David Novstrup spent ten years of his twenties and thirties in Pierre as a Republican legislator. But as he grows older, he may be giving…
Tag: safety
A gasoline pipeline blew up in the Mexican state of Hidalgo last night, killing (as counted at the moment of this writing) 66 people. But…
In a signal of bad-old-boy opacity, Governor-Elect Kristi Noem yesterday named railroad exec and longtime South Dakota Republican Party establishment figure Herb Jones to be her…
It sounds like all of our legislators made it home safe and sound from Special Session yesterday. Let’s hope none of them were driving the…
Aberdeen city councilman Mark Remily wants to talk about inspecting rental properties in our fair city. Aberdeen does fire and safety inspections on rental properties…
South Dakota’s #1… in teens risking their lives and ours by texting and driving. So says new survey data from the Center for Injury Research…
I was subbing at Holgate this fine morning, so I missed the last-day-of-school lockdown at Aberdeen Central High School. Just ten minutes before school was…
Ford announced last month it’s dropping most of its passenger cars to make more SUVs. Great—now more of us pedestrians will die: As the number…
The Ultramax ammunition factory fire was big news Tuesday. The threat of millions of rounds of ammunition led authorities to set up a 2,000-foot evacuation…
In various peaceful public demonstrations here in Aberdeen, including the most recent march against gun violence organized by our Aberdeen High School Democrats, I have…