OPEN THREAD: Friday afternoon weekend Pre-funk (H/T -Brent Amaker)

Argus Leader

• Sioux Falls Area Humane Society holds curbside adoptions during coronavirus pandemic April 2, 2020
  To try to follow social distancing guidelines but still give animals forever homes, the shelter started offering curb-side adoption this week.        
• Brant Lake homeowners lose multi-million dollar gamble after state Supreme Court ruling April 2, 2020
  Homeowners at Brant Lake lost a major ruling Thursday in the South Dakota Supreme Court, leaving them with a bill of more than $2 million.        

KELOLAND

• S.D. legislative panel directs Senate to open investigation of leaders Greenfield, Langer April 3, 2020
  PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — An official investigation was ordered Thursday into the conduct of the South Dakota Senate’s top two Republicans during the final night of 2020 legislative session. The Senate’s majority and minority caucuses will name five Republicans and four Democrats to look into an allegation that Senate Republican leader Kris Langer and Senator […]
• ‘Coronavirus: Facts Not Fear’ evening update – April 2, 2020 April 3, 2020
  As the nation finds itself deep in the throes of a pandemic, Nexstar stations from around the country are providing updates each night at 9 p.m./8 CST with the latest coronavirus headlines.

KDLT

Rapid City Journal

• STM's Haleigh Timmer commits to South Dakota State April 3, 2020
  With the unfortunate wait-and-see game because of the COVID-19 pandemic ongoing, St. Thomas More junior Haleigh Timmer has had a lot of time to think about her future.
• 'Surreal': NY funeral homes struggle as virus deaths surge April 3, 2020
  Pat Marmo, owner of Daniel J. Schaefer Funeral Home, walks through a viewing room set up to respect social distancing, Thursday, April 2, 2020, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. He and other funeral directors are seeing a surge…