PIERRE (AP) - Roughly a quarter of the tickets for the two celebratory Jan. 10 inaugural balls in Pierre have been sold in their first week available.
KCCR-AM reports that 25 percent of tickets to the Capitol Ball planned for the state Capitol had been sold by the end of Thursday. About 20 percent had been purchased for the Inaugural Ball scheduled to be held at the Ramkota RiverCentre.
Earlier on Jan. 10, Gov. Dennis Daugaard, state legislators and other officials will be sworn in at a free event at the state Capitol.