Opinion

There’s a beat-up old book sitting on my desk at the State Capitol. It’s full of pictures that were taken by my dad. Long after he passed, we found an camera hidden amongst his possessions. We got the film developed, and lo and behold – the photos were all from his service in World War II. They started with his service in the Battle of the Bulge and continue through the end of the war in Europe.

Most of the improvements carried out by Major Charles R. Suter conc entrated on the lower reach of the river between Kansas City and St. Louis. He did devote some of his efforts to upstream projects, among them stabilization works opposite Nebraska City, Nebraska, and farther upstream to Sioux City and Vermillion in Dakota Territory. At several locations, the removal of snags was accomplished.

hoden My family has ranched the same area of western South Dakota for generations. My hometown of Union Center is a very small community.

May is graduation season. Kids across South Dakota are looking forward to enjoying the summer, and they’re also looking ahead to whatever comes next.

On July 12, 1879, Captain Charles Howell of the Corps of Engineers boarded the steamboat Miner at Sioux City. He was det ermined to go far up the Missouri to Fort Benton, Montana, to make a government survey of the river.

The first South Dakota newspaper that was digitized containing a story recognizing those men who had served their country as a soldier was The Mitchell Capital in 1886. Seven different issues of that paper contained stories commemorating their military service. No other South Dakota paper had reported on the sacrifices made by these men for our freedoms today.

One of the critiques I’ve heard about therapy, is that it often results in selfishness. People start therapy, identify all of their problems, and then only want to focus on what’s good for them; which leads to selfishness. There may actually be a thread of truth to some of that, but like most things, it’s not the full story. Today, I’d like to explore where this concept comes from and also provide a little bit of additional truth to what therapy is really like and what someone might gain from this experience.

Dear Editor, I start by correcting the last byline article: The King’s E.O. would have jailed librarians who didn’t remove all banned DEI books from the shelves, but the ND Gov. vetoed this. This is about the obsession with DEI, the browning of America, and the movement towards government by only rich white males.

hoden Former Governor Noem would often say, “What you see with your eyes, you carry in your heart.” I knew just how much of a challenge it is to secure America’s Southern Border – and how utterly the previous administration in Washington failed in that regard. But it’s hard to fully appreciate the challenge without seeing it for yourself.

The North Alabama, a steamboat on the Missouri in the 1860s and 1870, hit a snag in the river near Vermillion and Goat Island on October 27, 1870. It quickly sank to the bottom of the treacherous, muddy, and ever-changing waterway. The steamboat sank as it was transporting a cargo of flour and whiskey from Sioux City to the Yellowstone River in Montana which was valued at $12,000.