Pat Boyd – Madville Times

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South DaCola
UPDATE: Kingmaker Paulson; Mr. Vanilla Ice Cream: UPDATE: Here is a great article about the basis of the ‘Blank Slate’ candidate from the NYT. So after spending thousands and thousands of dollars getting people elected in Sioux Falls, Matt Paulson de…

2024.05.03

South Dakota News Watch
US Postal Service downgrades South Dakota mail operations: Rural areas and cities impacted: "If you drop a letter in the mailbox, whether it’s going to Sioux Falls, Brandon or Texas, it’s going to go down to Omaha."…

2024.05.02

SoDak Governors
Farewell to Jim Burg: The news comes that Jim Burg died last night, at the age of 82. Burg spent 30 years in state … More…

2024.04.17

Northern Valley Beacon
24 former Trump associates who denounce him: Many people think that if Americans voted Donald Trump into the office of president again, it would effectively be a vote to end the democracy. Some think that he doesn't know the difference of…

2024.03.24

The Displaced Plainsman
Who Are You Going To Hate Next?: The 2001 film Conspiracy has stuck with me for nearly two decades. It's based on the Wannsee Conference where the Nazis developed what became known as The Final Solution. The script is taken from…

2020.07.27

Prairie Perspective
The scoop on the stolen story: It wasn’t the first time and likely won’t be the last. But the sheer gall exhibited by KELO TV and its “investigative” reporter Angela Kennecke will be hard to top. They were inspired by, borrowed ...…

2020.04.26

Michael Wyland – Non Profit News | Nonprofit Quarterly
Civil Society and the Rules of Impeachment in the Age of Trump, Revisited: A little more than two years ago, our consulting editor wrote an article on the impeachment process—just in case we, as a people, ever had occasion to use it. Here it is, updated for 2019.…

2019.09.25

Dakota Rural Action
Grant County Revokes Manure Pipe Permissions; Upholds Private Property Rights: A unanimous decision by the Grant County Commissioners yesterday revokes permission for Confined Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) operators to run force-main manure disposal pipes through the right-of-…

2018.07.04

Greater SD Blogosphere

SleuthSayers
We are all apprentices: Ran across something enlightening on YouTube entitled Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Writing Exercise and figured writers would find is as interesting as I found it.In 1934, Ernest Hemingway gave an…

2024.05.03

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Rejection: RejectionIt's important to feelThe pain of rejectionBecause it's the only wayI can control my thoughtsAnd feelingsI reject myselfI don't belongBeing is punishmentBarry G. Wick…

2024.05.02

Mark Haugen
Notes: Remember when I said I'd be blogging more? Ha. Suckers.I think of things to write about, but when I sit down to blog, I forget. Like going into a room and forgetting why I went in there. Getting…

2024.04.30

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Hello, how are you subsection): …

2024.04.29

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #617: Record Store Day: I know the event has plenty of naysayers, but I absolutely love Record Store Day. I love the ritual of standing in line with other record nerds of all ages, and discussing exactly what treats we'…

2024.04.27

Minister to the Heart
Trans Day of Visibility + Easter: I can’t think of a better day to have Trans Day of Visibility fall on than a Sunday, much less Easter Sunday. A day where Christians see that even those with the most authority, those who claim to be…

2024.03.31

Native Hope Blog
Native Hope’s 2023 Impact: 2023 offered many opportunities for us to impact our community and meet tangible needs on reservations. Because of your support, we were able to change lives and improve circumstances. Thank you for y…

2024.02.02

OMG Center » Blog
Sermon on the Radical Prayer of Hannah, the Courage of Samuel’s Speech, the Humility of Eli’s Response, and the Invitation That It All Offers to Us: Dear OMG’ers,…

2024.01.18

Horseshoe Seven
My Poetry Book is at the Printer!: Yes, I've been publishing poetry in small magazines since the 80's. I may have been wearing a mullet when I wrote some of them. And I always dreamed about having a book collection out the…

2023.12.02

Notes from a Western Life
Celebrating the Prairie’s Spring Birds: At 4:45 am, the first sounds I hear awakening are low murmuring chirps. When I open my eyes, the room is hazy gray with first light before sunrise. A breeze sighs through the open windows. I close my…

2023.06.19

Funny how this works: yesterday I mentioned my debut column on the South Dakota Magazine website. Then this morning I find another Black Hills denizen with Lake County connections writing on the same Web pages. Pat Boyd, once from Chicago,…

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