I'm going to be out of town for Sarah Palin's pop in to Sioux Falls, which doesn't particularly break my heart. I think there'll be a lot of this:' [...]
I'm going to be out of town for Sarah Palin's pop in to Sioux Falls, which doesn't particularly break my heart. I think there'll be a lot of this:
Chris Browne (Hagar the Horrible) will be signing books this Saturday Nov. 28th at Zandbroz Variety in downtown Sioux Falls from 2 until 4 pm. Get your holiday shopping down with an autographed book! [...] 
This is a cover design I did for Sioux Falls historical author Wayne Fanebust. I think this is his 7th(?) book. Wayne’s best work is the bibliography he wrote about R.F. Petigrew.
He will have a book signing soon at Zandbroz for his new book.
[...]Each week I receive a newsletter from Airfare Watchdog, aggregating low-priced airfares from my home airport in Sioux Falls. For months, about the only special airfares listed in the newsletter have been these four flights: to Las Vegas on Allegiant, to Orlando on Allegiant, to Mesa on Allegiant, and [...]
From the Rapid City Journal, a brand new set of flip flops from the Democratic candidate for Governor:
In response to an audience question, Knuppe, Heidepriem and Munsterman pledged not to raise taxes if elected governor. Knudson, a Sioux Falls lawyer and Republican leader in the state Senate, wouldn’t take the [...]
Sioux Falls is one of many cities which has implemented stop-light cameras. To date, it only has a single camera. Last Thursday, Mayor Munson testified in a lawsuit which is addressing the legality of such an installation:
The city pays a flat fee to the company for camera operations, City [...]
Howdy Doody would have made a better mayor
This should come as no surprise;
Wiedermann, who was present at the deposition, said he was surprised to hear that the mayor is briefed by staff on contracts and that Munson doesn’t always read the entire contract before [...]
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My friend Michael at The MinusCar Project is partnering with the Sioux Falls Green Project to bring the documentary No Impact Man to Sioux Falls. The movie, which tells the story of Colin Beavan’s decision to completely eliminate his personal impact on the environment for a [...]
This morning the Sioux Falls Argus Leader found yet another angle to hammer away at Sarah Palin. They had a reporter dial up the media in all the cities she's visited so far on her new book tour and found out she isn't taking local interviews.
In her [...]
For those who think Sioux Falls is sheltered from the recession, check out these numbers (Bread for the World)
• SD food stamp enrollment saw an incredible one-year increase from Sept.’08 to Sept.’09: 34% !!
Food stamps traditionally go up and down with the economy. But no one envisioned [...]
Sioux Falls drummer Bobby Berge is one of the musicians interviewed in the current issue of Hush Magazine, published in Spain, talking about his days playing with the late guitarist Tommy Bolin of Sioux City.
Click here to view the embedded video. [...]Using more expensive forms of energy will injure an economy. Such is the case with renewable fuels:
Poet LLC, the nation's top ethanol producer, says it is has reduced its cellulosic ethanol production cost during the past year from $4.13 per gallon to $2.35 per gallon.
The Sioux Falls-based company plans [...]
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Scott Heidepriem, of Sioux Falls, is trying to drum up some publicity today with a press conference and a news release that describes the state's budget situation as "startling."
When Gov. Mike Rounds was in Mitchell recently, he estimated next year's potential budget deficit to [...]
From my mailbox:
Siouxland Republican Women’s forum for the three declared candidates for the Republican Primary for the US House of Representatives race included a full house at Westward Ho in Sioux Falls Tuesday night with over 100 people attending including television and press representatives. The three candidates, Sec. of State [...]
While I would never go to LifeLight because, well . . . let’s not get into that today. I have said in the past that it is a good thing for Sioux Falls because there is probably some kind of economic impact on the area:
CANTON – [...]
I have a confession to make. When I started my teaching career at Tripp High School in 1990, I had no idea what it meant to teach in a small rural school. Having grown up in Hartford, SD, a small town just outside of Sioux Falls, [...]
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Two of my favorite things — books and jazz — come together tomorrow at the local B&N. With this voucher (which will also be available in the store) a percentage of your purchases will be donated to the Sioux Falls Jazz & Blues Society’s Education Fund. The [...]
This is a toon I did at the Sioux Falls Cartoonists picnic last summer, It is GW and McCain talking about the internets. (H/T – Jackilope)
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