Opinion

Dear Editor: Wednesday, February 22nd the Senate Transportation Committee will meet at 7:45am in room 423 at our capitol and S 701 will be heard. S 701 is a Senate Resolution in Support of Rebuilding the Wagner SD Hwy 46 with four lanes.

As a kid, I loved the snow, the winter, not so much anymore, especially this year where in N.E Nebraska we’ve had two storms that dumped at least ten inches a couple of times. I remember one bad winter where the snow was so deep, that I couldn’t walk along the creek where I was hunting deer.

Here are some of my thoughts concerning The Gregory County Pumped Storage meeting on January 25 in Burke, SD sponsored by MidAmerica Energy and Missouri River Energy Services. East and West River communities were well represented at both meetings (afternoon and evening).

Recently Senate Resolution 701 in Support of Reconstruction of Wagner 4 lanes was introduced By Senator Shawn Bordeaux. This resolution clearly states the facts and concerns of the stakeholders who utilize the current Highway 46 four lane through Wagner.

10 Years Ago - Jan. 30, 2013 SD flu season shows no signs of letting up anytime soon with nearly 600 confirmed cases in South Dakota. Services were held for Diane L. Reck, 62, of Springfield. Services were held for Linda Kelley, 60 of Avon.

Pastor/Founder of the Grace Baptist Church, Lake Andes since 1988 MARK 1:21-26 21) 'And they went into Carpernaum: and straightway on the sabbath day he (Jesus) entered into the Synagogue, and taught.

Two years into the Biden administration, it’s clear we need a course correction. We can’t afford a repeat of the last two years of Democrats’ one-party rule, which was characterized by reckless spending, high inflation, open borders, and rising crime.

We planned a late season pheasant hunt, and knew that the pheasantswereeducatedandvery spooky. Ourcrewwoulduselateseason tactics on this hunt, entering the cover quietly, with walkers, wing men as well as blockers it didn’t take us long to have pheasants erupting from the cover.

Frequently, my patients will come to a visit and bring up a major concern: “Doc, I think I might have dementia; my memory seems to be slipping.” They might give examples of having difficulty finding words, forgetting people’s names, or just feeling like their thinking is slower.

Fishing, the practice of catching fish, dates back at least 40,000 years, originally fisherman caught fish in order to survive, Growing up in northeastern South Dakota, in Watertown, we were just one block away from the Big Sioux River and less than a mile from Lake Pelican, we didn’t have to go...