Madville Times
Blog URL http://madvilletimes.blogspot.com
Located Madison, South Dakota USA
Tags Lake Herman, Madison, South Dakota, politics, energy, environment, education, rural development
News and commentary on issues affecting Lake Herman, Madison, and all of the great state of South Dakota
Latest Blog Posts
- Recession Thanksgiving: Upsides of the Downturn on Nov 20, 2009 in South Dakota travel recession urban development consumerism
You know me, always looking for the silver lining!As Thanksgiving approaches, here are some more reasons that the recession may actually be doing some good for the country:AAA says South Dakotans will travel 2.6% less this year for Turkey Day. That's...
- Poet Cuts Cellulosic Ethanol Production Costs 43% on Nov 20, 2009 in ethanol technology Iowa agriculture
Expect CE commercial competitiveness by 2011, says CEO Broin.April was right: Jeff Broin's Poet Ethanol has achieved a cost breakthrough on cellulosic ethanolPOET announced today that cost reductions achieved over the past year of operating their cel...
- South Dakota Wants de Facto Raw Milk Ban on Nov 20, 2009 in South Dakota agriculture dairy
Anti-Nanny-State Free-Market Advocates Silenton South Dakota's Continued War on Small Family FarmsFriends in the dairy industry let me know about a South Dakota Department of Agriculture proposal to effectively ban raw milk sales. Small dairy operato...
- Wasson Proposes Trade with North Korea, Cut DoD by Half on Nov 20, 2009 in South Dakota military Thad Wasson North Korea R. Blake Curd budget Republicans politics agriculture
GOP U.S. House candidate Thad Wasson keeps the ideas coming: He extends his proposal for bear-hug diplomacy with Iran to include agricultural trade with North Korea. He also proposes the most serious federal deficit-cutting plan I've heard from anyon...
- New Study: World Does Health Care Better Than U.S. on Nov 19, 2009 in technology health care insurance
As the Senate gets ready to debate health insurance reform, lets take a look at some of the latest data on the status quo that the GOP (and the Blue Dogs) will try to defend. A new study just published this month in Health Affairs finds the following...
- Madison Swine Flu Clinic Gives 775 Shots on Nov 19, 2009 in Madison South Dakota health care Lake County swine flu
I went to the Lake County H1N1/sine flu free vaccine clinic yesterday—not to get a shot (I'm not in Tier 1), but to enter data. That meant I got to be one of the first people to see the shot totals for the day.Our vaccine clinic gave out all 775 do...
- Governor Rounds on Big Stone II and Transmission for Wind: What, No Sales Pitch? on Nov 19, 2009 in M. Michael Rounds South Dakota Big Stone II energy wind power politics
I sometimes criticize local and state politicians for putting a happy face on setbacks or ignoring real problems. Of course, mayors and governors have their agendae, their own need to keep the positive spin coming, to put the best face forward to kee...
