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This Guy Died: You Might Too! Buy Insurance!

And from the Tacky Marketing Department, this unpleasant juxtaposition on the Madison Daily Leader's SD-AP feed: At least it wasn't an ad for a local funeral home....

MHS New Gym/Renovation: View from Inside… and Voter Pressure?

So I'm spending my Saturday afternoon reviewing the Madison Central school district website, trying to find information about curriculum, class size, building layout, etc. I come upon the online student newspaper, The Maroon. A worthy institution, that school paper: I…

Noem Votes to Kill South Dakota Public Broadcasting

Doug Wiken also gives Noem's Know-Nothing vote a due pounding on Dakota Today. David Newquist discusses public broadcasting's vital cultural mission on Northern Valley Beacon. As usual, Congresswoman Kristi Noem did what her bosses told her yesterday and voted to…

Brief Media Rant: It’s South Dakota, Not KELOLAND

Journalism and marketing shouldn't mix. But our flagship East River TV news station keeps doing it: Water is flowing over a bridge in southern KELOLAND and it's now closed to traffic [KELOLand.com, 2011.03.16]. Really? We have a flood, a major…

Ring That Tip Jar! Contribute to the Madville Times!

Hey, before Steve Jarding sucks up all the progressive oxygen in South Dakota with the new and epic South Dakota Alliance for Progress e-paper, The Antidote, I figure it can't hurt to remind you, dear readers, of the Madville Times…

What, Me Negative? Let’s Compare Local Press

A commenter seeking to distract from the issue at hand grumbles that the Madville Times is too negative: All that ever comes from this blog is negativity without all the facts. I challenge you to write about something positive for…

Web Spinning, Media in the Tank for MHS New Gym

Some statistics of interest, Web and otherwise: 245: hits received by the Madison Central New Gym/Renovation Project website since launched earlier this month. Superintendent Vince Schaefer crows about this popularity on the front page of last night's Madison Daily Leader.…