ISN'T IT THE TRUTH! Rain is the perfect reason to stay inside and do absolutely nothing with your life! BASEBALL UPDATE Post 8 schedules this week: LEGION: Friday-Sunday: at Minot tournament. July 6: at Mitchell, 5 p.m. doubleheader. July 7: at Rapid City Post 22, 4...

OAHE DAYS NEXT WEEK Pierre/Fort Pierre's early-summer celebration starts a week from today on Thursday, June 21. Get the schedule of all the events at www.oahedays.com. At that site you can register for the various competitions, find out who performs and when and...

ELECTION RESULTS . . . AND NOW THE CAMPAIGN FOR NOVEMBER Dusty Johnson, who graduated from Riggs High School in 1996 and who formerly served on the state Public Utilities Commission and as chief of staff for Governor Daugaard, easily won the Republican nomination for...

ELECTION DAY IS AT HAND; DO YOUR DUTY! No matter one's political party registration, there is some serious voting to do on Tuesday as primary and local elections are held. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. All voters in South Dakota have Constitutional...

WORDS OF WISDOM "Mean is easy. Mean is lazy. Mean is self-satisfied and slothful. You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful." --- CNN anchor Jake Tapper in his commencement address at UMass-Amherst BASEBALL UPDATE Post 8 schedules this...

TO THE CLASS OF 2018 You are the greatest miracle in the world. You have the power to think. You have the power to love. You have the power to will. You have the power to laugh. You have the power to imagine. You have the power to create. You have the power to plan....

FOR NATIONAL TEACHER WEEK "Not all superheroes have capes. Some have teaching degrees." --- TheatreFolk PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: Track---Saturday, home for ESD Conference meet, 11:30 a.m. Boys tennis---Thursday, @ ESD Conference meet,...

PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP Girls golf: The Pierre Invitational scheduled for Tuesday was called off due to weather forecasts and rescheduled for May 8. This week's schedules: Track: Saturday, @ Aberdeen invitational; Tuesday, @ Miller invitational and Black Hills...

25 YEARS AGO TODAY THE STATE CAME TO A STANDSTILL That Monday, April 19, 1993, was chilly and gloomy. Just before the supper hour it became a day most of us will always remember. A state government plane bearing Governor Mickelson, two pilots and five others home from...

THOUGHT FOR TODAY Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. --- Virgil A. Kraft PIERRE GOVERNORS SPORTS ROUNDUP This week's schedules: Track: Tuesday, @ Charger Invitational, Onida, 1 p.m. Boys tennis: Thursday, home vs. Aberdeen Central and Rapid City...