If Rep. Mark Mickelson were serious about tackling corruption, he’d look at his seatmates and say, “Hey, fellas, really?” Jonathan Ellis finds three Republican legislators—Senator R. Blake Curd…
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Rep. Mark Mickelson (R-13/Sioux Falls) is feeling the GEAR UP heat. He must perceive enough rile-up among voters about corruption to move him to propose anti-corruption legislation. Having led…
Bob Mercer reports that Governor Dennis Daugaard has named Scott Herman to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Stacy Phelps last fall. One Todd County…
Attorney General Marty Jackley released four key pieces of information on his investigation of the apparent Westerhuis murders, arson, and suicide south of Platte on September 17,…
Taxpayers, take note of these two Notices to Creditors: — The motto under which the Lake Andes Wave publishes its legal notices is, “Because the People…
Angela Kennecke reports that in the first years of its GEAR UP program, South Dakota spent $14 million over six years with the intent of sending three…
Perhaps in the “no news is good news department,” the scandal-rocked Mid-Central Educational Cooperative board met for three hours in executive session on December 17, apparently…
Former state education secretaries Rick Melmer and Tom Oster, both appointees of Mike Rounds, run a consulting firm, Dakota Education Services. According to one of…
Grant expert Michael Wyland appears to agree with forensic economist Don Frankenfeld that the “very positive” audit of Mid-Central Educational Cooperative’s GEAR UP books should not assuage our…
Suppose you owned a million-dollar asset, like a big gun and grenade collection, or eight Tesla Model Xs. Suppose you had a buddy keep that…