In perhaps the first good thing I can say about the impending Trump Presidency, the President-Elect may help us get a new School of Mines…
Category: South Dakota
David Newquist notes a high prevalence of Russian hits on his blog, Northern Valley Beacon, and wonders if Putin’s hackers might be keeping an eye on local resistance…
The Lincoln County Commission holds a public hearing on two proposed wind tower ordinances on Tuesday, December 27. The setbacks ordinance would increase the required minimum distance between…
A number of my Lake County friends have noted the close margin by which political rookie Republican Jordan Youngberg wrested the District 8 Senate seat from…
Donald Trump’s pick of anti-ethanol Scott Pruitt to head the EPA has prompted Governor Dennis Daugaard to join his fellow corny state execs Terry Branstad of Iowa and…
I substitute-taught today—economics and British lit. Students in the latter are reading George Orwell’s Animal Farm. While students diligently completed their worksheets (grammar! vocab! reading questions!), I…
The Chuck Brennan hissy fit continues: The Brennan Rock & Roll Academy was established to help children uncover and develop their love, passion, and talents…
As I read through the court documents in Curd et al. v. South Dakota, the GOP legislators’ lawsuit to overturn Initiated Measure 22, I find one remarkable passage…