On December 2, 2022, Federal Trade Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya visited the Buche Foods store in Pine Ridge to see first-hand how a lack of antitrust enforcement is harming independent grocers and their consumers. Commissioner Bedoya met with RF Buche, fourth generation grocer and president of GF Buche Co., and his team. Also in attendance were District 27 Representative Peri Pourier, South Dakota Retailers along with other Oglala Sioux Tribal council representatives, OST Chairman Frank Star Comes Out and members of his staff, along with consumers in the area.

South Dakota lawmakers can adorn their office with a crucifix, but they can’t pound the nail into the state Capitol’s wall, a legislative oversight board clarified on Tuesday as part of a policy regulating how religious symbols can mark the state’s seat of government.

On December 2 and 3, seven Gregory students traveled to Mitchell to compete at the 113th annual South Dakota Oral Interpretation State Festival. Ninetyone high school students across the state took part in this two-day event.

The year of 1872 was in many respects a notable and memorable one in the history of the Dakota Territory and the area north of the Missouri River between Sioux City and west of Fort Randall. It was the year of the first railway, the coming of the Hollanders, equine influenza, Jack Sully’s election as sheriff, and the founding of Yankton College.

Hello and hang on as we do a whirlwind connect-the-dots in the worldwide news that you won’t hear on FOX (news?). I crossed the Ft. Randall Dam three times last week, and my guesstimate is that the river is down 30 feet. Breaking news: Pres. Biden signed a bill blocking the rail strike so that rail cars carrying freight, fertilizer, grain and ethanol can move north and south. He also will increase ethanol percentage in gasoline to Sen. Grassley’s proposed E30. We knew that fuel prices would come down after the election, and today I saw it locally under $4/gal.

oem Over the last couple of months, I’ve checked out groceries at stores in communities across South Dakota. One out of every four or five customers had to put something back because of how much it cost.