R ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 10/14/25 Tee-Riffic Creations, 114-30; Rosebud Electric, 81-63; Six Balls, 80-64; Carlock Babes, 76-68; Boats ‘n’ Hoes, 63-81; The Outsiders, 18-- 126; HTG: Tee-Riffic Creations, 753; HTS: Tee-Riffic Creations, 2113; HIG: Steven Petersen, 276, Emily Long, 196; HIS: Steven Petersen, 681, Jennifer Soesbe, 495. Splits picked up: Jad Leber, 3-10; Augie Bortz, 3-10.

I recently visited Washington, DC, to see our South Dakota National Guard soldiers who are part of President Trump’s effort to make DC safe and beautiful again. I was amazed by what they told me about their mission. But I was even more impressed by what I heard from a South Dakota native who lives in DC: “Having the National Guard here has changed everything. I’ve been here for five years, and I’ve never felt so safe as right now.”

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley praises President Trump’s nomination of Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) Director Dan Satterlee as South Dakota’s next U.S. Marshal.

DITOR Dear Editor, Continued from last week: It’s time for a change! Worst of all, does anyone still believe that our government is truthful to us? Not only do our congressmen not call out when Washington insiders lie to us, they also participate with glib half-truths, ‘Washington speak’ and what they call ‘spin’ or ‘alternative facts’. (What even is that?) They should be held accountable by the people who are their bosses.

Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA For many years, we’ve been informing Congress and all the administrations that the U.S. cattle and sheep industries have long suffered from two misguided national policies: globalization and concentration.

In the early settlement and development of South Dakota, the ox was an important and indispensable critter. With a patience and fortitude only exceeded by that of his master, he transported the pioneers and their household goods onto the frontier, where he broke the sod, logged the land, planted the crop, and lugged it to market.