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  • Lufkins Mystery

    We want to extend our deepest sympathies to the family of Michelle Lufkins. May you find peace amid the turmoil.
    We've been hearing lots of rumors regarding her death, but very little facts.
    We have been told by various sources that she was reported missing on November 20 and her' [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:52am EST

  • Recent CC Meeting

    There was an interesting article in the Courier this week by John Seiber (page B1). It dealt with a recap of the Nov 10 CC meeting. Amid all the bickering, indecision, name-calling and back-pedaling on previous decisions, there was a notation regarding a vote on a motion to fence off [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 9:44am EST

  • RC Sheriff Office: A Family Connection?

    Of course we all know that RC Sheriff Tasa has a family tie with CC Navratil (he is Roger's nephew). But did you know that 2 recently hired Deputies are cousins as well? One is part time and one is full time, but both are relatives.
    Amazing how quiet those' [...]
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    Posted: November 05, 2009, 8:28am EST

  • Announcement

    What do you know. I remove moderation and someone anonymously posts more hate.I have deleted the comment naming the hate poster. I will ask that you not throw mud as it usually sticks to both parties. At the very least sign your name to your post and be accountable.We have [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 3:37pm EDT

  • To Moderate or Name Names?

    In response to the woman who is posting profanity and idiotic comments on this blog: We have someone tracking you and we have your name and city.If you continue posting your garbage your full name and city will be posted as well.
    Go back to your pitiful blog and [...]
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    Posted: October 12, 2009, 11:55am EDT

  • CDP Turmoil?

    We have news that CDP Hospital Administrator has either resigned or been let go suddenly.Sounds like it may be a financial decision.Does anyone have more on this subject? [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:33am EDT

  • RC Sheriff on Vacation?

    We hear that our new sheriff is on vacation. Tasa has been on-the-job now for how long? 5 weeks? This is the first job we heard of that gives a day of vacation for every week worked beginning from the start.We don't recall seeing that in the job description so' [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 8:25am EDT

  • CC Real Wages

    If RC is broke it might not be all because of the CCs actions, but partly because the CC are "dipping" into county funds by excessive perks, salaries and more.Figure a base salary per commissioner of $750 per month plus mileage plus insurance at $400 per month per CC. Times [...]
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    Posted: October 11, 2009, 7:39am EDT

  • Now What?

    The Opt Out is over and there will be no tax increase in RC. Most of us would probably have supported a genuine need for more county revenue IF our CC had shown us any caution in spending or intelligent budgeting rather than throwing our money around as if there [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 2:41pm EDT

  • ELECTION RESULTS!

    News flash on KELO TV......Roberts County Voters defeated the Opt-Out by 78% NO votes.Approximately 24% of the voters turned out for this special vote.
    You can view the entire news story at KELO TV by clicking the following link:
    http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=90678
    A special thanks to KELO TV for keeping us informed [...]
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    Posted: September 30, 2009, 12:16am EDT

  • VOTE VOTE VOTE

    Just a reminder that each and every one of you is important and that you VOTE tomorrow on the Opt Out issue.Make sure you go to your local polling place and cast your ballot. Give your neighbor a ride to make sure they vote as well. Call your neighbor and [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:56pm EDT

  • Where Did Your Taxes Go?

    **a take on last week's headlines**
    Last week's local paper had the headline: "Where Do Your Taxes Go?" Most of us just want to know what we got from those taxes.....just where DID our taxes go?
    We got: 3 Commissioners who think they are almighty, a jail we cannot afford [...]
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    Posted: September 25, 2009, 5:33pm EDT

  • SOTA Says It All

    Chuck has a very good editorial in this week's SOTA. You can access it by clicking HERE There are also some very thought provoking letters to the Editor in this weeks issue as well.
    Seems it all goes back to our sorry bunch of CCs. Everything that has been' [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:31am EDT

