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Lincoln County commissioner calls veterans memorial a 'joke,' accuses chair of being 'poor'
The Lincoln County Commission continued its descent into acrimony this week after Commissioner Doug Putnam attacked two of his colleagues during their regular meeting Tuesday.
Democratic leader to seek South Dakota governor's mansion
The executive director of the Democratic Party will announce his bid for governor Tuesday in downtown Sioux Falls.
Sioux Falls mayoral hopefuls tout experience, backgrounds in Chamber forum
Four candidates running for Sioux Falls mayor pitched about 300 members of the Greater Sioux Falls Chamber of Commerce Tuesday on why they have the backgrounds and experiences that best suit them to lead the city.
Presidential historian warns Brookings crowd of danger in America’s political moment
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jon Meacham said Tuesday he takes some comfort in knowing a South Dakotan is leading the U.S. Senate amid a national political climate he worries has taken on a dangerous, almost religious intensity.
Battle-hardened servant retiring with career-long view of South Dakota's growing political, cultural divide
In Lincoln County, where cornfields once defined the horizon south of Canton, debates over wind farms, pipelines and suburban sprawl now dominate courthouse chambers — a sign of how quickly one of South Dakota’s fastest-growing counties has been transformed by Sioux Falls’ southward march.
Lewis Drug snuffs out tobacco, nicotine sales at all locations in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota
A regional pharmacy and retail chain recently purchased by Sanford Health is phasing out all tobacco and nicotine sales.
