A young, ambitious, service-minded Sioux Falls woman killed herself a couple weeks ago. Fit that into our preceding discussions of South Dakota’s record-high suicide rate…
Category: South Dakota
During Session, I doggedly ignored the chislic debate, deeming the designation of a state nosh too trivial for blog time. But when Freeman hosts its…
Rapid City lawyer and writer David Ganje wryly imagines a conversation between himself and state government to depict Pierre’s arrogant resistance to public participation in state…
New Board of Regents exec Paul Beran sounds like he’s ready to acquiesce to our cheapskate Legislature and keep the burden for funding higher ed…
Agropur plans to pump two million gallons of its cheese-plant wastewater into the Big Sioux River. The main health concern from that water is its…
If you’re coming to Aberdeen from anywhere east in August (like for the Brown County Fair!), you might want to come up 281. Bob Mercer…
The Displaced Plainsman gleefully (I enjoy picturing the Plainsman gleeful) comments on new USD president Sheila Gestring’s welcome defense of liberal arts education as a…
I’m a text guy. I don’t listen to many podcasts. It thus takes an eager reader/listener to point out this curious clip from Dusty Johnson’s…
District 3 Democrats will be increasing the barbecue quotient in Aberdeen Saturday. District 3 House candidates Justin Roemmick and Brooks Briscoe will join me, District…
Special Session! Special Session! Chief of staff Tony Venhuizen is telling the press that his boss, Governor Dennis Daugaard, is considering convening the Legislature to…