  • More CC Madness

    So now Chad Ward quit. Looks like those CC are getting exactly what they hoped for....a jail staff that is predominately white and obedient with the Sheriff position in their pocket as well.Their nice little expensive jail will really be comfy now, especially as it will be mostly empty. All [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 7:42pm EDT

  • RC Budget: Chapter 2

    We must be the only county to have a county-owned newspaper. Seems whatever those CC want published gets into print EXACTLY the way they have it written with no fact finding whatsoever.This week it was the chapter with the fiction about the highway and landfill budgets.
    Highway Dept: If the [...]
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    Posted: September 13, 2009, 3:21pm EDT

  • RC Budget Baloney

    There has been some really thought-provoking comments lately regarding RC budget.

    Just exactly what IS the county budget, broken down by department, line by line expenditures beside what was budgeted for that particular item or action? I'm not talking about the budget "fairy tale" published in the local' [...]
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    Posted: September 04, 2009, 8:01am EDT

  • Nepotism in Roberts County??

    Did anyone catch the SOTA this week? They have some interesting bits regarding the Opt Out and also one we've been hearing rumors of lately....namely that our new sheriff may be (is) related to one of the commissioners.

    Do they call that Nepotism? Or is it Favoritism? Whatever "tism"' [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2009, 3:37pm EDT

  • Open Meetings?

    It appears that our RC commissioners have been caught "red-handed" participating in illegal closed meetings. An article in yesterday's Watertown Public Opinion can be read by clicking HERE

    And that is just one time they got caught.......

    Thanks to the Public Opinion for keeping us informed.[...]
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    Posted: August 25, 2009, 7:00am EDT

  • More Opt-Out

    It appears that the people have spoken and there will be a special vote next month concerning the proposed Opt Out plan "hatched" by our CCs.
    Some of you may have read the interview printed in area newspapers where a certain commissioner was quoted as saying that Roberts County had [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 8:05am EDT

  • Opt Out Petitions

    The Opt Out petitions garnered more than enough signatures to force the issue of raising taxes to a vote. This should be voted upon in September. Thank you to all those who worked so hard to make this happen.

    Now of course it is up to you, the [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 8:46pm EDT

  • Enough

    I think it is long past time for everyone to act like adults here. I have stopped the ignorant juvenile from posting for now.
    Maybe they will go out and get a life?

    Don't lose focus or tempers please. We can discuss without cussing can't we? Now take a [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 8:40pm EDT

  • New Sheriff Named

    A new Sheriff has been appointed we hear. Let's all give Jay Tasa a welcome & a chance to show what he's got. We hope he can get in the saddle quickly as this county needs all the help and leadership it can get. We would like to hear from [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 4:24pm EDT

  • Higher Taxes aka Opt Out

    We hear there is a petition circulating regarding the proposed Opt Out/Higher Taxes that our CC would pass with no input from the taxpayers. In fact, there are several petitions going around right now.

    This is in reference to the small article buried in the Courier about how broke [...]
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    Posted: July 28, 2009, 10:07am EDT

  • Sheriff Applications

    Things must be settling down as it has been a month since a post was made. That is a good thing. No comments is not. We must have SOMETHING to discuss?

    How about just who are those who applied for the RC Sheriff position? Wouldn't it be nice if' [...]
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    Posted: July 17, 2009, 8:26pm EDT

  • Check Out The SOTA

    Claudia has a very good letter to the Editor in this week's SOTA that makes some really good points regarding what really happened leading to Sheriff Owen's resignation versus what we were told happened.......

    It is a "must read" so be sure to check it out! Just click the [...]
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    Posted: June 17, 2009, 8:14am EDT

  • Does anybody see a pattern here?

    Does anybody see a pattern here?

    In 2006 Moen was voted out as sheriff and Gaikowski elected. Gaikowski was to have begun in January 2007, but the CC decided to create a "new" position suddenly. This "new position" entailed them appointing McClelland
    and giving him complete authority over Gaikowski, [...]
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    Posted: June 12, 2009, 10:25pm EDT

  • Sheriff Owen is OUT!

