The South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs will be hosting a “Coffee and Conversation” event in Charles Mix County on September 21, 2022, at the American Legion Post in Wagner, SD, from 10:00 until noon. Working in partnership with your county veterans service officer, the Department wants the opportunity to visit one-on- one with veterans and see what’s brewing!

The Burke Area Farmers Market is hosting a chef event Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022, highlighting the use of specialty crops. The market will feature renowned Oglala Lakota culinary artist and caterer, Chef Kimberly Brave Heart.

Sexual assault is a common occurrence. Pew Research in 2018 indicated that “Some 44% of Americans say they have received unwanted sexual advances or verbal or physical harassment of a sexual nature.

Like clockwork, football fields and high school gymnasiums across South Dakota have come alive once again with high school fall sports underway and fans cheering on their hometown teams. Likewise, journalists at community newspapers and other news media outlets are busy as well, covering all the action, with photos, stories, video clips and yes, play-byplay livestreaming of the competitions.

In the second session of the Legislative Assembly for the Dakota Territory, the Legislature meeting at Yankton passed a law which declared that no one “shall maliciously break down any fence belonging to or inclosing land not his own, or shall maliciously throw down or open any bars, gate or fence, and leave the same down, or open. ‘The penalty, if found guilty, was “imprisonment in the county jail not more than one year, nor less than three months, or by fine not exceeding two hundred dollars’ ($5,867 in 2022).”

Governor Kristi N oem The beginning of September brings us to Labor Day weekend and the start of Workforce Development Month across the country. While America celebrates a national holiday, South Dakota has even more to celebrate.