Essential Air Service – Dakota Free Press

Johnson Slapping Big-City Airports in the Face by Protecting Handouts to Pierre, Watertown, Aberdeen Flyers

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2023-06-16

Representative Dusty Johnson famously said last August that relieving student loan debt is a “slap in the face” to folks who pay off their student…

Socialism Helps Pierre Residents Escape to Big Liberal Cities

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2023-04-19

Pierre gets federal subsidies to support air service to Denver. Come June 1, that friendly federal socialism will let our state capital add flights to Minneapolis:…

Feds Save 45% on Pierre/Watertown Essential Air Subsidy; Noem Pitches Fit

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2021-05-13

Subsidy Queen Kristi Noem is complaining that the Biden Administration isn’t spending more money on infrastructure in South Dakota. In April, the United States Department…

Taxpayer-Subsidized Flights to Noem Home Airport Shift to Include Chicago

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2019-06-04

In more government-subsidy news, the Federal Aviation Administration just approved subsidizing flights to Chicago from the rural airport to Governor Kristi Noem’s house: The Federal…

Watertown, Pierre Hope to Add Subsidized Flights to Minneapolis

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2018-04-17

Watertown and Pierre could add Minneapolis to their federally subsidized air service. At a special lunchtime meeting on Friday, the Watertown City Council followed Pierre…

Watertown Gets Flyer #10,000, Earns $1M from Uncle Sam for Airport

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2017-12-18

The Watertown airport celebrated its 10,000th passenger this year on Sunday when former resident Christine Stone flew home to Colorado Springs. Reaching that 10K milestone…

Watertown Adds Local Subsidy to Boost Airport’s Chances for Likely $1M Grant

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2017-10-28

Watertown continues its love affair with federal airport dollars. In a special meeting Wednesday, the Watertown City Council unanimously approved spending $25,000 to further subsidize…

Dakota Free Press Podcast 003: Campaign Finance, Shady PAC Robocalls, Essential Air Service, and the Arts!

By Cory Allen Heidelberger on 2017-03-23

Get your latest Dakota Free Press podcast, right here, right now! The highlight of Episode 003 is Spencer Dobson’s interview with local art professor Sara Christensen Blair…

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Blog Roll: SD Mostly Political

The South Dakota Standard
Two South Dakota men charged in Montana murder that has ties to Ben Affleck crime drama, "The Town": Part 1A murder trial in a small Montana town included surprising evidence and “witnesses,” as a scene from the 2010 crime thriller “The Town,” starring Ben Affleck and Jeremy Renner was shown twice an…

2023.09.22

South DaCola
Washington Pavilion hosts opener to Planetarium with decades old movie: The Pavilion decided when opening the new planetarium they should show a movie that was decades old, a Foot Soldier who attended put in in perspective; We went to the new Planetarium the other night d…

2023.09.22

The South Dakota Standard
Brookings pastor Kline: We must respect the four crucial elements of life — water, fire, earth and air — or face the consequences: I recall as a child almost drowning.Although I hadn’t learned how to swim, the deep end of the city pool was tempting. I found that if I jumped in at a corner, jumping toward the ladder, I could haul…

2023.09.21

South DaCola
Did the ‘Wine and Cheese’ Dems in Sioux Falls screw up a public event with DOT Secretary Buttigieg?: I changed my registration from Dem to Indy when Daschle voted for the Iraq War and have not returned. At the time, there was gobs of evidence that the WMD claims were a ruse, and Tommy Boy certainly k…

2023.09.21

South Dakota News Watch
South Dakota moms bond over a shared experience: C-sections: Kate Hoekstra kisses her son during a New Baby and Me class offered by Sanford Health on July 27, 2023, in Sioux Falls. She connected with other members of the... The post South Dakota moms bond over…

2023.09.21

SoDak Governors
Back to the Future: Huron’s Karen refugees recall SD’s settlement by ethnic communities: One doesn’t need to live in South Dakota for very long to see the legacy left by the European immigrants … More…

2023.09.18

SoDak Governors
“The Eighteen-Day Running Mate” recalls a strange chapter in SD political history: During one of my recent appearances on “The Dakota Town Hall” podcasts, I mentioned a book that I read several … More…

2023.09.18

South Dakota News Watch
‘Freedom Works Here’ has spent millions to promote S.D. jobs. Now businesses are being asked to pitch in.: South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem unveils a “Freedom Works Here” branded NASCAR car on July 27 at Falls Park in Sioux Falls. The partnership is estimated to cost $130,000. (Photo:... The post ‘Freedom Wor…

2023.09.18

Bluestem Prairie
Iowa utility regulators want to finish Summit pipeline permit hearing by month’s end: Ethanol carbon pipelines haven't done so well her in South Dakota, as Bluestem noted Monday--via the South Dakota Searchlight--in State denies Summit permit; both ethanol carbon pipelines propose…

2023.09.12

Bluestem Prairie
On September 11, US Army began disinterment project to return remains of more children buried at Carlisle to tribal communities: Bluestem's been following the effort to return Edward Upright, from the Spirit Lake Tribe in North Dakota, and Amos LaFramboise, from the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation…

2023.09.12

Blog Roll: Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the My-Time: A man named Karl who lived in Germany in the 19th Century was a jack-of-all-trades. A skinner at a local slaughterhouse. A dog catcher. A tax collector at a time when one literally went door to door c…

2023.09.22

Mark Haugen
In the game of life, be a Tom, not a Bill: You've probably seen the news where a U.S. Senator has led the charge for it to be an even uglier place. They've dropped the dress code of suits and ties and now allow shorts and sweatshirts…

2023.09.22

SleuthSayers
A Strange Sort of Mourning: By now, most of you know that I volunteered at the Sioux Falls prison for 12 years (Alternatives to Violence Project and the Lifer's Group), and then for the last year have been working from home…

2023.09.21

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Beneath This Minute: Beneath this MinuteBeneath this minuteAre the lies I tell myselfI think I’m okayNo better and no worseThan others around meThe truth is that I’m bothI don’t read enoughBut I read more than mostI’m fat…

2023.09.20

Mark Haugen
When the ban isn't really a ban ...: I'm against book bans, but let's not over-hype the problem. Here are some interesting findings from a couple researchers who looked into claims of censorship.As it turns out, almost three q…

2023.09.19

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Earthquake subsection): If you thought the recent earthquake in Morocco was bad .......…

2023.09.18

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
The. Plastic Bag of Youthful Death: The Plastic Bag of Youthful DeathI threw away my journalsAfter many years of writingTiny letters upon painful pagesJust as I was making the meSo public that required IDestroy my life before itWent any…

2023.09.17

Idle Hands Dep't
A Little Saturday Nite Bluegrass Div (Willie Div0: Don't much care for Billy Strings, but this with Willie is getting a lot of airplay. Kind of a fun song.As Willie is said to have on his birthday, " I've outlived my d***" Mickey…

2023.09.17

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #585: Hudson Compound Playlist: This week's show is another of those broadcasts where I simply air some of the records I've been playing around the house the last few weeks. There's no real format outside of that, but…

2023.09.16

Native Hope Blog
Native American Boarding Schools and Education History: The earliest schools for Native Americans were most often mission schools, founded by different religious groups in the United States, Mexico and Canada. In 1819, Congress passed the Indian Civilizati…

2023.09.12

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