Debate begins on abortion-rights ballot measure as Mitchell event brings out both sides

MITCHELL – A proposed measure to reinstate abortion rights hasn’t made the ballot yet, but the debate is underway.About 100 people converged Tuesday April 23 on Dakota Wesleyan University for a discussion sponsored by the university’s McGovern Center as part of its Courageous Conversation...

W.R. Sears looks over area with eye towards investment

HistoricEvEnts15 years ago April 27, 2009Sanford Webster Medical Center and Bethesda Home announced Dave Rogers is the new administrator of Bethesda Home.Muskrats. They’re everywhere and they’re quickly becoming a growing problem on local roads and highways.

Project Semicolon helps us remember our stories matter

Each year on April 16, I draw a semicolon on my wrist as a sign of solidarity with others who have also struggled with or who are presently going through mental health issues.

Book warrants recommendation even before finishing

I am reading a book called Blood Meridian, written in 1985 by American author Cormac McCarthy. Before picking it up I had heard a good review about this book, mainly how hard it is to read and about how brutal it is. However, don’t let that dissuade you from reading.

OLE & LENA

Lena: “I yust bought myself a new hat. I like to buy a hat for myself ven I’m down in da dumps.”Ole: “Hmmmm, I vundered vhere you found it.” ~~~ Ole and Lars were hunting ducks. At the end of the day, they’d had no luck.

The state of tribal relations past, present and future

As a state legislator representing a tribal community, I’m often asked about state-tribal matters.

SD foster care need persists

SIOUX FALLS - South Dakota has more children in the foster system than families to care for them. On average, there were more than 1,000 children in the system in any given month last year but just over 800 foster families licensed statewide.

Grace your ears with this musical ‘malfunkshun’

Something I’ve always wanted to write about, and tell people about, is music. I listen to a lot of music, and usually that is one thing that I always do everyday. Sometimes for hours on end.

An ideal spring day for bonnets

Historic15 years ago April 20, 2009It was a good trip April 13 for the first of three public meetings for a 2010 school reorganization plan between Roslyn- Webster-Langford. This one was held in Roslyn.

Protecting our prairie home is our responsibility

Among the greatest blessings in my life is the opportunity to, upon waking up in the morning, look across the vast expanse of open South Dakota scape visible from my country home’s southern facing window.