Opinion

A pair of South Dakota campaigns trying to expand access to Medicaid through the November ballot announced Monday they will join efforts to focus on passing an amendment to the state constitution. The announcement from the two organizations - South Dakotans Decide Healthcare and Dakotans for Health - puts to rest a potential rivalry between the two campaigns.

Adversity: Adverse fortune, condition, or circumstance; a state opposed to well-being or prosperity; misfortune, distress, difficulty, hardship. – Oxford English Dictionary Do you know a coworker, family member, or even a certain reader (*cough* *cough*) that is either the resident doomsayer or the uber “sending you positive vibes!” collector of happy thoughts? If it makes you feel any better, neither person is doing themselves any favors in times of adversity.

South Dakota Health officials said Thursday a man from the eastern part of the state has contracted the state's first assumed case of monkeypox, a disease that has emerged in more than 50 countries and 41 U.S. states.

Last week’s ADVOCATE article about the visitors from Spain enjoying Gregory’s Independence Day celebrations incorrectly stated that Patty Beck is Brian and Donna Beck’s daughter. She is their daughterin-law.

Funeral services for Randy Klein, 44, to be held Memorial services for Randy Klein, age 44, of Gregory, SD, will be held on Saturday, July 23, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. at the little league ball field in Gregory, SD.

MARRIAGES Jayd Douglas VanDerWerff, 23, Gregory, SD, to Kylie Jace Horstman, 24, Gregory, SD, on July 9, 2022, in Gregory, SD. MAGISTRATE COURT Cloyd Marshall, Jr., 41, Los Angeles, CA, speeding on a state highway, fine $39.00, court costs $50.00, surcharges $28.50.

In my four years as governor, I have focused on finding ways our programs can positively impact the next generation. This goes beyond reading about what state government does; I go out and see these programs for myself so I can understand exactly what we can do to improve them.

When gold was discovered in the Black Hills in 1874, one of the nearest approaches by rail was from Bismarck. Immediately, a stage and freight line was established which ran regularly from Bismarck to the Black Hills. It entered South Dakota in northwestern Corson County and crossed Perkins, Meade, and Butte counties.

The nation’s largest food distributor has joined the other businesses accusing the four largest meat processors of working together to inflate beef prices. Sysco recently filed a federal lawsuit in Texas accusing Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef of price fixing.

A few bad apples might spoil the whole bunch if users of the Gregory recycling trailer don’t clean up their act. The Winner Recycling Center is now refusing to take Gregory’s recyclables because of household garbage that is being dumped in the bins and other noncompliance of the rules.