Opinion

Blake Kolby Jacobsen, Burke, SD, 30, to Shania Elvina Mae Mock, Burke, SD, 26, on August 27, 2022, Burke, SD..

Lucy Hysell Atteberry, 61, Winner, SD, speeding on a state highway, fine $59.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50. Zane Bedikere, 26, Winner, SD, speeding on other roadways, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50..

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.

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).”

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.

The Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) requires all foreign owners of U.S. agricultural land to report their holdings to the Secretary of Agriculture. Foreign persons who have purchased or sold agricultural land in the county are required to report the transaction to Farm Service Agency within 90 days of the closing. Failure to submit the AFIDA form could result in civil penalties of up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the prop- erty. County government offices, realtors, attorneys, and others involved in real estate transactions are reminded to notify foreign investors of these reporting requirements. If you would like more information in regards to this notice, please contact the Gregory Co. FSA Office in Burke, SD, at 605-775-9122, extension 2. You can also find a listing of all county offices online at www.fsa.usda.gov.

By the middle of the 1880s, barb wire had come to South Dakota. About fifteen years later, cowboys rounding up livestock in the far western part of the state, which was still “everybody’s pasture”, came into contact with the wire and the sharp barbs. They saw brands from Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota, and even Canada. And directly in front of them was a sure sign that the open range was about to change.

When I was younger my dad always said, “Kristi, we don’t complain about things. We fix them.” As Governor, I focus on fixing problems for our state every day, especially when it comes to public safety.

Friends, I am recently back from a week in Sask. and here are some updates. Gasoline prices in Regina, Sask. - which has the largest refinery in Western Canada - $1.00/US gallon higher than in the US, and the refinery supplies are by pipeline, a lot of the gas into Montana. That’s the Canadian story in so many ways.

I’ve never been the type to settle for “good enough.” No matter what I’m doing, I try to strive for excellence. That’s all the more true when it comes to policies that impact our kids.