Gene Hetland

The Open Government Task Force has presented the proposed legislation, and some of it involves exempting three-member boards from open meeting laws.

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We've had a couple of days to ruminate on the question of whether Beyonce Knowles sang the National Anthem for President Obama's inauguration ceremony on Monday, or whether she was doing a lip-sync version

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Now this may be just what you need, if you've been fighting influenza: a sorbet for people who have the flu.

I'd never heard of such a thing, but something that came by e-mail quotes a story in the New York Post, and it sounds like somebody's old family flu remedy, although it's definitely not from my family

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I saw a story online that said the third Monday in January can be the most depressing day of the year.

It has to do with failed New Year's resolutions, an expensive Christmas, fewer daylight hours and that sort of thing

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President Obama's inauguration begins a new four-year term, or for the "glass-is-half-empty" crowd, the President is now a lame-duck.

Already we've been hearing and reading about people on both sides of the political aisle being mentioned as possible candidates for 2016, but that's jumping the gun, in my view

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If you've been around long enough, you might remember when South Dakota billed itself as the "Land of Infinite Variety."

I was never sure exactly what that phrase meant,, but it probably had something to do with our having a little bit of everything--mountains, farmland, you know--the same sort of thing you could say about a lot of other states

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Sioux Falls police say someone is stealing gasoline in the southwest area of the city, and they're doing it by drilling holes in vehicle gas tanks.

Information Officer Sam Clemens says they've had seven reports since January 8th, with three in the past few days

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An organization that should know, the American Veterinary Medical Association, says its most recent numbers show South Dakota is third in the US when it comes to pet ownership.

The organization says 65

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I was talking with an acquaintance about coffee. He gave up caffeine three years ago, after having gone back to it for a time. He says he doesn't miss it, but I for one, suspect I would really miss my coffee

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