• Complaints that two state boards violated the open meetings law were dismissed by the South Dakota Open Meetings Commission Oct. 29 in Sioux Falls.
• The commission heard separate complaints against the state Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners and the state Board of Massage Therapy related to public meetings those boards held earlier this year.
• A third case heard by the open meetings commission resulted in a public reprimand against the Union County Weed Board. The weed board did not dispute that it failed to provide adequate public notice of its May 29 meeting at the Union County Courthouse.
• State law requires that public boards must post a meeting agenda at least 24 hours before they meet.
• Union County State's Attorney Jerry A. Miller recommended to the open meetings commission that the weed board be reprimanded. He had received complaints from a group of residents in the county about the illegal meeting.
• Chad Haber of Tea had filed a complaint against the state Board of Medical and Osteopathic Examiners, alleging that the board did not properly follow its agenda and held illegal closed-door

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