Opinion

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) recently announced that it was authorizing nearly $5 million to invest in expanding rural broadband access across South Dakota.

Before my junior year in high school, I returned from a Boy Scout canoeing trip to discover my sister had been killed in a car crash.

Rog's Rod & Nimrod Have you ever changed your mind about something as in making a 180 degree turn around? Well I have.

Can you believe the summer is almost over? The launch of the school year is a little different for my family this year. Booker is beginning his senior year of high school in a few days and will be starting football soon (Go Chargers!).

PROVERBS 25:4 "Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer."(KJV) This scripture is noting a process that is needed to make silver pure which can be used for good for the one who processes the silver.

Rog's Rod & Nimrod During the late summer of 2012, Jerry Hnetynka and I fished for muskies on Minnesota’s West Battle Lake with professional guide Dave Williamson of Alexandria’s Musky Stalker Guide Service. We both took big muskies.

We’ve always poked about for interesting trails as we travel South Dakota because we know our readers love to explore new places. A few years ago, we added a special feature to the magazine that we call “Walking in the Wild,” a simple guide to little-known nature hikes.

“Great faces. Great places.” If you live in South Dakota or have traveled to the state, you’ve seen it on license plates and billboards, and some of you might have even had the catchy South Dakota Department of Tourism jingle (“Great faaaces. Great plaaaces. South Dakota!

It doesn’t get much better than spending a summer day on a lake or river in South Dakota. Recreating on the water always seems to be the perfect backdrop for family memories and laughter. It’s one of the great things about our state.

PROVERBS 30: 24-28 "There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceeding wise: The ants are people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer. The cronies (rock badgers) are but a frail folk, yet they make their houses in the rocks.