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Four South Dakota newspapers ceased operations, impacting over 40,000 residents.

The closures resulted from the parent company's failed sale and financial difficulties.

Community leaders and journalists are exploring options to restore local news coverage.

Legal notice publication is a concern for local governments affected by the closures.

Four communities in South Dakota abruptly lost their newspapers this week, leaving more than 40,000 people without a local source of print news — at least in the near term.

Employees at the Huron Plainsman, Redfield Press, Brookings Register and Moody County Enterprise, which served the city of Flandreau, learned this week that operations would cease immediately.

“The decision was not made lightly,” read a letter from the pape

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