SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) --  The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 14 different counties during the month of October. ‘Finally living’ after a 20-year addiction According to a news release, the following counties will be checkpoints. Beadle Bennett Brookings Clay Codington Custer Fall River Jerauld Lawrence Marshall Meade Minnehaha Pennington Walworth The monthly checkpoints are designed to discourage people from driving impaired. The checkpoints are funded by the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety and conducted by the South Dakota Highway Patrol with the help of local law enforcement.