Steve Kirby

 PIERRE — South Dakota voters made four key decisions in the 18 months after the death of Gov. George S. Mickelson in the 1993 plane crash. Those decisions set the course for the next 20 years and brought us to where the state government is today....

Not since their first inaugural ball, when they danced together for the first time as South Dakota’s then-new first couple, did Jean and Mike Rounds have such a big public moment that seemed so personally genuine, as they did Thursday morning   That...

 PIERRE — It didn’t take long for Gov. Dennis Daugaard to decide he wanted to appoint Kristie Fiegen of Sioux Falls to a vacant seat on the state Public Utilities Commission.  It didn’t take long for Fiegen, a former legislator from...

Six months ago we brought them together at our station, families whose loved ones were killed or traumatically injured by drunk drivers.  Those families met again in Olympia Monday testifying in favor of new legislation. Each of their stories is...

It's been nearly a year since Frank Blair's daughter Sheena and her friend Martin Ramirez were killed by a drunk driver. Last month, a Snohomish County judge sentenced Camille Spink to seven years behind bars for the crime.  Sheena's dad thought that...

I have finally realized why big elections are in November: The candidates and campaign teams are hoping that with the holidays right around the corner, we will all forget how awful and ruthless their campaigns were. I, for one, can't get the bad taste...

PIERRE - We wring our hands about the darnedest things sometimes in South Dakota. Take political nepotism for example. In this holiday season, when we're all about families and togetherness, Gov.-elect Dennis Daugaard got off to a bumpy start because of...