Opinion

The Missouri River, from its source in the Rocky Mountains to its junction with the Mississippi, is 2,963 miles long. Of this, 547 miles pass over South Dakota, from the mouth of the Sioux River in the far southeast corner of the state to the northern border in central South Dakota.

Please help me filter the news from around the world so you can be better informed to make your decision in the approaching most important midterm elections in this divided country. There are those who don’t read but get their disinformation from the digital world echo chamber or the propaganda channel, so their minds were made up long ago.

Antoine Bijou, a French Canadian, established a trading post in 1813 on the east side of the Missouri River below a long stretch of rugged and rough hills which came to be known as Bijou Hills. He was doubtless the first white man to settle in that section of the Louisiana Purchase.

Area farmers are reminded that the deadline to report winter wheat and any fall seeded crops to FSA is November 15, 2022. Please call FSA for an ap-pointment when your fall seeded crops are all planted.

Stronger families – stronger communities I recently met with several childcare providers in Sioux Falls to discuss the challenges their industry faces. One of the biggest challenges to filling the available jobs across our state is the lack of available childcare, and I knew that our childcare providers would be best at finding solutions to increase access and affordability.

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C ourt Dustin H. Smith, 19, Bowdon, GA, misc road right-of-way hunting restrictions, fine $29.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the sixteenth president on the 4th of March 1861. Earlier, Congress had passed a bill creating the Dakota Territory near the end of President Buchanan’s presidency. As one of his last official acts as president, Buchanan signed that bill on March 2, 1861.

Thank you to all of the local residents and the representatives of the region’s Native American tribes who took the time to attend last month’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) meeting to discuss the potential Gregory County Pumped Storage project. Voicing your concerns and asking hard questions is a vital part of this process.

It’s no secret that costs are rising in just about every aspect of our daily lives. We’ve talked quite a bit about the skyrocketing cost of food and gas, and our businesses are facing these challenges, too.