Wrong. Noem wanted to go to lockdown - the SD legislature shut her down instead.
Not really.
Noem was the only governor who didn't use executive "emergency authority" to shutdown their state.
Her office did offer a SD Senate bill that would have granted "emergency authority to counties, community improvement districts and municipalities in the event of a public health crisis."
So she left the decision up to the state legislature that would have left the ultimate decision up to local authorities.
It's really as I said.