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11/30/24
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This year, 2024, marks 10 years of raising awareness and celebrating National Apprenticeship Week. Apprenticeships are an effective approach for South Dakotans to gain on-the-job training plus …
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By By: Sec. Marcia Hultman
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11/30/24
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Hunting season is in full swing, and last weekend was all about hunting for us, as we tried to find that big buck. We all have deer tags this year, but I am the only one who drew an any-deer tag, …
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By Amy Halverson
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11/30/24
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There was a scene from the old 1955-56 television show “The Honeymooners” in which Ralph, played with great bluster by Jackie Gleason, explains to his wife Alice, Audrey Meadows, that he is the …
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By Stuart Twite
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11/30/24
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Today’s trendy teens are missing all the fun. Imagine this: women lined up outside stores, waiting to snag just one. But supplies were short. Coveting crowds grew angry. Riots ensued. Though the …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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11/30/24
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Thanksgiving has always been my favorite meal of the year, hands-down. There’s stuffing and gravy; mashed potatoes and gravy; sweet potatoes (it's okay if gravy gets on those, too) and all the …
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By Cindy Wilson
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11/30/24
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11/20/24
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I love South Dakota. I love our natural beauty – from the rolling plains to the incredible Black Hills, from the Mighty Missouri to the peaceful prairie lakes. I love our people – they’re the …
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By Kristi Noem
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11/20/24
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It has been a busy week. First, I had the De Smet Community Women’s Craft and Gift Fair to get ready for on Saturday at the De Smet Event & Wellness Center, and then we added on to our chicken …
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By Amy Halverson
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11/20/24
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Margaret blushed crimson as she realized that her dress had lifted above her ankles for a moment. What would her mother think of such impropriety? Though the scene is from a historical fiction novel, …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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11/20/24
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Some decades ago, while I was student teaching, I stayed with my grandparents, which was a blessing that afforded many memories. One late afternoon, my grandfather and I were in the basement playing …
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By Stuart Twite
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11/20/24
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For those of you who read my weekly columns, you know that they can take on many forms. They’re often focused on updating you on changing policies or issues on which I am focused. Sometimes, they …
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By Kristi Noem
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11/7/24
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I knelt on the carpet next to her easy chair. She held the round frame in her hands and guided me as I pushed the needle through the white fabric. “You can do it. You just need to keep trying.” …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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11/7/24
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Every summer, when my children were growing up, we would make the excursion from wherever we were living at the time, Arizona, Massachusetts or New York, to De Smet for a joyous few days with family. …
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By Stuart Twite
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11/7/24
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Now that Halloween is over, there are some great deals on pumpkins. It feels like Thanksgiving and Christmas are just right around the corner, so I figure it’s a good time to talk about pumpkin …
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By Amy Halverson
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11/7/24
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Over the past several years, South Dakota’s economy has consistently been the strongest of any state in the country. We recently received two updates that underscore just how strong our economy …
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By Kristi Noem
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10/24/24
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Thank you for putting my great-aunt Freda Green’s letter about the Ingalls family in the Days Gone By section of last week’s Kingsbury Journal. Freda was our family historian and, coincidently, …
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By Dick Green, La Quinta, Calif.
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10/24/24
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“Children should be seen, not heard.” Both of our parents were raised by the strict rule; when adults were present, youngsters were not allowed to speak unless spoken to. Our parents carried on …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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10/24/24
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Many years ago, in what seems a different life, I worked in politics in Pierre and, briefly, in Washington, D.C. Both places, of course, are full of people who want to do some good but also desire to …
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By Stuart Twite
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10/24/24
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