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In Memoriam: Dick Wiedenman (Not That He’d Want It)

The big news I heard around Madison over the weekend was that Dick Wiedenman had died. Dick Wiedenman collected junk, lived in junk, annoyed the city and county with junk. His junkiness provoked the county to deem him a nuisance…

Belle Fourche Tackles Housing Market Failure with Governor’s Houses

The Belle Fourche Development Corporation recently won one of the state's fourteen workforce development grants with an affordable-housing plan that mirrors one proposed on the Madville Times seven years ago. The Belle Fourche housing plan also reveals a fundamental market…

State Rejects Madison, Sioux Falls Requests for Workforce Development Grants

Sixteen groups applied last November for workforce development grants from the South Dakota Workforce Initiative. The Workforce Development Council rejected just two of those applications: Madison's and Sioux Falls's. I'm willing to bet that the council rejected Madison's just because…

DSU Coach Anderson Exaggerates, Just a Bit, in Response to Duara Hit Piece

Dakota State University football coach Josh Anderson is unhappy with Oregon freelancer Nigel Duara's portrayal of his program and his community. Actually, nobody should be happy with how they appear in Duara's SBNation.com exposé on NAIA football. Duara makes Anderson…

DSU Football Coach Saved from Borofsky’s Ax, Now Enjoys Deficit Spending

Nigel Duara's article on Dakota State University football includes one intriguing tidbit on DSU internal politics: Two years ago, after nonstop losing, Dakota State's president pledged 2013 would be [head football coach Josh] Anderson's last season. Then that president resigned.…

Oregon Reporter Bobbles Facts, Mocks Mork in DSU Football Article

Dander is up in Madison about a December 17 article on SBNation.com about the Dakota State University football team. Head coach Josh Anderson is unhappy with how Duara portrays his program in his exposé of the shady pay-for-play nature of…

Madison Movie Theater Reopens with Digital Shows

In somewhat better local economic news, Madison's movie theater is reopening next week. Owner Todd Frager shut the West Twin Theater down at the beginning of October to give the place its first real renovation since it opened back in…

Madison Lands Sexy (Sexist?) Manufacturer

The Governor's Office of Economic Development and Madison's Lake Area Improvement Corporation score another coup, bringing Iowa sexy bra manufacturer Best Darn Guns (should a company really force us to swear?) to town: In a brilliant example of vertical (or…