Wendell Garwood – Madville Times

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South DaCola
I’m not the only one getting tired of the lack of answers from the Sioux Falls Police Department: This is a common thing I hear from residents all over Sioux Falls, not just lower income neighborhoods; Sandy thinks more should and could be done. “As a recent transplant to South Dakota from Nebrask…

2024.09.12

South Dakota News Watch
Hot Springs takes next steps in push for prosperity: The Southern Black Hills city is part of a pilot project to identify top problems and solutions using journalism and community engagement.…

2024.09.12

Northern Valley Beacon
On real fake news: The newspaper I worked for hired a journalistic "hero," who had served a month in jail in Colorado for refusing to reveal a news source. She had written about judicial corruption in Colorad…

2024.08.28

SoDak Governors
The Dakota Scout features Bulow and Anderson: Dan Gehlsen of The Dakota Scout does a great job featuring South Dakota history in the pages of Sioux Falls’ … More…

2024.08.14

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
The Perils of Pauline: NickolodeonA while back, I was casting about for story ideas. One of them was that old trope of the woman tied to a railroad track by a dastardly villain. (Dressed in greatcoat and top hat, twirling h…

2024.09.13

Minister to the Heart
Why I have left: I asked the Church—Will you help us feed these kids?You have posters that sayBlack Lives MatterIf everyone takes a part, we could do it.They look back at me and say,“Why so many kids? 30 is a lot.”“Fi…

2024.09.10

Idle Hands Dep't
Geography Div (Going to the dogs subsection): On Mrs Bear's last visit to London to see the grandkids, she couldn't find any Corgi Merchandise. Guess with the Queen's passing they went out of favor. Oh well.…

2024.09.09

Rant-a-Bit by Scott Hudson
The Ledge #634: New Releases Pt. 1: As we have all year long, this month's new release eisode is once again a two part series. This week's first part features a ton of "friends of the show". There's the monthly…

2024.09.07

Mark Haugen
Finished: 'The Silent Patient' by Alex Michaelides: "The Silent Patient" is the inaugural book by Alex Michaelides and was so good I immediately ordered the two he has written since.Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous paint…

2024.09.02

The Poetry of Barry G. Wick
Replacement: ReplacementI write to put poetryInto the worldFriendPut himself out of this worldHe wrote when I did notThis remembers himThis apologizes for my mistakeYesI invited him for sexIt ended our friendshipH…

2024.08.24

Native Hope Blog
Human Trafficking at the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally: South Dakota is most recognized for its open ranges, miles of lush farmland, and as the home of 1.2 million acres of the Black Hills National Forest. These same serene rolling hills and towering pines…

2024.07.31

Horseshoe Seven
Bootjack Available!: I'm happy to note that my first real book of poems--Bootjack--is available for purchase from me or from the South Dakota State Poetry Society. You can order it here: https://sdpoetry.org/produ…

2024.05.16

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

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

My friend and Madison ex-pat Wendell Garwood moved to Finland in 1999. Finland's universal health care system hasn't killed him yet. Wendell has his waits, and he misses having his own regular doctor, but the Finnish system is keeping him,…

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Guest Column: Wendell Garwood on Finland’s Health Care and Social Security System