    We hear from a good source that yesterday the CC held a special meeting during which they gave Vince $20,000 and got him to resign.
    The Buzz is that the only application comes from Deputy Travis Grajczyk at this time.
    We also hear that Chad Ward tried to resign as [...]
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    Posted: May 29, 2009, 5:30pm EDT

  • A Little Bit Of This 'n That

    911:

    We hear that it has been proven that 911 would be cheaper to keep it here in RC so LEAVE IT BE BOBBY! The equipment we already have in place will be good enough for several more years and a substantial savings would be made by keeping 911 [...]
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    Posted: May 13, 2009, 6:00pm EDT

  • 911 Follow Up

    Our Sheriff, Vince Owen, has made some very good points on this subject *see the previous post* so we would like to "revisit" this subject a little more.

    Vince could you please post exactly what issues need to be resolved on 911 as you mentioned in your prior comment? [...]
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    Posted: April 19, 2009, 10:14am EDT

  • Don't Mess With 911

    It seems that our small-minded CC's are trying to use the 911 system to undermine our sheriff. DON'T EVEN THINK OF THIS!!
    We cannot stress enough how very critical 911 is and how keeping it local is to our advantage in so many ways.

    Having one local call [...]
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    Posted: April 06, 2009, 7:59pm EDT

  • Is BIG BROTHER Watching You??

    We hear that one of our CCs is attempting to dig up dirt where none exists. It is well known that Horton has been going around to other counties Sheriff departments trying to get comparisons as to costs and/or operating procedures to RCs (and we all know you cannot compare [...]
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    Posted: March 29, 2009, 3:58am EDT

  • Jail Revenue & More Questions

    Jail Revenue to County:

    $44,767 to general county fund from different agencies, work release, telephone cards

    $14,281 to general county fund from grant written by Chad and Vince

    $28,458 amount county saved by not sending juveniles to other facilities

    That is a lot of money to [...]
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    Posted: March 19, 2009, 9:29pm EDT

  • Accident Input?

    We've heard about a bad accident a little north of the Alco corner near Sisseton this morning. Supposedly 4 teenagers hit a bridge abutment over the creek there at a high rate of speed.

    Does anyone know more about this? Please share.

    Our thoughts are with the families' [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2009, 6:18pm EDT

  • Open Meetings or Business As Usual?

    It seems our commissioners are taking more and more of our public county meetings into "executive session". Where does it stop?
    Just what does constitute "public right to know"?

    Our CC chairman was very public with saying the commissioners were discussing public business in executive session.
    Who makes [...]
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    Posted: March 02, 2009, 8:17pm EST

  • Roberts County Will Get Stimulus Check

    The Watertown Public Opinion had a very good article in today's newspaper with a breakdown of who gets what of the
    much-talked about stimulus money. The link to the newspaper is below:

    http://www.thepublicopinion.com/

    Roberts county will get a check of $155,185.00

    The commissioners will have one' [...]
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    Posted: February 27, 2009, 7:42pm EST

  • Incident At County Jail

    There has been mention of an incident at the new county jail where a prisoner managed to damage an overhead sprinkler to the extent that it allowed water to get into the booking area. You will find this story on KSFY TV website for one.
    Cameron was quoted as saying [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2009, 8:39pm EST

  • NEWSFLASH

    We are hearing rumors about a fatality at the Viking Motel. Supposedly there was a fight with several people involved and someone was killed. We heard it happened a few days ago.

    Does anybody know more? Is there truth to this? [...]
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    Posted: February 14, 2009, 12:48pm EST

  • CC Power Play

    For those who don't read the local newspaper, there is a small item in the latest CC report regarding the power struggle between the CCs and the Sheriff over the jail maintenance man.
    The "new guys" voted to place him where he belongs, under the direct supervision of our Sheriff,' [...]
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    Posted: February 12, 2009, 7:42am EST

  • Where Is The News In Newspaper?

