Opinion

Winter has started to make its presence known in South Dakota already this year, and state officials say now is the time to prepare for winter weather. Wednesday, Oct.

The Halloween weekend is over, and a seasonal chill is in the air. There’s also a chill affecting American confidence in our economy. With an unfocused White House in charge, gas prices climbing, and supply chain issues clogging our ports, many Americans feel like the country has become a House of Horrors with a new crisis lurking around every corner.

In 1892, one hundred and three years after George Washington had placed his hand on the Bible in New York’s Federal Hall and promised to preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution, there was discussion about the possibility of adopting a national flower.

The Biden administration is proposing a sweeping expansion of tax information reporting aimed at raising revenue to help offset the cost of additional spending programs in the American Families Plan. If enacted, the proposal would require banks to report to the IRS detailed information on the inflows and outflows of every customer account above $600. Every South Dakotan should be concerned with this significant expansion of government data collection and abuse of consumer privacy.

South Dakota lawmakers advanced a proposal on October 19 to legalize recreational marijuana use for adults while repealing much of the state’s new medical marijuana law. The Adult-Use Marijuana Study Subcommittee, which has been studying the issue since June, voted to recommend a bill that would allow people over 21 to purchase up to one ounce (28 grams) of cannabis for recreational use.

Personal Representative’s Deed; Casey Antelope, as PR of the Estate of Scott Vomacka, to Casey Antelope, SW1/4 of 3-96-72. WD; John & Tammy Knight, husband and wife, to 709 Felton, Gregory, LLC, a SD Limited Liability Company, Lot 4, Block 43, Gregory Town.

Christopher Lee Heck, 37, Bonesteel, SD, to Jaime Ariana Primeaux, 39, Bonesteel, SD, on October 14, 2021, in Burke, SD..

Heartfelt thanks to all who wished me a happy retirement after 33 years. Thanks for all the beautiful flowers, cards, gifts and best wishes. I have enjoyed my nursing career in Burke, Bassett, Gregory Hospitals and Avera Rosebud Country Care Center.

At one time, students sitting in geography class were taught that all the land west of the Missouri River and east of the Rocky Mountains was barren and worthless. It was also emphasized that it would remain this way forever.

South Dakota lawmakers redrawing the state’s political boundaries kicked off a three-day tour of public input meetings on Monday amid intra-party Republican bickering and competing proposals for new legislative districts.