Murdo Coyote
On the morning of Dec. 17 Gabe Sandal accidentally shot himself in the upper thigh. He severed his femoral artery but would survive. Gabe was attempting to make sure the gun, a 9 millimeter pistol, was not loaded and that the chamber was empty. However, the gun was loaded and fired the full metal...
SOUTH DAKOTA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Deadwood was the wickedest city in America and Aberdeen had fewer righteous people in it than Sodom and Gomorrah. Such were the beliefs that South Dakota newspapers attributed to prohibition activist Carry Amelia Nation. Nation, 1846-1911, was already...
This Christmas TC Energy raised money for some local communities, including Murdo, to make the holidays a little brighter for some local families. The company purchased Christmas gifts and also bought gift cards from Murdo Family Foods and enlisted Pastor Mark Phillips of Murdo Methodist Church...
On Wednesday, December 16, 2020 an important member of the Murdo community faced the beginning of its end. Born in 1962, this member has had its fair share of memories here in Murdo, shared with its fair share of people. Many remember spending their 1st through 8th grade years roaming it’s...
Ensuring widespread distribution, usage and effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine in South Dakota will be challenging, health experts say, due to the rural nature of the state, the difficulty in storing and distributing doses of the vaccine and concerns that some people will be reluctant to be...
Struggling to find a valuable gift for that farmer on your list? Don’t overlook the options for boosting safety practices with a gift such as high-quality work gloves, earmuffs to help prevent hearing damage or a warm chore coat. If budgets allow, retrofitting a tractor with a Roll Over...
In the process of handling grain, producers are exposed to a range of safety hazards both during harvest and once the grain is stored.
Jess McCluer, vice-president of Safety and Regulatory Affairs at the National Grain and Feed Association (NFGA), and Chair of the Board of Directors and Chief...
One major concern of South Dakotans who opposed legalization of medical and recreational marijuana was that it could lead to an epidemic of youth use of the drug.
Drug-abuse prevention advocates and law enforcement officials said greater availability of marijuana would almost certainly lead to an...
Veterans Day is a holiday held on the anniversary of the armistice signing that ended World War I, which happened on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918. Originally known as Armistice Day, the United States Congress then amended the dedication in 1954 to include...