    There was an interesting letter to the editor in this week's Courier concerning the lack of news reporting. It seems the city liquor store was robbed a few months ago and nothing was printed about it.
    That is pretty normal for our local newspaper. One would think since the' [...]
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    Posted: February 04, 2009, 8:36am EST

  • Tribal Concerns

    It has been mentioned there was no place for all things Oyate.

    Here is where you want to post your tribal concern comments. We have room for all RC citizens on this blog. [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2009, 10:32am EST

  • Seven Commissioners??

    Remember when it was said that RC had 6 Commissioners? It sounds like we have another one, making a total of 7 now. It has been reported that 2 wanna-be CCers are attempting to dictate who gets off probation and when in the Sheriff Dept and one of them is [...]
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    Posted: January 24, 2009, 9:38pm EST

  • Roberts County considering court reforms

    The Watertown Public Opinion has an informative article today regarding changes offered by our new States Attorney that warrants reading. The link for this is below:

    http://www.thepublicopinion.com/articles/2009/01/14/news/local_news/local06.txt

    Some ideas that were brought up by Cameron were a Teen Court and changes in methods for DUI handling, among others. [...]
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    Posted: January 14, 2009, 1:19pm EST

  • RC Road Maintenance or Lack Of

    We are wondering what the RC road maintenance policy really is? We can't help but notice that most of the county roads have not been touched recently despite blizzards and snowstorms. Gravel or tar, the roads are getting very tough with little or no snow removal.....except that done by local' [...]
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    Posted: January 13, 2009, 8:21am EST

  • CC New Leadership? HA!





    The Watertown PO had an article yesterday that stated our CCs voted against giving themselves a pay raise. Do they think that will give them a good impression with the citizenry in RC? More like they knew if they did vote more [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2009, 3:53pm EST

  • Control To The End....and beyond?

    It seems our outgoing CC's are going to hang on to those reins of authority just as long as possible. Perhaps even longer.
    The 2 newly elected Commissioners have been denied involvement in the hiring of the new RC Highway Superintendent position
    (and we won't even go into that [...]
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    Posted: January 07, 2009, 6:54am EST

  • 2 States' Attorneys in Roberts County??

    We are hearing that our "supposedly" outgoing States Attorney doesn't want to leave her county-paid offices to make room for the new duly-elected States Attorney.
    We also hear that our county (which is rumored to be broke ) is actually dallying on evicting the old and bringing in the new.[...]
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    Posted: December 28, 2008, 10:51am EST

  • Happy Birthday Francis Crawford!



    We would like to take a few minutes on this Christmas Eve Day to wish Francis Crawford a very happy 100th birthday. Francis was born on December 17, 1908 in Buffalo Lake SD. We recently celebrated with him at Tekakwitha Nursing Home where he now [...]
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    Posted: December 24, 2008, 9:14am EST

  • Horton Goes Fishing

    The Sota has an editorial this week about CC Horton's latest fishing expedition that you will want to check out.
    Just click the SOTA link to read all about Bobby's latest exploits .

    Thanks to Chuck for keeping us informed and current on those underhanded CC's.' [...]
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    Posted: December 15, 2008, 10:20am EST

  • Blizzard Bits

    We have our first (and hopefully last) blizzard of the 08/09 winter season blasting here in Roberts County SD today. With most roads closed or blocked across the entire state almost, it might be a good time to sit down with a hot cup of your favorite beverage and let [...]
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    Posted: December 14, 2008, 7:56am EST

  • Drainage & Ditching Issues

    We have a rather backward system for drainage permits etc here in Roberts County and this has led to some
    bitter disputes as well as some hard feelings and confusion, to say nothing about lawsuits.

    FSA would tell you they must give permission for any and all drainage [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2008, 8:29pm EST
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