Todd Epp is a writer, historian and recovering lawyer from Harrisburg, S.D. Besides practicing law, Todd has been a broadcast journalist in South Dakota at S.D. Public TV, KSFY-TV and KDLT-TV and in Kansas at KTWU-TV. In the summer of 2013, Todd returned from an 18 month stint as a consultant at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. He's also lived in or traveled to Syria, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Israel, Mexico, Pamama, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, But home is the Sioux Empire. He is married to Donna Osment-Epp, Ph.D. and has two adult children, Sarah and Matt. Hear him when he fills in on the Main Street Cafe or Viewpoint University or read him here on KSOO.com.
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First Woman Gubernatorial Candidate Chooses Woman for Running Mate
State Rep. Susan Wismer, this month’s winner of the South Dakota Democratic primary for governor, has named her running mate.
“Today I announced former legislator, mother, wife, nurse and activist Suzy Blake in this historic campaign,” Wismer said before reporters and supporters in the downtown Sioux Falls public library Wednesday morning...
Government Is Run By Those Who Show Up – But What If No One Does?
(NPN) -- Those who show up, the late Gov. George Mickelson liked to tell us journalists at his Friday news conferences during the South Dakota legislative session, run the government. But what if no one shows up?
That’s the dismaying outcome of Tuesday’s South Dakota primary election...
GALLUP: Sioux Falls in Top Ten for Housing Finance Security
Sioux Falls ranks as one of the top metro areas in the nation for housing financial security, according to Gallup.
Opposites Attract – Senate Candidates Nelson, Weiland Attack ‘Big Money,’ Rounds
SIOUX FALLS (NPN) --A tea party Republican and a liberal Democrat came together in the public library today (Monday) to complain about “big money” in the U.S. Senate race in general and former S.D. governor Mike Rounds in particular.
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STUDY: Sioux Falls Sprawling, Fargo Not
(NPN) -- Both of the Dakotas’ biggest cities are growing from good economies. But one is sprawling and the other isn’t, according to a new study by Governing magazine.
The Fargo, N.D.-Minn. metropolitan area’s growth is more compact than the Sioux Falls metro area’s, according to Governing...
STUDY: Variations in Purchasing Power of Minimum Wage Across the Dakotas
(NPN) -- Question: Where in the Dakotas is the real minimum wage less than the legal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour?
Answer: Minot and Pierre.
Question: And where in the Dakotas is the real minimum wage more than the legal minimum wage...
Consumer Reports Releases Its Ratings of South Dakota Hospitals
Finishing as the “safest” hospital in South Dakota? The Avera Heart Hospital in Sioux Falls with a rating of 71. The “least” safest of the major hospitals per Consumer Reports? Prairie Lakes Healthcare System in Watertown.
Consumer Reports says it focused on six categories in the safety ratings: infections, readmissions, communication, CT scanning, complications and mortality...
STUDY: Don’t Worry About South Dakota’s 1 Percenters – They’re Doing Just Fine
(NPN) -- If you were worried about how the wealthiest 1 percent of South Dakotans have fared over the past decades and the Great Recession, fear not. They did just fine.
SURVEY: Dakotas Among Best and Worst Poverty Rates in Region
(NPN) -- One Dakota has the best poverty rate in the region and one of the best in the nation. The other Dakota has the worst poverty rate in the region but fares OK nationally.
STUDY: South Dakota – Buckle of the Northern Plains’ Fat Belt?
While not in the bottom 10 states nationally for obesity, South Dakota - in the middle of the Northern Plains - has an obesity rate of 28.3 percent of the population, with Iowa a slim 0.2 points behind S.D. in fatness.