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Mayor Deborah McIsaac does paperwork in Baltic's city administration building during the fall of 2023. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight)

Baltic controversy serves as cautionary tale about big development in small towns

BY: - October 21, 2023

BALTIC — Mayor Deborah McIsaac said she was shocked when she took office in 2022 and discovered a housing development in town had been given the green light without basic paperwork ensuring accountability. “I’m like, ‘seriously?’” McIsaac said.  The situation evolved into a political crisis — including a failed mayoral recall — for the town […]

Minneapolis Fed President: let immigration meet labor demand to boost economy

BY: - November 10, 2022

A steady stream of immigrants will be important to the funding future of entitlement programs in the U.S. and for the health of the economy as a whole, the president of the Federal Reserve in Minneapolis told an audience in Brookings this week. President Neel Kashkari shared those insights at South Dakota State University on […]