The Thanksgiving break is coming up; half of the office is already acting like they're on vacation; why not spend your day messing around with this awesome map of American migration! Forbes grinds up IRS data into an interactive map…
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The courts are wrapping up another messy parcel of the dairy empire that serial polluter Rick Millner of Veblen mismanaged into bankruptcy. The United States Bankruptcy Court of the District of South Dakota has received the final trustee's report concerning…
The Madville Times made the Alexandria Herald two weeks in a row. My coverage of the state Water Management Board's approval of wells for a proposed 7000-head dairy in Hanson County was of sufficient interest to locals that the Herald…
State Agriculture Secretary Advocates Dairy, Despite Questionable Cluelessness About Local Concerns The DENR's Water Management Board met Wednesday, July 13, to discuss, among other things, Water Rights Application No. 7239-3 from Hanson County Dairy. Brookings County dairy entrepreneur Michael Crinion…
Mike Knutson of the Rural Learning Center draws our attention to research by Ben Winchester, University of Minnesota Extension, on small-town strategies for attracting and retaining new residents. Winchester analyzed data from 53 surveys and focus group conversations with relatively…
The Huron mayoral recall push should be a simple matter of right and wrong. Wrong: Mayor Dave McGirr and his fellow city commissioners, who suspended police chief Doug Schmitt for exercising his First Amendment rights and apparently drove him to…
Turkeys Running Huron? Huron Police Chief Doug Schmitt exercised his First Amendment rights on Monday by testifying before the South Dakota House State Affairs Committee in support of Senate Bill 156. Chief Schmitt appeared on his own behalf, but he…
The South Dakota Legislature is cramming to finish its business this week. Here are some highlight's from yesterday Capitol action: House State Affairs wanted to kill SB 156, which would bust employers for hiring illegal immigrants. I've long thought that…