Kristi Noem got her shooting range, but she didn’t get her name on it. The $20.1-million Pete Lien and Sons Shooting Sports Complex opened on Halloween. Noem spent $13.5 million in tax dollars intended for economic development on this bang-bang playground, and we still have to pay $20 a pop to get in:
The complex is open seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. May through August, and from 8:30 a.m. to sunset September through April.
The facility’s 50-, 100- and 300-yard shooting bays and archery range are free to use on a first-come, first-served basis. Memberships are required for the long-range bay, shotgun area, sporting clays course and north range. An individual membership is $100, a family membership is $150 and a day pass is $20 [Joshua Haiar, “South Dakota Opens Its $20 Million State-Owned Shooting Range,” South Dakota Searchlight, 2025.11.07].
Game Fish and Parks apparently felt the need to name the little spur off Elk Vale Road that leads into its new attraction. So they named that gravel for a historic South Dakotan who served in Congress and as Governor. THe shooting range address is 14514 Bill Janklow Road, Piedmont, SD 57769.
Will they sell the new MAGA schwag?