South DaCola UPDATE IV: Will the State of the City have to be postponed? : UPDATE IV: So I asked Councilor Starr who attended the meeting. He told me it was him, Barranco and Soehl. He also said Selberg had to leave because of it as the city attorney was monitoring the atten… 2024.04.19
South Dakota News Watch 'The kids are what you love:' 2 foster families share their stories : State officials say South Dakota is in need of more people to help foster children. News Watch spoke to two families about the system, the challenges and what it will take to get more people involved.… 2024.04.18
SoDak Governors Farewell to Jim Burg : The news comes that Jim Burg died last night, at the age of 82. Burg spent 30 years in state … More… 2024.04.17
Northern Valley Beacon 24 former Trump associates who denounce him : Many people think that if Americans voted Donald Trump into the office of president again, it would effectively be a vote to end the democracy. Some think that he doesn't know the difference of… 2024.03.24
The Displaced Plainsman Who Are You Going To Hate Next? : The 2001 film Conspiracy has stuck with me for nearly two decades. It's based on the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis developed what became known as The Final Solution. The script is taken from… 2020.07.27
Prairie Perspective The scoop on the stolen story : It wasn’t the first time and likely won’t be the last. But the sheer gall exhibited by KELO TV and its “investigative” reporter Angela Kennecke will be hard to top. They were inspired by, borrowed ...… 2020.04.26
Michael Wyland – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly Civil Society and the Rules of Impeachment in the Age of Trump, Revisited : A little more than two years ago, our consulting editor wrote an article on the impeachment process—just in case we, as a people, ever had occasion to use it. Here it is, updated for 2019.… 2019.09.25
Dakota Rural Action Grant County Revokes Manure Pipe Permissions; Upholds Private Property Rights : A unanimous decision by the Grant County Commissioners yesterday revokes permission for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) operators to run force-main manure disposal pipes through the right-of-… 2018.07.04
SleuthSayers The Pressfield Synchronicities : The Man in the Velcro Mask.Every morning since January 1 of this year, I have observed the same ritual to start my morning. I get to the office early and slip into an inflatable jacket and helmet. Th… 2024.04.19
The Poetry of Barry G. Wick Paradise : Paradise“In Paradise, roasted pigeons fly into your mouth.”--Werner Herzog in Fata MorganaA fly once flew into my mouthI think a bee or waspIt's been long agoSince then I've beenAble to keep… 2024.04.17
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
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
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
Minister to the Heart Trans Day of Visibility + Easter : I can’t think of a better day to have Trans Day of Visibility fall on than a Sunday, much less Easter Sunday. A day where Christians see that even those with the most authority, those who claim to be… 2024.03.31
Native Hope Blog Native Hope’s 2023 Impact : 2023 offered many opportunities for us to impact our community and meet tangible needs on reservations. Because of your support, we were able to change lives and improve circumstances. Thank you for y… 2024.02.02
OMG Center » Blog Sermon on the Radical Prayer of Hannah, the Courage of Samuel’s Speech, the Humility of Eli’s Response, and the Invitation That It All Offers to Us : Dear OMG’ers,… 2024.01.18
Horseshoe Seven My Poetry Book is at the Printer! : Yes, I've been publishing poetry in small magazines since the 80's. I may have been wearing a mullet when I wrote some of them. And I always dreamed about having a book collection out the… 2023.12.02
Notes from a Western Life Celebrating the Prairie’s Spring Birds : At 4:45 am, the first sounds I hear awakening are low murmuring chirps. When I open my eyes, the room is hazy gray with first light before sunrise. A breeze sighs through the open windows. I close my… 2023.06.19
Todd Epp of Northern Plains News finds an interesting report from the Tax Foundation stating that South Dakota is the fifth-best state for stretching a dollar: Only Mississippi, Arkansas, Missouri, and Alabama can make a dollar go further. Dollars shrink…
The good news: Only 4.7% of South Dakota's hourly workers are making minimum wage or less. That percentage is higher in Wyoming, Nebraska, and Iowa. Passing the initiated measure to raise the South Dakota minimum wage should thus not hurt…
Here's news to straighten your curls: South Dakota's cost of living is higher than the national average. Say what? The last time I ran numbers on cost of living and salaries, I found that in Quarter 1 of this year,…
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