We are more alike than different

America is grappling with a difficult legacy. Our society was built by the blood and sweat of slaves, on land previously occupied by Native Americans. When we won independence, only white male property owners were fully enfranchised. Enslaved peoples were not fully counted under the constitution.

Words Matter

Words matter. Fellow Americans and the rest of the world watched as President Trump called for the large group of his supporters to “walk to the capitol” after implanting the thoughts of “You will never take back our country with weakness. We will never give up. We will never concede.

Testing Our Constitution

Our U.S. Constitution was tested this week. As most of South Dakota now knows, on January 6, I voted to uphold the 2020 election results that were certified, recounted, and audited from various states across the nation.

Legislature should step up precautions

The South Dakota legislature will convene for its annual session in only twelve days, and from a distance, it doesn’t appear as if it’s ready for this mid-pandemic session. Rep.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

By Eliza Blue Ten years ago this week, I left Minneapolis and rolled into a tiny town on the prairie. It was meant to be a temporary adventure, but when I crossed the Missouri River, and the landscape abruptly shifted to moonscape, I started to cry.

On Funerals

I have missed many funerals in my life, and we have all missed funerals of late, obeying rules which may or may not reduce other funerals. Some funerals I have missed occurred while I was away and didn’t hear about the person’s passing until the services were over and done.

Some optimism for the new year

As we close out the year, I want to thank our readers, local and around the country, our advertisers and printing customers, our news sources and contributors, our hardworking staff, our suppliers, our printers at the Mobridge Tribune, and the US Postal Service.

Stray Thoughts: The True Gift

Imagine the very worst type of people committing the worst kind of crimes without a single regret and no punishment yet they repeat the sins time after time they repeat the sins time after time They don’t care who is harmed by their actions who is robbed, who is maimed, or who is killed who is...

Little Pasture on the Prairie

Two years ago, on New Year’s Day, I went out walking to the small pasture where our horses run wild during the winter months. The day was cool but not cold, snowy but not so snowy that I couldn’t hike comfortably across the fields, breathing in the crisp, fresh air.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

This week, temperatures finally dipped below freezing for the first time in a month. With no moisture in the forecast, a chilly, but mostly gray and brown Christmas season appeared inevitable.