Fourth of July picnic guests at the Bonnie Johnson and Dave Dobesh shady spot were Calvin, Holly and Chet Dobesh, Spearfish; Monte and Delorus Krizan, Colome; Kathy and Ralph Carson, Bountiful, UT; Larry and Judy Wagner and Joyce Heath, Winner; and locally, Ken Dooley; GW and Kim Ekroth, Ivy, Allison, Eli, Gabe and Uriah; Justin and Jenny Keegan. Weekend visitors were Terri Frank, Beresford and Doug Dobesh, Spearfish.

More federal funding is on its way to South Dakota to safely open and operate its schools. The U.S.

Contrary to current media reports, the Attorney General’s Office agrees with the South Dakota Highway Patrol’s Framework for Implementation of Initiated Measure 26. The Highway Patrol Framework sets out in part that Highway Patrol officers, when interacting with a South Dakota resident in possession of no more than three ounces of natural and unaltered marijuana, will not arrest that resident if he or she is an enrolled tribal member with an unexpired medical cannabis card issued by the resident’s tribe.

America’s meat supply is a matter of national security. If we don’t control our own food supply, then we don’t control our own destiny. South Dakota feeds the world, and we do it better than anybody else. We have more head of cattle per-person than any other state. But anticompetitive practices in the meatpacking industry are threatening that way of life. We need more competition, more transparency, and more options for our cattle producers to market their livestock.

Senior Citizens Center to hold monthly pitch party The Senior Citizens Center will hold their monthly pitch party on Saturday, July 17, at 1:00 p.m. Feel free to bring a friend.

The Missouri River was always commercially the most important waterway in the area. Steamers never ventured on any other South Dakota river. Each of the other larger steams floated the canoes and row boats of the earliest explorers and trappers.