Dominoes begin to fall locally after state ed cuts

The deep cuts proposed by Gov. Dennis Daugaard and approved by the Legislature earlier this year may have solved South Dakota’s $127 million structural deficit in one fell swoop, but the dominoes have only begun to fall at the local level. The Mitchell School District is facing nearly $800,000 in cuts for the 2011-2012 school year as a result of the lost state funding, and some people are nervous.

By: Ross Dolan, The Daily Republic