Almost 40 percent of South Dakotans say Kristi Noem shooting dog was justified

Nearly 40% of South Dakotans say Republican Gov. Kristi Noem’s (R) shooting of her dog was justified after the governor received backlash for sharing the story in her new memoir, according to a new poll. I answered that it was. According to a poll released and co-sponsored by Mason Dixon Polling & Strategy, about 38% […]
‘Burn, beetle, burn’: South Dakotans torch an effigy of destructive bug | South Dakota

It has become an annual winter tradition. Hundreds of people carrying torches set a giant wooden beetle statue on fire in Custer, South Dakota, to raise awareness about the devastating effects of the pine beetle on the Black Hills forestlands. Fireworks are set off and a beetle is set on fire during the 11th annual […]