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June 4, 2024 Primary Post-Election Audit was held on June 18, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. in the courtroom at the Gregory County Courthouse..

This week I had the opportunity to spend time with a group of people who are involved with our Foster Care system and some of the young people who participate in it. Our Secretary of Social Services invited me to attend, as the day was facilitated by his wonderful staff. When I walked into the gym, I was suddenly stuck by the number of young people in the room who were 14-17 years old and were there to learn how to prepare to live independently. Some had foster families caring for them, but many are currently living in group homes in communities throughout the state. I could tell that many of them must have been thinking, “this lady has no idea who I am or even cares.” I saw crossed arms, hard faces, and even some anger.

Dear editor, What has happened to Politics today; as a young lad, I saw people have differences of opinion only to laugh and praise one another at the end of a disagreement. My granddad was a very staunch Democrat, but three of his close friends were Republicans, South Dakota Republican Senators- Karl E. Mundt, Francis Case and Nebraska Senator Romain Hruska. It was not uncommon for all of them to be together discussing State, National and World matters drinking a Stor or a Falstaff beer. I know this to be a fact, because as a young boy I personally got to meet these three Senators at my grandparents’ house. I also received a book on marketing from the library of Congress Signed by Karl E. Mundt, which I wish I still had.

During the thirtysix years and five months that Fort Randall stood on the west bank of the Missouri River, the establish ment and subsequent maintenance of that post was only possible by the aid of the steamboat, freight wagon, and stagecoach. Fort Randall was not the terminus or destination for any railroad which entered South Dakota.

On June 3, several Native American runners arrived in Gregory as part of their 869-mile Spiritual Run for the Sacred Pipe. The run started in Santee, NE, on June 2, as members of the Santee tribe made their way to Pickstown, where runners from the Yankton Sioux and Ponca Tribes took over.