Outreach work has turned into a rite of passage for father, son
Source: The Denver Post
Spearfish :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-16 00:08:58 -0700 | political-news
Font Resize The Denver Post Dylan Gallacher grew up Glenwood Springs listening to his dad talk about the Oglala Lakota people. After spending seven years volunteering on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, Walter Gallacher knew firsthand their...
MILLER: Bushmaster CEO reflects on Newtown
Source: The Washington Times
Miller :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-14 13:37:49 -0700 | political-news
Six months ago, the nation was horrified that a deranged man entered Sandy Hook Elementary School and killed 20 young children and six educators. The man, Adam Lanza , happened to use a Bushmaster brand AR-15-style, semi-automatic rifle in the...
Census Shows Continued Change In America's Racial Makeup
Source: National Public Radio
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-13 07:48:17 -0700 | political-news
Bhutanese refugee who moved from the state of Washington to Sioux Falls, S.D., in 2011. "It's easy to find a job here in South Dakota, so people from other states, they are also moving here," Khapangi said. South Dakota's Asian...
Noem seeking re-election to US House, not Senate
Source: SF Gate
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 17:19:41 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) Kristi Noem announced Tuesday she will seek re-election to South Dakota's lone U.S. House seat next year rather than challenge former Gov. Mike Rounds for the Republican U.S...Noem, 41, had been mentioned as a possible Senate candidate by...
Dinner In the Dark event Monday features vegetarian fare at Good to Go Cafe in Cleveland
Source: The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Huron :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 13:28:01 -0700 | political-news
The Plain Dealer Follow on Twitter on June 11, 2013 at 11:42 AM, updated June 11, 2013 at 3:47 PM If you favor vegetarian fare (or just enjoy really creative cuisine) and have been meaning to attend one of the...
Johnson votes for farm bill, Thune votes against
Source: SF Gate
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-11 08:28:28 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) South Dakota's U.S. senators have different takes on the farm bill the Senate has passed. Democrat Tim Johnson supports it, saying it'll ensure the continued integrity of farm programs, reduce the budget deficit and support the millions of...
Former SD Secretary of State Kundert dies
Source: SF Gate
Mobridge :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-10 11:06:13 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) Former South Dakota Secretary of State and lawmaker Alice Kundert has died. Secretary of State Jason Gant says Kundert, of Mobridge, died Monday...She served in the House of Representatives from 1990 to 1994. Kundert was born on a...
Rash of burglaries rattles tiny town of Scotland
Source: Boston.com
Scotland :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-09 09:55:35 -0700 | political-news
Conn. (AP) A string of burglaries is worrying residents in tiny Scotland in eastern Connecticut where the police are 20 minutes away...The sign warns of thieves who pull up to a house, make a quick entry through a window, take...
SD state lawmaker objects to hog barn permits
Source: SF Gate
Big Stone City :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-07 05:53:18 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) A South Dakota lawmaker, who lives a mile from the site of a planned hog barn in Grant County, has questioned the state's permitting process. Rep. Kathy Tyler, D-Big Stone City, asked Republican Gov. Dennis Daugaard for a...
Governor appoints Curd to vacant SD Senate seat
Source: SF Gate
Pierre :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-05 15:06:28 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) Gov. Dennis Daugaard is appointing Republican Blake Curd to fill a vacant South Dakota Senate seat in Sioux Falls. The former state lawmaker will represent District 12, filling the vacancy created by the resignation of Sen. Mark Johnston...
Forced cuts threaten to 'rip apart' Native American schools
Source: CNN
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-03 11:35:04 -0700 | political-news
Leading the Gallup-McKinley School District, a region that is nearly 85 percent Navajo Indian, Arsenault said much of his time is spent maintaining his 35 schools and working with Navajo leaders to tailor his school's programming to his students. When...
3 Triceratops Skeletons Excavated by South Dakota Institute
Source: Epoch Times
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-06-02 11:25:43 -0700 | political-news
South Dakota The recent discovery of three Triceratops skeletons in Wyoming could include the most complete fossil of the dinosaur to date. The Sioux Falls Argus Leader reports that the South Dakota-based Black Hills Institute of Geological Research and the...
Democrats Weigh Electability in Backing Candidates
Source: The New York Times
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-05-28 20:55:44 -0700 | political-news
Many Democrats in this state and beyond saw in Stephanie Herseth Sandlin an ideal candidate to help the party retain the Senate seat that Tim Johnson is giving up next year. Michael Reynolds/European Pressphoto Agency Senator Tim Johnson of South...
Handful of GWU professors: Put Obama on Mount Rushmore — eventually
Source: The Washington Times
Sioux Falls :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-05-28 08:02:47 -0700 | political-news
Move over former Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson , Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln . A handful of professors at George Washington University said in a new survey that they'd like to add eventually President Obama's face to the Mount...
Anger at decision to close Pine Ridge supermarket
Source: SF Gate
Pine Ridge :: SD :: USA | updated 2013-05-27 09:06:48 -0700 | political-news
S.D. (AP) In some respects, it could be any other supermarket in South Dakota...This week, you can buy 20 chicken leg quarters for only $19.80. But in other ways, the Sioux Nation Shopping Center isn't like any other supermarket. Located...
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