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District 21 legislators were in Gregory Saturday afternoon, February 10, for a cracker barrel, hosted by The Gregory Times-Advocate at the Gregory Memorial Auditorium. About a dozen local residents were on hand to hear from Senator Erin Tobin, Representative Rocky Blare, and Representative Marty Overweg and ask their thoughts on a variety of issues.

MADISON, S.D. (AP) — Law officers from across South Dakota and out of state flashed their emergency lights in unison as hundreds of mourners packed a sports stadium to honor a South Dakota deputy killed in the line of duty.

Every state is a border state. South Dakota is no exception.

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“Our most basic emotional need is not to fall in love but to be genuinely loved by another, to know a love that grows out of reason and choice, not instinct. I need to be loved by someone who chooses to love me, who sees in me something worth loving. That kind of love requires effort and discipline. It is the choice to expend energy in an effort to benefit the other person, knowing that if his or her life is enriched by your effort, you too will find a sense of satisfaction— the satisfaction of having genuinely loved another.” - Chapman, G. D. (2010). The five love languages.

Who would have thought the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would play the role of facilitating the erosion, if not destruction, of livestock producers’ private property rights? Very recently, 31 members of Congress, 23 state treasurers, and 25 state attorneys general all stepped to the plate and pushed back on the SEC’s proposal that would have allowed Natural Asset Companies to be traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Recall that these Natural Asset Companies involved empowering investors to control the use of natural resources on land they did not own, including both private and federally managed lands. Now the New York Stock Exchange has withdrawn its proposal but the SEC’s cavalier attitude toward the importance of private property rights remains at issue.

Excavation workers have finished carving out the future home of the gigantic particle detectors for the international Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment. Located a mile below the surface, the three colossal caverns are at the core of a new research facility that spans an underground area about the size of eight soccer fields.

Hello readers. Here are the latest symptoms of Mother Earth's fever... Wildfires in Chile, freezing temps in Vancouver caused breakage of the electrical power cables for buses, wet snow in Juneau sank fishing boats, 85 mph winds at Heathrow (world's busiest) Airport in London. Experts say 2023 warmest year worldwide. The technology for renewable energy sources is advancing very quickly. We live in the wind belt and there are now thermal batteries for the wind turbines. There are increasing numbers of electric powered vehicles. Norway has the highest % in the world. China and now VW have sodium instead of lithium EV batteries, which will be built in a new factory in Ontario. Those same wind turbines can make green hydrogen fuel by hydrolysis and many companies like Cummins are converting their engines to hydrogen fuel. The United States is the largest producer of fossil fuels for export, but the answer for the future is not drill, drill, drill. If we look at the price of fuel here, the cheapest have renewables in them. My home in Pangman is heated with natural gas (methane) which I pay a carbon tax on. Companies whose factories emit CO2 can get a tax credit for sequestering it. For you, opponents of the carbon pipeline, ask yourselves what would be the price of fuel or the price of corn and soybeans, if there were no ethanol or soybean processing plants nearby?

In a heartwarming joint effort, Bouquets and Brushstrokes in Burke SD, partnered with Missouri Valley Insurance, Thrive Chiropractic - Natasha Martin, Rachelle Norberg, and Burke and Gregory Building Centers, to spread love and joy among residents in local nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

The city’s infrastructure plan is still being held up at the state level, but Mayor Al Cerny asked the city council at the regular meeting on Monday, February 5, to give him authorization to advertise for bids as soon as the state clears it. The original plan was to advertise for bids in December, then January, but the target continues to move while the city waits for red tape to clear, and he doesn’t want to waste any time waiting for a council meeting to advertise for bids.