SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO.com) — Sobriety checkpoints start up again in South
Dakota in January. The checkpoints are intended to discourage people from
drinking and driving. So far in 2019, there were 158 checkpoints conducted
statewide. That included 12,710 vehicles checked, 169 DUI arrests made and
84 alcohol citations issued. Counties that have checkpoints scheduled for
January are: Beadle, Brown, Butte, Charles Mix, Codington, Day, Fall River,
Hughes, Kingsbury, Lincoln, Lyman, McCook, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington,
Stanley, Walworth, and Yankton.
(Colin Strombeck of KELO Radio News contributed this report.)
