South Dakota sheriff loses re-election, fires winning deputy
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June 8, 2018
TYNDALL, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota sheriff waited a whole minute after polls closed to fire a deputy who undid his re-election bid this week.
Bon Homme County Sheriff Lenny Gramkow fired deputy sheriff Mark Maggs after Maggs defeated him by a vote of 878-331 in Tuesday's Republican primary election. Maggs posted his time-stamped termination notice signed by Gramkow on Facebook after polls closed.
"As of this moment you are no longer an employee of Bon Homme County," Gramkow wrote. He didn't give a reason for the firing. South Dakota is an employment-at-will state where employees can be fired...
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