Youth sports are wildly popular. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, approximately 61 percent of children between the ages of six and 17 participated in a total team sport at least once per week in 2023.Participation in sports can pay a number...
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Pastor’s Corner
Pat Eidsness | Associate In Ministry, Lutheran Church of Dell Rapids “What we run from pursues us; what we face transforms us.”David Kessler, Grief.com, from a WSJ article titled ‘Why are we getting worse at grieving?’ 2/19/25I am new to “Pastors’ Corner, so let me...
Quarrier Corner
Mrs. Sara Holmbeg | DRMS Guidance According to the South Dakota Office of Assessment the goal of the SD Department ofEducation is that all high school students graduate college, career, and life ready. Tothis aim, the South Dakota assessment system is designed to...
Rep. Leslie Heinemann
My article will be short this week as I was dealing with some sickness and had to miss a committee meeting. We are all in such close contact that we pass around respiratory illness a bit.I appreciate the prayers for our health and decision-making.Crossover day is...
Mike’s Weekly Round(s) Up
Sen. Mike Rounds Welcome back to another edition of the Weekly Round[s] Up. We had another week full of meetings, hearings and votes – 32 of them, to be exact. And while voting is a big part of our job in the Senate, we typically don’t take that many in one week! This...
Crossing over
Gov. Larry Rhoden Milestones are an important part of any process. They’re a good opportunity to reflect on where we’ve come from, assess where we are, and look ahead to what comes next. Every legislative session, there comes a day called “Crossover” that is a major...
Rep. Dusty Johnson
Pictured is Rep. Dusty Johnson with students at the Canistota High School. (Photo/Submitted) Pictured is Rep. Dusty Johnson and seniors at Tieszen Memorial Home. (Photo/Submitted) BIG UpdateI had a great week visiting seniors young and old—high school seniors and...
It’s time to end the death tax
Sen. John Thune Death should not be a taxable event. Anything you leave to your heirs has already been taxed once, and there should be a limit to how many times the government can tax you. Unfortunately, the estate tax, often called the death tax, is a concern for...
Gov. Rhoden announces Senior Chief Jeremiah Schneider as Secretary of Veteran Affairs
PIERRE, S.D. – Governor Larry Rhoden announced that Senior Chief Jeremiah Schneider will serve as the new Secretary of Veteran Affairs. He will assume this new position on March 6, 2025.“Senior Chief Jeremiah Schneider is a hard-working professional with strong...
Rounds leads legislation to protect rural postal processing facilities
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) today reintroduced the Postal Processing Protection Act, legislation that would require the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) to consider consequences for rural areas during its closure or downsizing...