2001-05-19 04:00:00 PDT Concord-- Here's hoping that Thomas Steckel's bedside manner with his obstetrics patients at Mount Diablo Medical Center is more delicate than his blunt, plain- spoken ...

PIERRE, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has appointed Thomas Steckel interim commissioner of the Bureau of Human Resources. Noem announced Steckel’s appointment Monday. It follows ...