SDSU extension can help local businesses

Mayor Roy Lindsay spoke January 27 at what was called the inaugural State of the City Address. It was an excellent address and a great step forward toward more transparency by our city. For th…

President Donald Trump has pledged “mass deportations” of undocumented aliens from the United States. South Dakota governor Kristi Noem may play a role in this, as she will likely be the next …

The South Dakota Public Schools Coalition brought up a point last week that many of us have thought about before: state legislators and the governor are breaking South Dakota law. And Lake Cou…

The Madison High School wrestling program held its annual “Madison Square Garden” night last Thursday, and the huge crowd enjoyed a great match.

With Americans staring at their phones for more hours every day, one wonders about public libraries, which have an interesting mission.

Among the biggest financial challenges for Lake County government is the cost of maintaining roads.

The latest local temperature forecast shows a few single digit numbers. Let’s use those numbers as a reason to spend time at the Madison Community Center. Cold, northern plains temperature was…

Under the heading of a budget address, Gov. Kristi Noem delivered a speech last week that congratulated herself on her six years in office. The few paragraphs about the budget included sharp c…

 We’re glad to see state government in South Dakota is responding fairly quickly to the weak financial controls abused by state employees that were uncovered earlier this year.

I’m not sure where I was or what I was doing at the time, but I do remember having a very clear thought go through my mind — we are really lucky to be living as good as we do.