South DaCola UPDATE: Did the city council hire the Daughter of a Politically Connected individual? : UPDATE: Item #89 on next Tuesday’s city council meeting they will be approving the hire of Thea Rave the daughter of former legislator Tim Rave. And what are her qualifications? They don’t even provid… 2024.05.03
South Dakota News Watch US Postal Service downgrades South Dakota mail operations : Rural areas and cities impacted: "If you drop a letter in the mailbox, whether it’s going to Sioux Falls, Brandon or Texas, it’s going to go down to Omaha."… 2024.05.02
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 "Damn, I've Struck Oil!" Tom Gushed Crudely : I've been writing more short stories than usual lately, and maybe that's the reason most of my recent SleuthSayers posts have leaned toward the "rules" of writing, and fiction wr… 2024.05.04
Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson The Ledge #618: New Releases (Pt. 1) : As we have done all throughout 2024, this month's new release show is once again a two-part extravaganza. This thrills me, as that obviously means it's a super great year so far, and I hope… 2024.05.04
The Poetry of Barry G. Wick Rejection : RejectionIt's important to feelThe pain of rejectionBecause it's the only wayI can control my thoughtsAnd feelingsI reject myselfI don't belongBeing is punishmentBarry G. Wick… 2024.05.02
Mark Haugen Notes : Remember when I said I'd be blogging more? Ha. Suckers.I think of things to write about, but when I sit down to blog, I forget. Like going into a room and forgetting why I went in there. Getting… 2024.04.30
Idle Hands Dep't Geography Div (Hello, how are you subsection) : … 2024.04.29
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
My neighbor Jerry Heckenliable spoke at the Madison City Commission meeting Monday night. Neither KJAM nor the Madison Daily Leader felt his comments warranted coverage. A conversation with Mr. Heckenliable persuades me that his comments do warrant coverage. Mr. Heckenliable…
Why, oh why would any decent citizen support redistributing income? It's socialism! It's fostering dependency of the poor! It's... it's... ...staggeringly successful at fighting income inequality, poverty, illiteracy, and disease. In 40 countries, conditional cash transfer programs give money to…
That darned Madison Daily Leader beat me to the local unemployment numbers for November! According to the South Dakota Department of Labor, Lake County saw unemployment rise in the run-up to the holidays, from 4.6% in October to 5.0% in…
Speaking of "reasons to go out of town for almost everything"... Construction proceeds on new Secure Banking Solutions building, Schaefer Plaza, Madison, SD, 2010.12.06 Some hardy fellows were out in yesterday's cold working on the new Secure Banking Solutions building…
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