Wait a minute: now addiction is a workforce issue? Leaders of Face It Together say support for people with that disease is especially important during the state's current worker shortage. An Aberdeen affiliate plans to open later this year. ...Because…
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On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me—bills! The first bills filed for the 2015 South Dakota Legislature don't necessarily predict how the Session will go any more than the first two tiny precincts that report…
The South Dakota Supreme Court stepped on the gas this month, issuing 15 of its 97 rulings for 2014. Among five released last Tuesday was State v. Mundy-Giedd, in which our justices unanimously rejected a drunk driver's attempt to nullify…
My teetotaling heart raps double-quick at Jane Utecht's report that Madison will soon have one less place to get alcohol. (And Gaia be praised, it's not being replaced with a smut shop). Main Street's new addiction: chocolate! ...the Trojan Tap…
After rejecting Senate Bill 114 to allow South Dakotans to order wine by mail, the Legislature has decided to conduct a summer study on the topic. AP's Nora Hertel gets some useful information on personal wine imports from nurse anesthetist…
South Dakota Republicans like to holler about Democrats offering food for votes. How about hollering about one of their own offering beer for votes? While her son performed in a school program in Sioux Falls, fake U.S. Senate candidate Annette…
The Legislature disposed of one alcohol-related bill today and confronts two more tomorrow. South Dakota may not be getting tougher on drunk drivers, but the Legislature is trying to hold the line against all-day bingers. House Bill 1123 would have…
Gregg and Susan Spindler are not happy. Their daughter Meagan, a researcher for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, was killed by a drunk and doped driver last July. Since then, the Spindlers have tried from their home in New…