William Asfora – Dakota Free Press

In October 2019, Sanford Health agreed to pay the federal government $20,250,000 to settle a whistleblower lawsuit that alleged Sanford had defrauded Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare,…

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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

Bluestem Prairie
Tensions continue between Noem, tribes: The storyline of indigenous communities and Governor Noem's cartel concerns continues. On Friday, the South Dakota Searchlight's Mackenzie Huber reports in Gov. Kristi Noem banned from fourt…

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

Bluestem Prairie
Sioux Falls growth forces question: Can Smithfield and Big Sioux River co-exist?: The Big Sioux River rises not far from my home here in Roberts County. Here's some mixed news about water quality from downstream. On Sunday, Bluestem republished a South Dakota Searchlight artic…

2024.04.12

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

South DaCola
We gotta runoff baby!: So excited to see Jordan pulling off a runoff. It is going to be an exciting couple of weeks! As for Starr, a little surprising, I think the voting public has a negative view of the city council as a…

2024.04.10

South DaCola
Poops needs to take a long hard look in the mirror: Candidates have been announcing since last Fall for today’s election. The mayor, the city council and the school board should have made an effort every week since then to promote the election. They ha…

2024.04.09

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

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

SleuthSayers
Kinsey Millhone: a fantasy character with fantasies.: Recently my six-month-old Bouvier puppy mistook one of my Sue Grafton books for a chew toy. I apologize to anyone who is squeamish about crime scene photos, but this is what I had to deal with.During…

2024.04.14

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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Lawrence Novotny on "Nesiba Nukes NRA Com...": The backstory on killing of HC 8001: Rep Kamero...
Arlo Blundt on "Surprise! DOE Alread...": Obviously, communication from the Noem Administrat...
grudznick on "Senate to Clarify Ru...": Young Ms. Frye-Mueller is insaner than most, Mr. N...
Reynold F. Nesiba on "Senate to Clarify Ru...": My view is that this change in the rule language m...
Lee Schoenbeck on "Senate to Clarify Ru...": The current practice is that the president pro tem...
All Mammal on "Surprise! DOE Alread...": Can anyone Governor Noem appoints be trusted for a...
Lee Schoenbeck on "Joint Rule Amendment...": Amendment D is to clarify some prior confusion abo...
jerry on "Senate to Clarify Ru...": South Dakota mirrors Iran, no wonder republicans l...

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SD Gets Share of Sanford Medicare-and-More Fraud Settlement