Opinion

Rog's Rod & Nimrod We had a heck of a good time as we returned the spawning fish to the river. Though controversial, I have been an advocate of South Dakota’s shutting down the taking of walleyes during the spring spawning season.

Mr. S had gained some weight. His wife noted his snoring was getting worse and he was having spells when he would stop breathing during sleep. She informed his doctor who prescribed a home overnight oximetry test. This home test showed Mr.

Rog's Rod & Nimrod Chronic Waste Disease is an insidious easily transmissible and always fatal disease that can afflict all members of the deer family including elk, moose, whitetails, and mule deer. CWD is a serious problem in South Dakota.

After 40 years as a doctor interacting with patients, in the last two and a half years the tables turned, and I’ve become the patient.

Rog's Rod & Nimrod As an avid South Dakota hunter/fisherman, I have two favorite times of the year. One is the second week of November when the rifle deer season rolls around and pheasant season picks up as the crops are usually out of the fields.

Spring time is a wonderful time of the year. It seems that everything has received a message from God saying wake up, it is time to rise again.

There’s no doubt the storms this spring have been difficult for many of our communities. In March, a bomb cyclone left part of our state underwater and part of our state in dangerous blizzard conditions. April’s Winter Storm Wesley sent another two feet of snow to many areas.

South Dakota residents continue to share with me their concerns about flooding and high water levels in many of our rivers and lakes.

Recently Peggy, an Indiana woman and reader of this column, sent me a lengthy email about her 94-year-old mother who is rapidly spending down her minimal savings to pay for prescription drugs. Peggy didn’t hold out much hope that prices would come down before it was too late for her mom.

Find me one person who enjoys paying taxes, and I’ll find 10 million other people who’d rather not. While few taxpayers, if any, are doing cartwheels over giving Uncle Sam part of their hard-earned paycheck, almost everyone recognizes that it’s important to pay a share of our nation’s tax burden.