When the federal government oversteps its bounds, it is up to states to protect individual liberties. In South Dakota, we take action to defend the personal choice to get the COVID-19 vaccine—or not. And with good reason.

Deaths Orson Nelson Heck, Jr., 59 years, February 3, 2022, Bonesteel, SD. Magistrate Court Matthew Dean Wamberg, 28, Laramie, WY, tow trailer without safety chains, fine $54.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

Right-to-Life to meet on Monday at Mary Vale Hall The Rosebud/Sandhills Right-to-Life will meet on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. at Congregational Church fellowship hall in Gregory.

Dear Editor: After reading J.L.’s “Canadian Perspective” in the January 26, 2022, Gregory Times-Advocate concerning his take on school shootings, I am reminded of what our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ told the lawyers of His day - the Pharisees, in Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 23, verse 24: “Blind guides who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.” As J.L. noted, there were 28 mass school shootings in the U.S.

Representative Caleb Finck District 21 Gregory/Tripp Charles Mix/Bon Homme Counties Committees: Agriculture and Natural Resources, Legislative Procedure, Chair of Transportation Capitol Address: 500 E. Capitol Ave.

After six face-offs between 1861 and 1890, each becoming more intense and costly, one might come to the conclusion that the location of the capital was settled once and for all in 1890. Nothing could be further from the truth! With 45% of the voters opposing Pierre as the capital, voters should have expected that the issue had not definitely been settled.