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oem The Fourth of July has always been a special day to me. It’s our nation’s birthday, of course.

The certification deadline for reporting spring planted crops to the South Dakota FSA offices is July 15, 2024. Farmers and ranchers are encouraged to contact the FSA Office in Burke, SD at 775-9122, ext. 2, for an appointment to timely report their crop acreages.

ourt Anntanete Gunhammer, 17, Gregory, SD, driving with suspended (not revoked) license, fine $204.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50; fail to maintain financial responsibility, dismissed - motion by prosecutor. Kasynda Leigh Eckhoff, 25, Gregory, SD, speeding on a state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

Commissioners: Jessy Biggins - Chair Byrain Boes - Vice-Chair Lance Matucha Doug Janousek Jeff Johnson Auditor: Julie Bartling Phone: (605) 775-2664 Fax: (605) 775-2596 AGENDA REGULAR COMMISSION MEETING, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2024 - Open Meeting Approval of Agenda Approval of Minutes June 20, 2024 Conflicts of Interest Ex-Parte Communications 9:05 a.m. - Public Input 9:15 a.m.

Dear editor, In your 6/19 issue Eric P. Putnam referenced my candidature and made an astonishing number of false and misleading claims.

The Homestead Act of 1862 opened South Dakota to settlement and development by Americans, explicitly allowing women to own their own land. This opportunity was hard to pass up for some women. They packed up everything they could, joined a wagon train and headed west to the Great Plains to try to “prove up,” their land.

Nothing gives life quite like water. We rely on it every single day for nourishment, for cleanliness, and so much more.

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Commentary by Bill Bullard, CEO, R-CALF USA South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds is inviting other senators to join him on a letter calling on Congress to include mandatory country of origin labeling (MCOOL) for beef in the 2024 Farm Bill. We would like everyone reading this message to call their two U.S. senators to urge them to cosign Sen. Rounds’ letter. And here’s why.

Steamboat service for passengers and freight began working its way up the Missouri in the 1820s, reached the mouth of the Yellowstone River in 1832, and the end of the line at Fort Benton, Montana, in 1860. Records indicate that the last steamboat docked at Fort Benton in 1890. The steamboat had been permanently superseded thereafter by the transcontinental railroad.