On Monday, the Madison Central School Board exercised its first vote under a new law that gives local school districts a say in where neighboring school districts pick up open-enrolled students. Madison Central approved Chester's plan to pick up open-enrollers…
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The Natural Resources Defense Council has released its latest report on states' dependence on oil. The data for South Dakota look discouraging: In 2010, South Dakotans spent 5.26% of their income, $2044 per driver, on gasoline. That's up from our…
Interstate 29 between Colman and Brookings is under construction. Overwidth trucks are being detoured all the way west on Highway 34 to Madison, then up US 81 to SD 14, where wide-loaders may choose to swing back to Brookings or…
For her fifth birthday, we took our little one to Pipestone for dinner at the Calumet Inn and then the children's theater production at the Pipestone Performing Arts Center. (Boy, wouldn't it be something if Madison had a downtown hotel…
I recommend glitter for the Welcome to Madison sign.... Among the items on the Madison City Commission agenda tonight is a resolution on reflective street signs. Apparently federal law and the Manual on Uniform Taffic Control Devices requires all regulatory,…
If we're trying to identify the worst idea of the Legislative session, HB 1221 needs to get in line behind 10% budget cuts, corporate welfare, mandatory anti-abortion lectures, the personal gun mandate, and secession. Nonetheless, the stink of bigger turds…
The Latin wisdom of crowds prevails... barely! Toyota hosted an online poll to ask people what they think the plural of Prius should be. By a narrow one-point plurality, respondents chose the Latin form Prii. Toyota says that is the…
Jim Bolin gets my respect this morning, but not Kristi Noem. Our Congresswoman continues to betray the conservative princples she parroted to get elected. Exhibit 1: rural airport subsidies. Noem pretends she's all for the free market, but when the…