You’d think that as a pilot, Mike Rounds could at least get aviation legislation right. Last month, South Dakota’s junior Senator proposed easing the training requirements for pilots…
Tag: safety
A cranky minority of legislators hate bicyclists. We saw an outbreak of two-wheeler-whacking during last year’s successful effort to write into law the passing berth motorists must give bicyclists. Now…
In today’s Oopsie! file, former state legislator Ryan Maher has been having a little trouble keeping between the ditches. From this week’s Timber Lake Topic:…
Three South Dakotans died in a head-on crash a mile west of Mina on Highway 12 Saturday afternoon. Two of the three fatalities were wearing…
Four weeks ago, veteran former legislator Frank Kloucek said he doesn’t want to run for U.S. Senate against John Thune, even though he’d be a heck of a…
Regal Entertainment Group is now searching moviegoers’ bags at its cinemas. Two clips reveal the fruitlessness of this overreactive security theater: Jeff Bock, box office analyst for theater-industry research firm Exhibitor…
Frank Kloucek and friends collected around 750 signatures on a petition calling for a Highway 50 bypass to reduce traffic through the heart of Yankton. On Monday, their…
In other news of improperly restrained animals, two Tibetan mastiffs on the loose in Sioux Falls yesterday morning bit a cop and almost killed one lady: One…
First bird flu, now rabbit fever: A sudden rise in rabbit fever has been reported in South Dakota, particularly in the Black Hills. Seven cases…
Big big hat tip to Julie Dermansky of Desmog Blog! Why might the Public Utilities Commission want to reverse its 2010 decision to permit TransCanada to build…