06/02/11 WASHINGTON : U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meets an influential group of freshman Republican lawmakers on Thursday, try to improve chances that Congress will increase his borrowing authority and prevent a government default.
06/02/11 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner meets an influential group of freshman Republican lawmakers on Thursday to try to improve chances that Congress will increase his borrowing authority and prevent a government default.
05/27/11 I wonder how much airtime Michele Bachmann would get if she didn't look the way she does. I wonder how much of Sara Palin's political...
05/23/11 The party's ideology is out of whack and nobody wants to lose to Barack Obama. Meanwhile, time is running out
05/23/11 By law, the Minnesota Legislature must adjourn by midnight tonight. The governor could call a special session to address any unfinished work. Today's Question: How would you grade the performance of the governor and Legislature this session?
05/21/11 HOWARD - A De Smet woman died Thursday in a one-vehicle crash in Miner County. The accident happened about 9:15 a.m. on South Dakota Highway 81 near the intersection with South Dakota Highway 34 about six miles east of Howard. Joann Faye Dunigan, 52, was driving a 2005 Kia Sedona northbound on Highway 81 when it crossed the center line, entered the west ditch and rolled, Highway Patrol officials ...
05/21/11 Total damage caused by flooding this spring is sure to exceed the $7 million preliminary estimate used to seek a presidential disaster declaration, officials with the state departments of Transportation and Public Safety say. South Dakota received a disaster declaration May 13 after preliminary assessments by teams of state and FEMA specialists showed at least $7.1 million in damage to roads ...
05/21/11 Duane Spader has been waiting more than 30 years for the perfect offer on his land in north Sioux Falls near Catfish Bay. So when Special Olympics South Dakota came to him with a proposal last August, there was no question in his mind that he had found it. "I've always wanted something special. ... that land to be something special," Spader said of the land at Interstate 90 and North Cliff ...
05/21/11 Some Tea Party freshmen Republicans openly admit that they were surprised by how difficult it is to get things done in Washington.
05/21/11 BROOKINGS - Once again, South Dakota State couldn't close the deal at the end of an otherwise exceptional regular season. The Jackrabbits dropped a 5-4 decision to IPFW in the second game of a Friday doubleheader, marking the second year in a row that they blew a chance to claim the Summit League baseball title outright by falling at home in extra innings to a team that won't make the conference ...
05/15/11 Mike Huckabee's decision to forgo a shot at the presidency further muddies the field for a worthy Republican challenger to President Barack Obama.
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05/11/11 With the damage costs from the storm soaring, Maj. Gen. David Sprynczynatyk with the National Guard thinks it is likely the area could be declared a natural disaster area by President Barack Obama.
05/11/11 Summary: Live Music Live Music Today Music Is The Enemy, Epiphany, Pickled Punk Side Show, Convection Of A Ghost, T.k.c. , A Final Farewell, Hornets Vs. Bees 6 p.m. EBGB, 2511 S. W. Sixth Ave. Cover. Victor "Easy Street" Gallegos 6 p.m. Jerry's Cafe, 2515 S. Grand St. No cover. 806-374-4335. Jason Patrick 6 p.m. Pescaraz Italian Restaurant, 3415 Bell St., No cover. 806-350-5426. Los Cuatro ...
05/09/11 For months, former corporate executive Herman Cain has waged a ceaseless ground attack in his long-shot quest for the Republican presidential nomination. Dinner speech in Fargo, North Dakota? No pr...
05/05/11 Services will be held Saturday, May 7 at the Germantown Presbyterian Church in Chancellor for Dorothy Heibult, 87, who died Saturday, Apr. 30, 2011 at the Lennox Good Samaritan Center.
04/30/11 Convervatives call for Constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment to harness government spending GOP Dismisses Town Hall Heckling
04/27/11 Throwing a watching party for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton doesn't have to be a royal pain. But with the wedding scheduled for 6 a.m. East Coast time you probably are going to find that plenty of coffee is, so to speak, your cup of tea. Patra Wroten, who lives in the Washington, D.C., area and writes about parties and other occasions on her blog, I Do Declare, has found a ...
04/27/11 A South Dakota tea party organization is having trouble getting support for referring two state laws regarding federal health care reform to a public vote. Two weeks ago, South Dakota Citizens for Liberty filed the paperwork to put Senate Bills 38 and 43 on the November 2012 ballot in order "to derail this locomotive of Obamacare in South Dakota," said Barb Lindberg, president of Rapid City ...
04/25/11 By John Aloysius Farrell "I am not a lobbyist for ethanol," Newt Gingrich declared in a mid-winter spat with the editors of The Wall Street... | 
