EDITORIAL
OUR VIEW: County commission should have waited to complain about Midco 
We aren’t here to get between two Internet/cable TV providers who are vying for customers in Mitchell. The rivalry between Midcontinent Communications and Mitchell Telecom is evidently strong enough that we are wary of adding fuel to the competitive sparks that fly between these two good local businesses.
By Editorial board , November 08, 2011
OTHER VIEW: Pawlenty campaign blown out
Tim Pawlenty’s presidential bid never caught fire because — not to put too fine a point on it — he’s not a fiery guy.
By The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead , August 18, 2011
OUR VIEW: Time to make tough choices on taxes
As a legislative committee seeks ways to raise money for the state through erasure of certain sales-tax exemptions, we wish them luck and encourage state lawmakers to have the guts to make hard decisions.
By Editorial board , July 14, 2011
OUR VIEW: Meatpacking industry cannot seem to play by rules in SD
As memories of our own environmental debacle still linger here in Mitchell, South Dakotans may be seeing another blatant case of pollution of the people’s property.
By Editorial board , July 13, 2011
OUR VIEW: Look to Brookings for example
In Mitchell, our city, county, state and federal government offices are seemingly scattered to the four winds.
By Editorial board , July 12, 2011
OUR VIEW: Week in review: The best, worst
Hisses and cheers from the week that was, from obesity to fireworks.
By Editorial board , July 11, 2011
OUR VIEW: Citizens deserve to know when being sued
The Daily Republic learned Thursday that the city of Mitchell is being sued by three former city employees who were fired from their jobs at Palace Transit.
By Editorial board , July 08, 2011
OUR VIEW: Time to take another look at parades and horses
A potentially disastrous situation turned out not so disastrous after all last weekend when a team of horses was spooked and ran out of control at a parade in Armour.
July 06, 2011
OUR VIEW: Week in review: the best, worst
A look back at the best, worst of last week, from MTI to the state's bad debts.
By Editorial board , July 05, 2011
OUR VIEW: Whenever possible, buy locally instead of on Internet
Buying local creates a substantial economic ripple with every dollar that stays in a community.
July 01, 2011
OUR VIEW: Parents, take on role with kids’ ‘free speech’
Parents, be warned: Some video games are terribly violent, explicit and inappropriate for children. And after a ruling this week by the U.S. Supreme Court, states cannot ban the sale or rental of violent video games to kids.
By Editorial board , June 30, 2011
OUR VIEW: Death sad, but higher pay debate grows stale
The state Legislature’s Executive Board heard sad testimony from the widow of a slain prison guard earlier this week. Lynette Johnson spoke to the board after hearing state prison officials say staff morale at the South Dakota Penitentiary is high and that the state has completed security improvements after the April 12 death of Johnson’s husband, a prison guard.
June 29, 2011
OUR VIEW: Come see S. Dakota this year
Dear tourist,
We write today to remind you that South Dakota has so much to offer.
By Editorial board , June 28, 2011
OUR VIEW" Week in review: The best, worst
Hisses and cheers from the week that was, from gas prices to arrested vandals.
By Editorial board , June 27, 2011
OTHER VIEW: State gets bonus for accuracy with food stamps
It’s not unusual to hear about shocking levels of waste and fraud in government programs that result in millions of wasted tax dollars.
June 26, 2011
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