Doug Allen column: Is technology ushering in a new Dark Age?
I hate podcasts. I hate watching “the news.” Why might you ask? Isn’t this the future of information sharing? Why…
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Dear County Agent Guy: Preserving history is a difficult job
I have found that it’s difficult to clean out an ancestral farmhouse when history keeps getting in the way. Especially…
Doug Allen column: Whatever happened to ‘united we stand’?
Every week when I sit down to put my thoughts to paper, whether that’s for this weekly column or for…
SDSU senior selected for Native American journalism fellowship
South Dakota State University senior Brooke Burnette has taken a major step toward her dream of becoming a storyteller and…
Doug Allen column: Loss of freedom can happen in the blink of an eye
When I was in high school in Watertown I wrote for the high school newspaper, the Purple and Gold. I…
Early Watertown tractor company subject of new book
“Grandpa’s Tractors” is available at the Codington County Heritage Museum. A minister from De Smet who invented the Dakota farm…
Native artist gives presentation in Watertown
Internationally known Native American artist Evans Flammond Sr. spent part of Native American Day talking about and showing his art…
Life of Gen. Beadle brought to light
Prof. Justin Blessinger William Henry Harrison Beadle played a big part in the history of South Dakota, and the nation,…
Doug Allen column: A collaborative enterprise
E.J. Dionne Jr. in his book, “Why Americans Hate Politics,” argues that “Only by restoring our sense of common citizenship…
Doug Allen column: Inalienable rights and obligations
Earlier this summer we had a bad storm, very high winds, hail, heavy rain – not an unusual occurrence this…
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