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WSU on South Dakota pageant winner’s path
WATERTOWN, S.D. – The new Miss South Dakota USA is Ahmitara Alwal, a Winona State University political science graduate who’s been active in pageants since she was 4 years old. Now 25, she’s a marketing specialist for the Sioux Falls-based Avera hospital group. At Winona State she was a student trustee on the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System governing board. She testified in the Legislature to lower tuition. Herself she is a first-generation college graduate. She is of Ethiopian extraction with family still in Gambella after escaping war in the early 1990s. Her favorite recipe, she told pageant judges, is a spicy Ethiopian stir-fry of peppers and jalapenos. She claims fluency in Japanese, Spanish, Haitian Creole, Anyuak and French. She volunteers with Habitat for Humanity. Her lifelong ambition, she said, is to be an ambassador to help maintain integrity in international relations and to contribute to global peace and understanding.
Petitions filed to refer South Dakota carbon pipeline law to ballot
South Dakota voters might decide on Nov. 5 whether to reject a new state law regulating carbon dioxide pipelines. The ballot measure committee known as the South Dakota Property Rights and Local Control Alliance submitted an estimated 28,000 petition signatures to the Secretary of State’s Office on Monday, said Jim Eschenbaum, chairman of the organization. […] The post Petitions filed to refer South Dakota carbon pipeline law to ballot appeared first on North Dakota Monitor.
Mortenson Takes Part In Tribal Public Safety Summit
PIERRE, (KCCR) — Among those taking part in a Tribal Public Safety Summit this week at the Governor’s Residence in Pierre was House Majority Leader and District 24 Representative Will Mortenson of Fort Pierre. Mortenson says it was a productive gathering of law enforcement and government on all levels…
Murdo Restaurant In The Running For Best Burger In South Dakota
MURDO, (KCCR) — A Murdo restaurant and it’s Big Al Burger is a finalist for the best hamburger in South Dakota. The Big Al Burger from the Circle E Drive-in in Murdo joins burgers from restaurants in Sioux Falls, Summerset, Webster and Deadwood as finalists. An honorable mention is going to the Baker’s Bakery and Cafe in Custer for the Mike’s Burger. The nomination as one of the Top Five burgers in South Dakota comes from a contest held by the South Dakota Beef Industry Board. In May, during Beef Month, the Beef Industry Board held the So Dak Best Burger campaign. Nominations were accepted from May 1st to June 16th. The So Dak Best Burger Top Five will be anonymously judged from now until July 21st with the So Dak Best Burger being announced on August 1st. The contest was designed to highlight not only South Dakota restaurants but the farmers and ranchers who work hard to produce high-quality beef. To taste one of the best burgers in the state, the Circle E Drive-in is located at 212 Kennedy Avenue in Murdo, a block and a half north of the Interstate 90 192 Exit.
Recap of Tribal Public Safety Summit held this week
PIERRE, S.D.(KCCR)- Among those taking part in a Tribal Public Safety Summit this week at the Governor’s Residence in Pierre was House Majority Leader and District 24 Representative Will Mortenson of Fort Pierre. Mortenson says it was a productive gathering of law enforcement and government on all levels. Mortenson...
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