Opinion

A.P. Kalem said, “War is never a lasting solution for any problem.” However, is that statement completely true? War, through the ages, has brought great advances and solutions in medicine.

We hunters are in the midst of a crisis, and we need to act right now! If you look for a common concern in all of today’s outdoor magazines, it would be the decline in numbers of our nation’s hunters. First and foremost, hunter dollars profoundly affect wildlife management.

We all headed back to Pierre after a 2-week break for one final day, which was Veto Day, last Friday, March 29. The two bills on the agenda were House Bill 1186 and Senate Bill 176. Also, in the House, we elected 5 new members to the Executive Board and approved the next year’s legislative calendar.

By Richard P. Holm, MD Ms. A. was in the bagel shop line and told the server she was allergic to peanuts. The server reassured her there were no peanuts in the bagel but was unaware some peanut butter was left on the knife from an earlier sandwich. After a few bites of the bagel, Ms. A.

Ice fishing, except for up north, is pretty much done for the season, but I wanted to tell you about Burke Lake while it was fresh in my mind. Last month an ATV went through the ice on Burke Lake in spite of the lake’s two feet thick ice.

South Dakotans have patiently awaited the joyful harbingers of spring: a tree beginning to bud, a flash of color from a tulip, grass slowly changing hue from brown to green. But the first sign of spring we received this year was not so welcome.

Earlier this month, our state was hit by a bomb cyclone – an unusual name to match unusual circumstances.

Starting sometime in the middle ages, throughout many lands, there were “bone-setters” who knew about splinting, how to treat broken bones with splints made from sticks, leather and clay.

Today’s workforce, economy, and consumer needs are constantly changing. They’re far different than they were a generation ago, and, in some respects, they’re already different than they were just a few years ago.

Mobridge. Madison. Tripp. Rapid City. Bryant. Rosholt. Huron. Watertown. The common thread between these communities? Nursing home closures. In all, 19 nursing home facilities around our state have closed their doors in recent years.