Earl Butz – Dakota Free Press

Earl Butz is back! (Did he ever really leave?) U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue told Wisoncsin dairy farmers Tuesday to get big or get out……

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South DaCola
The State of City Politics: I think this image says it best. A street light was taken out in front of Minerva’s downtown in front of Shriver. I laughed about the caution tape and the light was still operating. On the ground. Is…

2024.04.16

Bluestem Prairie
Minnesota House passes environment policy bill: I watched the Minnesota House floor debate over HF2774/SF2904 (YouTube below). The arguments seemed familiar. The bill passed on a bipartisan vote of 72-58. Here's the press release from House bi…

2024.04.16

Bluestem Prairie
News digest: DFL House District 12B Judd Hoff endorsement wasn't a winner: On Sunday, I saw an interesting post from political operative Michael Brodkorb on the X platform: NEW: I researched the new DFL-endorsed candidate in HD12B against @RepMaryFranson - Judd Hoff tonight.…

2024.04.15

South DaCola
UPDATE: Why was Parks Board meeting this month cancelled?: UPDATE: I am being told the big reveal for Aquatics Bonds will be at the Wednesday Presser or at the State of the City address on Thursday. I assume they will release the details on Wednesday. Obvious…

2024.04.15

South Dakota News Watch
South Dakota offering millions in tech grants to nursing homes: Up to $7 million in grants will soon be available to expand the use of telemedicine and innovative technology to improve health care for the elderly in South Dakota.…

2024.04.15

The South Dakota Standard
Suicide survivor: Ignore voices of doom, because life is worth living no matter how tough times get: Part 1 of 2Kevin Hines learned to ignore the voices who urged him on, encouraging him to kill himself.Hines (seen above, photo courtesy of Kevin Hines) heeded their call once, falling 223 feet from th…

2024.04.15

The South Dakota Standard
District 26 Rep's open letter regarding reconciliation and respect between Gov. Noem and Rosebud Sioux Tribe: Editor’s note: District 26 state Rep. Eric E. Emery is a Democrat from Rosebud. This open letter to Gov. Noem was posted on X on April 12, 2024:Recent events concerning Gov. Noem’s ban from the Rosebu…

2024.04.14

South Dakota News Watch
South Dakota judicial nominees pass committee, head to full US Senate vote: Camela Theeler and Eric Schulte, both of Sioux Falls, were nominated by President Joe Biden and supported by Republican Sens. John Thune and Mike Rounds.…

2024.04.11

Bonny's Blog
March 31, 2024: Final Monthly COVID Data Update: Four years ago this month, I began emailing out or posting regular blogs regarding COVID-19. It’s now time for me to stop, and this will be my last COVID update. In addition to summarizing the most…

2024.04.01

Blog of Joe Kirby
South Dakota Legislature Bans Ranking, Then Uses It: Every summer the South Dakota legislature commissions a limited number of studies that lead to possible legislation the following year. This year there was an abundance of ideas for possible topics to…

2024.03.29

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
Killing in Different Ways: Recently, Agatha Award-winning short-story author Toni L.P. Kelner asked if she could run a guest post here on SleuthSayers, highlighting this year's Agatha Award finalists. Toni will be moderati…

2024.04.16

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Tax Day subsection): Did you get yours filed? Did you get a refund ? Average refund per state ................…

2024.04.15

SleuthSayers
Time to Say Adios: Okay, I haven't known Marcia Muller for 47 years but perhaps a little closer to 37 years. I'm sorta on shaky ground but reasonably sure my first Bouchercon was 1989 when I met Ms Muller. By…

2024.04.15

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div: The Wheelhouse Rousters from the 2023 Telluride Bluegrass Festival doing Hey John.vocalist and guitarist Eddie Coffey, singer and guitarist Logan Oakley, banjo player Nathan Lynn, fiddler and mandoli…

2024.04.14

605 Speaks
Amazing show last night at Tonight! Peter Antoniou from America’s Got Talent LIVE @ ICON w/ The…: Amazing show last night at Tonight! Peter Antoniou from America’s Got Talent LIVE @ ICON w/ The Magic of Travis Nye + Jeni McPeter Antoniou & Magic of Travis Nye were fantastic - and even up close…

2024.04.13

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #615: New Releases (Pt. 2): Like all of the new release episodes, the second part of this month's series features a wide range of styles - a little bit Americana, some power pop, a touch of psych, and plenty of good ol…

2024.04.13

605 Speaks
Talking with Amber of Brookings South Dakota, about everything from art to crypto currency and NFTs!: 605 Speaks Brooking County Art & CommerceTalking with Amber of Brookings South Dakota, about everything from art to crypto currency and NFTs!Follow Amber on her socials!Login • InstagramLog into F…

2024.04.12

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Glowing Paper: Glowing Paper--(a really stupid poem)Books get wetBugs eat booksPeople burn booksBooks go to the trashThe mail loses booksPaper books turn to dustSpecial paper may save booksI write on glowing paperAn…

2024.04.07

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #614: New Releases (Pt. 1): I was close to finishing off the tracklists for this month's two part new release series when I received an unexpected text message from an old friend. Rich Show, the legendary leader of three cl…

2024.04.06

Mark Haugen
The sexiest woman in country music history is ...: Driving home from a meeting in Kadoka, SD, the other night, a song came on the Willie's Roadhouse channel of Sirius/XM that got me pondering the question of who is the sexiest woman in country m…

2024.04.02

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