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CARTOON | Pheasant boom
As seen in the June 13-19, 2025, print edition of The Dakota Scout
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Ryan M Stoick
Doeden, Hansen take campaign hopes to South Dakota highways
Gubernatorial candidates vow to bring message to GOP voters across South Dakota ahead of 2026 primary
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Joe Sneve
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VIEWPOINT | South Dakotans should reject costly carbon capture schemes
Guest column by Autumn Hanna and Rick Bonander
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Trump statue garden in budget bill; South Dakota a potential site
Tribal leaders and advocates condemn the plan as a violation of treaty rights and a desecration of Lakota sacred sites
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Todd Epp
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South Dakota legislative leaders condemn political violence in Minnesota
Bipartisan message of unity, compassion and peace issued by GOP, Democratic party heads
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Joe Sneve
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Crossword, Sudoku answers: June 13-19
Free, for your entertainment
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The Dakota Scout
LETTER | House bill threatens South Dakota's clean energy future
Letter to the editor by Rick Bell, President of Sustainable Environmental Energy, LLC in Rapid City
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SCOUTING REPORT | Army turns 250, SDSU’s rodeo elite, RIP Casey Wilson
A weekly digest of interesting local, state, national and even international developments
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Jonathan Ellis
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Saving Spring Creek: Good Earth golf course nearly became RV campground
Course has captured golfers’ hearts for 31 years with 26,000 rounds played last year
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Virginia Olson
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Exporting South Dakota to Mexico, demystifying Mobridge, northern border jumping & the trade turnaround
SPONSORED BY BEAL DISTRIBUTING & JUNA SLEEP SYSTEMS | South Dakota Trade's Jesse Fonkert makes a long-overdue appearance as a guest on the Scouting…
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Joe Sneve
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Jonathan Ellis
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Exporting South Dakota to Mexico, demystifying Mobridge, northern border jumping & the trade turnaround
Did you miss last week’s episode of The Scouting Report? Downloaded hundreds of times since subscribers of The Dakota Scout received it in their inboxes…
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VIEWPOINT | State's energy future must be built on stable policy, not political uncertainty
Guest column by Rodger Horr, Gary Fish, and Waylon Brown
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