What was that I said—wait, that the City of Pierre said—about workers recruited from out of state not sticking around? That's not Huron's experience. Where Pierre's workforce development project is all about cultivating workforce among existing residents, Huron going big…
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It's –7°F in Huron this morning. Who'd give up tropical sunshine for weather like that? Political refugees from Burma/Myanmar, that's who. The Karen people are an ethnic group from Southeast Asia. About 50,000 have come to America to escape political…
"We're debt-free!" shouts Dakota Turkey Growers. According to a press release processed by the Huron Plainsman today, the Huron turkey plant has paid off the loan it received in 2009. That loan was $55 million dollars from 110 foreign investors…
I see South Dakotans Against Prohibition plan to disrupt the South Dakota State Fair with a protest parade in favor of medical marijuana and industrial hemp. Organizer Cody Gardner of Huron says he has 150 protesters ready to march and…
Will Huron's turkey plant be drawn into the GOED/SDRC/EB-5 scandal just in time for Thanksgiving? In his solid reporting on South Dakota's newly scrutinized EB-5 visa investor program, David Montgomery notes that Dakota Provisions, the big turkey plant South Dakota…
South Dakota municipal elections are non-partisan. Candidates for mayor and city council don't run as Democrats or Republicans because the law doesn't allow it and because local issues break down as much more practical than partisan. Pat Powers mistakes municipal…
Knudson, Merchant, now Chris Studer: get set for Democrats to swing the big stick of HB 1234 and elements of the anti-education agenda of their Republican opponents! "I want my kids to grow up in a state that cares about…
Rep. Kristi Noem continues to be all talk and no action on fighting for jobs and South Dakota interests. The United States Postal Service announced yesterday that it will seek closure of 252 of its 487 mail processing centers. That…