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LETTER | A South Dakota inmate makes Capitol plea
Robert Poppen’s civilian mentor requested this letter to the editor be published in The Dakota Scout VIEWPOINTS section.
Nov 17
VIEWPOINT | Give locally, joyfully this holiday season
Guest column by Andy Patterson
Nov 16
VIEWPOINT | Our corn farmers suffer as leadership failures abound
Guest column by Doug Sombke, South Dakota Farmers Union
Nov 16
CARTOON | Bad, marijuana! Bad!
As seen in the Nov. 14-20, 2025, print edition of The Dakota Scout
Nov 15 • 
Ryan M Stoick
VIEWPOINT | Prison critics spreading false claims
Guest column by Rep. John Hughes
Nov 14
CARTOON | It better flush
As seen in the Nov. 7-13, 2025, print edition of The Dakota Scout
Nov 9 • 
Ryan M Stoick
COUNTERPOINT | Rural health funding isn’t a handout — it’s a lifeline
Guest column by Tim Rave, South Dakota Association of Healthcare Organizations
Nov 8
POINT | Beware of Congress's rural hospital slush fund
Guest column Sally C. Pipes
Nov 8
VIEWPOINT | South Dakota celebrates its 63,000 veterans, Marine Corps' 250th birthday
Guest column by Sec. Jeremiah J. Schneider, South Dakota Veterans Affairs
Nov 7
VIEWPOINT | In Sioux Falls, ‘wellness’ means parking lots — an open letter
Guest column by Jordan Deffenbaugh
Nov 7
STRAIGHT OUTTA PIERRE | Permit-free planning, soybean handshakes & chislic misappropriation
Sharp, snappy and South Dakotan — an anonymous shot of insight with a twist of sarcasm
Nov 7 • 
Bo Hutchins
VIEWPOINT | Science, not sales, should guide South Dakota’s medical marijuana mission
Guest column by Rhonda Milstead, Protecting South Dakota Kids
Nov 5
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