CORSICA, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - After announcing that their local nursing home would close at the end of November, community leaders in Corscia say they are determined to keep local elder care in their town.

“The people who live in our facility today are the same people who helped raise the money to build it in the 1960s,” said Luke Bamberg, president of the Corsica Development Corporation. “We owe it to them to do everything we can to keep these doors open and continue offering quality senior care and good jobs in Douglas County.

This comes after Sanford Health announced on September 18, 2025, that it would be closing the Good Samaritan Society nursing home due to staff shortages. The Good Samaritan Society became part of Sanford through a 2019 merger agreement.

The closing of the nu

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