Todd Epp is a writer, historian and recovering lawyer from Harrisburg, S.D. Besides practicing law, Todd has been a broadcast journalist in South Dakota at S.D. Public TV, KSFY-TV and KDLT-TV and in Kansas at KTWU-TV. In the summer of 2013, Todd returned from an 18 month stint as a consultant at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. He's also lived in or traveled to Syria, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Israel, Mexico, Pamama, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, But home is the Sioux Empire. He is married to Donna Osment-Epp, Ph.D. and has two adult children, Sarah and Matt. Hear him when he fills in on the Main Street Cafe or Viewpoint University or read him here on KSOO.com.
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Dennis Daugaard Leads Susan Wismer by 24 Points in Governor Race According to NBP/NPN Poll
Incumbent Republican Governor Dennis Daugaard holds a 24-point lead over Democratic challenger Susan Wismer in the NBP/NPN poll conducted in late July.
NBP/NPN POLL: Rounds Holds 13-Point Lead Over Weiland in Senate Race
(NPN) -- Former Republican South Dakota governor Mike Rounds leads Democratic challenger Rick Weiland by nearly 13 points in the U.S. Senate race in the Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News poll conducted in late July.
While 42...
Putative U.S. House Candidate Sues Gant to Get on Ballot
A Constitution Party candidate who unsuccessfully tried to get on the November South Dakota ballot for the U.S. House of Representatives is suing Secretary of State Jason Gant to be placed on the ballot.
STUDY: Dakotans Know How to ‘Chillax’
Dakotans know how to “chillax.” The real estate blog Movoto ranks North Dakota as the least stressed out state in the nation and South Dakota the third least.
Government Is Run By Those Who Show Up – But What If No One Does?
(NPN) -- Those who show up, the late Gov. George Mickelson liked to tell us journalists at his Friday news conferences during the South Dakota legislative session, run the government. But what if no one shows up?
That’s the dismaying outcome of Tuesday’s South Dakota primary election...
Rounds: Federal Government Is in the Health Care Rationing Business
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds is clear about what he thinks about Obamacare.
Dakotas Receive Special Crop Block Grant Funds
(NPN) -- Nearly three and a half million dollars are available to Dakota farmers for specialty crop grants.
Thursday, the USDA announced $66 million available nationally to the states through block grants. North Dakota will receive a little over $3...
GALLUP: Sioux Falls in Top Ten for Housing Finance Security
Sioux Falls ranks as one of the top metro areas in the nation for housing financial security, according to Gallup.
Opposites Attract – Senate Candidates Nelson, Weiland Attack ‘Big Money,’ Rounds
SIOUX FALLS (NPN) --A tea party Republican and a liberal Democrat came together in the public library today (Monday) to complain about “big money” in the U.S. Senate race in general and former S.D. governor Mike Rounds in particular.
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Consumer Reports Releases Its Ratings of South Dakota Hospitals
Finishing as the “safest” hospital in South Dakota? The Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls with a rating of 71. The “least” safest of the major hospitals per Consumer Reports? Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in Watertown.
Consumer Reports says it focused on six categories in the safety ratings: infections, readmissions, communication, CT scanning, complications and mortality...