The South Dakota Highway Patrol has announced sobriety checkpoints will be conducted in 17 different counties during the month of January. These checkpoints will take place in the counties of Bennett, Charles Mix, Codington, Davison, Hutchinson, Lake/Moody, Law-rence, Lincoln, Meade, Minnehaha, Pennington, Roberts, Sanborn, Spink, Stanley, Walworth, and Yankton.