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SCOUTING REPORT | Riders against drugs, money for good, fat bears

SCOUTING REPORT | Riders against drugs, money for good, fat bears

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Jonathan Ellis
Oct 13, 2024
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So . . . at the risk of stereotyping a certain population group, we start with motorcyclists. Let’s be honest: We’ve seen the pictures from the Sturgis Rally – the parties, the risqué clothing, the good times. Secretly, many of us non-bikers wish we were there.

We have been treated for decades to stories about motorcycle gangs and their drug running. Hunter S. Thompson’s book “Hells Angels” is a classic of American long-form journalism.

But bikers of a different sort made the rounds through state capital cities this month: They were agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency. 

Sioux Falls

Inside ‘Big Blue:’ 5M gallon water reservoir resealed for another two decades

Joe Sneve
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October 12, 2024
Inside ‘Big Blue:’ 5M gallon water reservoir resealed for another two decades

The sealing of a doorway torched into the south side of the city of Sioux Falls' 5-million-gallon water reservoir on Wednesday marked the completion of the facility’s first overhaul in two decades.

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