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Longtime Pierre Journalist Returning To State Government

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PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Longtime Pierre journalist Tony Mangan is leaving the profession to return to state government.

Mangan worked four years at the Capital Journal newspaper and has spent the past 17 years at KCCR radio. He tells the Capital Journal ( ) that he has taken a job as public information officer for the Department of Public Safety.

Mangan has previously worked for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and he was assistant press secretary to Gov. Walter D. Miller in the mid-1990s.

Mangan has lived in Pierre for nearly three decades. KCCR General Manager Steve White says Mangan is “an institution in this community.”

Wednesday was Mangan’s last day at KCCR. Mayor Laurie Gill proclaimed the day “Tony Mangan Day” in Pierre.

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Information from: Pierre Capital Journal,

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