Last week HB 1096 was introduced into the South Dakota legislature. Essentially, this bill would limit the authority of the Animal Industry Board to establish the type of identification methods required in South Dakota, and it would not allow the use of any state funds to enforce a mandatory electronic ear tag regulation if USDA requires it in the future. If no state funds are used, this would lead to regulation of our local producers shifting from state Animal Industry Board to the federal government. Is that really the direction that we as beef producers want to go or the message that we want to send to consumers?

Douglas L. Anderson, PsyD Almost all of us have experienced traumatic events in our lives.

2021 was a busy year, according to Mayor Scott Anshutz in his state of the city account. Construction of new houses and businesses, as well as lot sales in the Grandview Addition, were a couple indicators of progress.

“This is a huge deal,” Gregory School District Band Director Jared Opp said of the sixth grade band’s upcoming performance at the South Dakota Bandmasters Association’s (SDBA) conference in Brookings on February 12. “I would say this is one of my biggest performances in 12 years of teaching.”