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Businesses tied to South Dakota governor’s family got $600,000 in virus grants

March 4, 2021/

South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem

Family members of South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem received over $600,000 in funds from a state grant program pushed by the governor that directed federal coronavirus relief funds to small businesses.

A ranch belonging to Noem’s family, Racota Valley Ranch Partnership, received $500,000, and a business operated by her brothers, Rock and Robb Arnold, received payments of just over $100,000, according to records on the grant program.

 

  • By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press


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