Three men & abortion, fighting the food tax, the missionary work of Frank Kloucek & equity v. equality

South Dakota Republican Chairman John Wiik is pulling out all the stops to derail a challenge to U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson by a would-be contender from Rapid City. Justin McNeal originally sought to challenge Johnson in the Republican primary election on June 4, collecting more than 2,700 signatures to make the ballot. But a random review of those signatures by the Secretary of State’s Office found that he missed the threshold by 38 signatures, primarily because the random review found too many signatories were independents and not registered Republicans.

Two weeks after losing a bid for city council, a perpetual municipal office seeker in Sioux Falls is once again a free man after spending a night in jail on domestic assault charges. David Zokaites, a two-time candidate for mayor who also made an unsuccessful run for the Northeast District