Rail to Trail updated Tyndall to Platte: On January 29 I attended the first meeting on the Rail to Trail Project. After we introduced ourselves, the main spokesman for the friends group commented that I, Ed Van Gerpen, should not be permitted to speak because of letters in the paper indicated that I didn’t support the R&T Project. Without support from others at the meeting, he wasn’t able to silence me. I then reminded him we live in America and still have Freedom of Speech. It appears they want to use intimidation to silence the opponents. The purpose of this meeting was to set guidelines for when the engineers do the feasibility study, a project taxpayers are paying for.
Read moreThe Bon Homme County Commissioners have voted to have me represent Bon Homme County in the controversial Rail to Trail Project.
Read moreI am writing this letter to make taxpayers aware of some recent decisions your county commissioners have made that have detrimental impacts on several small businesses in Charles Mix County.
Read moreUpdate on Rails to Trail (Tyndall-Platte) When this project started a law firm, Lewis Rice out of St. Louis, Mo. sent letters to landowners to have them sign a contract so they could represent them when the lawsuits start.
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When you’re new to deer hunting, it can seem hard to figure out your first hunt.
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Many years ago I went to an amateur baseball game at Watertown Stadium. It was my first time there, but it didn’t take long to sense that the place held some historical significance. I didn’t know it then, but the stadium is part of the lasting legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the initiative launched to pull the country out of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
Read moreI attended the “State of Our Elections” presentation by South Dakota Canvassing Group at God’s Country Campground near Platte on October 16, 2023.
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Many years ago I went to an amateur baseball game at Watertown Stadium. It was my first time there, but it didn’t take long to sense that the place held some historical significance. I didn’t know it then, but the stadium is part of the lasting legacy of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal, the initiative launched to pull the country out of the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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