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The couple made their way through the dry prairie grass from the neighboring wagon. Fina smiled a welcome. “Come sit by the fire. I’ll put the coffee on to boil.” Thankful she had ground extra …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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4/29/24
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From a young age, my mom and dad taught me that the Bible teaches us to pray for the Holy Land of Israel. In the face of brazen and callous attacks from those hell bent on the annihilation of the …
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By Kristi Noem
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4/29/24
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An exceedingly common question I get in clinic, especially in the heart of a South Dakota winter, is how to remedy dry skin. The questions aren’t just in the clinic; my own children, family and …
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4/29/24
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Just when one thinks that all the research and writing about Laura Ingalls Wilder is complete, two new books are published that rock the world of Wilder enthusiasts. One of which is “A Prairie …
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By John Fry, Published By Eerdmans 2024
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4/29/24
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4/17/24
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Hopefully, everyone was able to enjoy some time outside this past weekend. With the weather we’ve been having lately, it’s hard telling when we may get two nice days in a row again. I can’t say …
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By Amy Halverson
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4/17/24
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On a balmy February afternoon, I succumbed to the nagging temptation. I could not help myself. Just inside my garden fence I scratched in small patches of seeds - lettuce, spinach and radishes. …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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4/17/24
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Our family has always been a family of leftover eaters. When I was growing up, I remember my mom telling me once that a family friend of ours didn’t ever eat leftover food. I always wondered …
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By Merissa Alink
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4/10/24
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4/10/24
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There is an invasion happening at our southern border. It is a war zone. People are dying every day because of the crime, drug and human trafficking flowing into our country. President Trump is right …
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By Kristi Noem
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4/10/24
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Curtains…What images open (or flutter) into your mind as you see the word? The curtain in the temple that ripped in two? The heavy velvet drapes in the auditorium that open to the first scene? The …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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4/10/24
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We celebrated Easter for a second time last weekend with my side of the family in Dell Rapids. It was a much smaller gathering for us with my mom, brother and his family and my daughter and her …
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By Amy Halverson
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4/10/24
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This summer, the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society will feature an exhibit about Rose Wilder Lane, and that caused me to think about her unconventional and fascinating life. She was a woman …
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By Cindy Wilson
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4/10/24
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The 99th Legislative Session officially adjourned this week, and work has begun on the 2025 session and a celebration of the 100th regular Legislature Session. Looking back on 2024, the House and …
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By Sen. Casey Crabtree
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4/3/24
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“He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.” Matthew 28:6 This week, we celebrate the holiest day in the Christian calendar – the day of Jesus’ …
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By Kristi Noem
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4/3/24
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The last week of the earthly life of Jesus was an intense concentration of all that He was, is, did and does all the time. Entering Jerusalem on Palm Sunday with acclimation, Jesus would be arrested, …
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By Stuart Twite
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4/3/24
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The red, white and blue stripes spiraled in circles and disappeared like magic at the top. I stared in wonder at the lighted barber pole on Calumet Avenue that rainy April morning. Dad opened the …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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4/3/24
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I hope everyone had a happy Easter! I know we did. For us, it was especially nice this year; it gave us a much-needed break from getting ready to move and an excuse to take a day off from packing and …
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By Amy Halverson
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4/3/24
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As a general internist who does primary care for adult and elderly patients, I talk to patients a lot about arthritis and joint-replacement surgery. This type of surgery, also known as arthroplasty, …
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By Kelly Evans-Hullinger, M.D.
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4/3/24
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