Opinion

I would like to take this opportunity to express my support for Roger DeGroot and his candidacy as District 7 representative in the South Dakota Legislature.

It is with great honor that I write in support of Roger DeGroot for state House of Representatives from District 7.

I am a new resident in Brookings; however, I spent my high school years in Volga.

We are writing to encourage Brookings School District citizens to vote “yes” to approve the bonds to finance construction of a new Hillcrest Elementary and a new remodel and addition to Medary Elementary.

We are writing this letter to raise awareness about the needs of a new Hillcrest Elementary building. Hillcrest was built in 1955 and has served its purpose as an educational facility for the community for the past 67 years.

Carl Kline stated in a recent opinion piece, “I can’t believe we will ever possess truth,” and likened truth about religion and faith to beauty, stating, “In the same way, truth is a subjective quality.” Kline conflates truth with opinion, confuses objective facts with subjective feelings and personal preferences.

Chances are, deluded mass murderer Payton Gendron doesn’t actually know any Black people to speak of. According to the 2020 census, his hometown of Conklin, New York, roughly 200 miles from the Buffalo supermarket where he acted out his deadly fantasies, has an African American population smaller than 1%.

There’s an exercise called “Broken Squares” that’s part of the Children’s Creative Response to Conflict program.

As June 7 comes closer, I encourage you to vote for Roger DeGroot for District 7 House of Representatives.

Poets often have the insight to see, in a sin­gle detail or fea­ture, a com­plex uni­verse of mean­ing.

Over the past two years, America has seen some of the most concerning attacks on freedom in our history.

One of the mysteries of the Hunter Biden matter is how the president’s son, with no obvious sources of income, manages to maintain a grand lifestyle.

“I felt like a fireman in hell. I couldn’t put out all the fires.” That’s a quote from Steven Massof, an employee of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, a Philadelphia abortionist.

One question nags at us: Is this a Rich Strike moment?

“Before we begin our regular commencement tonight,” said combined elementary/high school principal Jim Albertson, “we have a special award to present. Will Windy Wilson please come up here on the stage with us?”

The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with the South Dakota Office of Highway Safety to reminding drivers about the lifesaving benefits of wearing a seat belt this spring, during the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s national Click It or Ticket high-visibility enforcement effort.

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