Here's some potentially good news for Madison and Lake County... assuming you think bigger is better. According to Census Bureau estimates, from April 2010 to July 2011, Lake County was the fourth-fastest growing county in South Dakota. During that time,…
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My neighbors anticipate that the "community" thrift store steering committee will come to make the hard pitch for the community's money next week, asking the Madison City Commission for $150,000 Monday night, then asking the Lake County Commission for another…
The other day I saw Jerry Johnson, one of the lead organizers of the plan to build a publicly subsidized thrift store on Madison's Main Street. He said he'd seen that there were a "couple of comments" on the blog…
Recall that the Lake County Auditor's office almost torpedoed Charlie Johnson's bid for District 8 Senate by writing "Lake County" instead of "District 8" in the "We, the undersigned qualified voters of" blank on his nominating petition. Fortunately, Judge Barnett…
Whoo-hoo! Really, I said that. I read the news that Judge Mark Barnett ruled that Secretary of State Jason Gant incorrectly rejected* Lake County organic farmer Charlie Johnson's District 8 Senate nominating petitions, and I said, "Whoo-hoo!" News doesn't do…
So, would any of my conservative friends care to run an EPA critique against the Lake County Commission? If I were a local Kristi Noem or John Thune, I'd be bleating about the Lake County Commission's delay of a commercial…
As home to high-tech Dakota State University, you would think Madison and Lake County would be among the best places in South Dakota for broadband access. Data from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration show that's not quite the case:…
Oh, and did I mention that Dan Lemme has a heck of a good idea? The Madison developer would like to turn the old gravel pit on the Lake County Poor Farm land into a campground. Put in 80 campsites,…