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State Investigates Petition, Property Tax Status of Edmunds County Commissioner-Elect Who Questioned Riverview Dairy Manure Figures
Published: September 14, 2026 11:15
On Friday, Attorney General Marty Jackley announced that the Division of Criminal Investigation had investigated Edmunds County Commissioner-elect Julie Burgod for petition fraud. Burgod won…
North Dakota Finds More Pheasants in Roadside Survey; South Dakota Guesses It Has More Birds, Too
Published: September 13, 2026 12:59
North Dakota Game and Fish reports that hunters may find more pheasants afield this fall. North Dakota Game and Fish bases this report on actual…
Judge Schulte Plans Ruling on SB 175 Next Week
https://dakotafreepress.com/2026/09/12/judge-schulte-plans-ruling-on-sb-175-next-week/
Published: September 12, 2026 13:28
The League of Women Voters and Sioux Falls voter Jaysen Hill got their day in federal court this week to argue to District Judge Eric…
Storsve on Highway 85: Prioritize Black Hills Beauty over Speed and Profit
Published: September 12, 2026 12:59
Black Hills native Harold Storsve says the state’s proposed renovation of Highway 85 southwest from Cheyenne Crossing to the Wyoming border is motivated by the…
Tsitrian: Trump Unlikely to Pay Up on Costly $5K Election Bribe
Published: September 11, 2026 12:56
If you think Donald Trump is really going to write you a $5,000 check for electing Republicans to the Congress this November, you aren’t paying…
DSS Helping 988 Callers, But South Dakota Suicide Rate Still Rising
Published: September 11, 2026 12:35
On Tuesday, the Department of Social Services reported its performance measures to the Government Operations and Audit Committee. Among its successes, DSS reports beating its…
October Surprise: Trump Plans $500 ACA Rebate Checks to ~1M Americans in 30 States
Published: September 10, 2026 15:48
At last night’s Dallas lie session, Donald Trump offered to pay every American $5,000 if Republicans win the mid-term election. This morning, Trump announced a…
65% of SD Habitat Conservation License Plates Not Funding Habitat Conservation
Published: September 10, 2026 15:05
Representative Jessica Bahmuller (R-19/Alexandria) pushed her 2024 House Bill 1119 to catch South Dakota up with Minnesota and other states in offering specialty license plates…
Bernie Sanders Ready to Fight AI’s Threat to Humanity; Hackers, Are You Ready to Help?
Published: September 10, 2026 13:02
Hackers could be doing so much more interesting and socially beneficial things than hacking Pennington County and Minnesota’s water systems. Good hackers could hack the…
AG: Most State Government Fraud Complaints Bogus…
https://dakotafreepress.com/2026/09/09/ag-most-state-government-fraud-complaints-bogus/
Published: September 9, 2026 13:21
…or at least not worth AG’s attention. The Attorney General’s office reported to the Government Operations and Audit Committee Tuesday that the majority of state…
Hay! Lookout Mountain Catches Fire; Pine Ridge Also Aflame
https://dakotafreepress.com/2026/09/09/hay-lookout-mountain-catches-fire-pine-ridge-also-aflame/
Published: September 9, 2026 12:24
Smokey Bear says Drown, Stir, Drown, and Feel your campfire before you hike out. You should do the same thing putting out your hay-truck fire;…
China Misses “Good Old Days” When South Dakota Could Freely Make Millions on Foreign Trade
Published: September 8, 2026 17:22
SDPB posts a meaty (beany?) interview with Chinese Consul General Wang Baodong, who says South Dakota has made a lot of money trading with his…
Daktronics Helped L.A. Clippers Skirt Salary Cap
https://dakotafreepress.com/2026/09/08/daktronics-helped-l-a-clippers-skirt-salary-cap/
Published: September 8, 2026 13:17
South Dakotans can be corrupt just like everyone else. This week’s exhibit: Daktronics, paragon of homegrown South Dakota success, landed a big scoreboard deal by…
SD Cattlemen: Trump Distracts from Beef-Policy Failure with Dangerous Plan to Throttle Meat Inspections
Published: September 8, 2026 13:01
Last week Donald Trump issued executive orders (notice how he never works on actual legislation through the regular constitutional process and continues to think he…
Conversion of Watertown Monastery to Planned Community Promises Big Economic Return
Published: September 8, 2026 12:35
Bart Pfankuch updates us on the last great project of the Benedictine Sisters of Watertown, the transformation, now in its sixth year, of their 495-acre…
Retailers Uneasy About South Dakota’s Effort to Ban Soft Drinks from SNAP
Published: September 7, 2026 13:00
Last spring, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed House Bill 1056 to ban low-income South Dakotans from using their SNAP benefits to buy pop…