Newspapers Launch Notices Database

Over 100 newspapers have teamed up to create an online database of public notices.

Members of the South Dakota Newspaper Association (SDNA) recently launched the website which holds information on all legal and public notices as they are issued in the state.

Staff at each weekly and daily title save notices published in their newspaper to the shared site so they can then be searched by date, city, newspaper or keyword term.

The database includes reports from city council meetings and government notices concerning education, elections and property.

SDNA President Mark Roby told the Brookings Register: “You can’t replace the value and importance of having government public notices published first in the local community newspaper that is read widely by the residents of that community.

“However, this website extends that reach and is just another example of how strongly South Dakota’s newspapers are committed to protecting and enhancing the public’s right to know in South Dakota.”