Here's a tricky question for Hanson County's Rep. Stace Nelson (R-19/Fulton). Last March he voted against Senate Bill 235, the omnibus legislation that retooled the state's economic development program. This month, under that enacted legislation, Rep. Nelson's county seat, Alexandria,…
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South Dakota will pay the price in numerous ways for Governor Dennis Daugaard's ongoing cuts (the "new norm") in our state investment in education. One small part of that cost: unemployment benefits for Jenny Easton. Easton taught music in the…
The lunatic fringe pokes its head up in Alexandria on Monday. An ad in Thursday's Alexandria Herald summons the community to a discussion of "The Birth of the United States and Why a Constitutional Republican Form of Government" conducted by…
The South Dakota Secretary of Agriculture's major crop this year is sour grapes. Hundreds of Hanson County residents turn back a proposal to damage their roads and water and air with a 7000-head concentrated animal feeding operation, and Secretary Walt…
Concerned Citizens of Hanson County have beat back a proposal for a 7000-head mega-dairy near Fulton. After trying for over five years to bring this development to Hanson County, Brookings-based dairy developer Michael Crinion has withdrawn his application to the…
Rep. Stace Nelson (R-25/Fulton) reports on Twitter and Facebook that he and his Hanson County neighbors have prevailed in court against Brookings dairy developer Michael Crinion. Hanson County Concerned Citizens took their county to court, contending that CAFO kingpin Crinion…
Stace Nelson (R-Fulton) will win another term as new District 19 Representative for the same reason that Frank Kloucek (D-Scotland) won old-District 19's vote so often and stands a good chance of carpooling with Nelson next January. No, not kolaches.…
The Mitchell Daily Republic's Tom Lawrence provides some sharp observations from last week's Davison-Hanson County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner that anti-Establishment candidates may find instructive. The Davison-Hanson County GOP includes two of the biggest anti-Establishment candidates in the state: Rep.…