis Wicks of Madison was elected Chairman. Schmidt is currently the Chairman of the Sanborn County Democratic Party, and Wicks just completed his term of Chairman of Lake County.
Legislative District 8 is composed of Lake, Miner, Moody, and Sanborn Counties. The purpose of the legislative district organization is to find and recruit candidates to run for the State Legislature and to help fund those candidates. Lynn Moran of Woonsocket also attended the meeting.