Pastor Hickey can finally get off Bishop Zellmer’s back. Yesterday, 433 voting members at the annual assembly of the South Dakota Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran…
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Muhammad Ali died last night. The greatest 20th-century fighter, an athlete in a sport that most directly celebrates our lust for war, was a year and change younger…
In more news from the “Almost Nothing to See Here” Department, District 25 Democrats are spending almost nothing on their primary campaigns for two House slots on the…
Dana Ferguson reports that sixteen of South Dakota’s twenty Democratic legislators issued a statement yesterday endorsing Hillary Clinton for President. Not joining in this endorsement are Democrats Rep.…
In a genial and uncontroversial hearing at the Brown County Courthouse this morning, Joop Bollen, dressed in a thin grey polo shirt, well-worn blue jeans, and…
Edmunds County Commissioner Wade Eisenbeisz of Bowdle has reason to look dour. Having been caught posting a neo-Nazi symbol on his Facebook page, Eisenbeisz is now explaining…
*See update below! Campaign finance reports for the District 3 Republican House candidates show some predictable sums and a couple of violations of campaign finance law. The top fundraiser is first-time…
My favorite campaign poster so far comes from Kelsey Collier-Wise, who is seeking a second term on the Vermillion City Council: This one picture may have finally…
Senator Deb Peters (R-9/Hartford) is killing primary challenger Lora Hubbel in campaign contributions. According to the incumbent Senator’s pre-primary report, she’s received $10,148 in individual contributions, another…
The “recount” and second rejection of the medical cannabis petition raised a few legal questions about the status of that petition and the process that…