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.
Todd Epp
Rounds Releases EB-5 Answers to GOAC
Former South Dakota governor Mike Rounds has publicly released his answers to the state Legislature’s Government Operations and Audit Committee concerning the EB-5 matter and the failure of the Northern Beef Processors plant in Aberdeen.
The Republican U...
S.D. Democrats Call for Subpoenas of Rounds, Daugaard, Other State Leaders Regarding EB-5
SD Democratic leaders called on the legislative Government Operations and Audit Committee to issue numerous subpoenas to high ranking Republican state officials.
NBP/NPN POLL: Daugaard and Noem Liked, Obama Not So Much
By Todd Epp
Northern Plains News
South Dakotans like how Republicans Gov. Dennis Daugaard and Rep. Kristi Noem are doing their jobs.
But not so much so when it comes to Democratic President Barack Obama.
These were the findings of the Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News statewide survey conducted July 23-28, 2014...
NBP/NPN POLL: South Dakotans Support Minimum Wage Hike, Likely to Vote GOP in Legislative Races
South Dakotans support an initiated measure that would the state raise minimum wage, according to a new poll released by Nielson Brothers Polling and Northern Plains News.
The poll also asked voters if they were going to vote for the Republican or Democrat in this state legislative district—with the Republicans winning, but by less than 6 percent...
Noem Leads Robinson by 18 Points in House Race According to NBP/NPN Poll
Incumbent Republican representative Kristi Noem holds an 18-point lead over Democratic challenger Corinna Robinson in the July 23 - 28 Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News poll.
NBP/NPN POLL: Daugaard Leads Wismer by 24 Points in Governor Race
Governor Daugaard leads by wide margin in polls.
NBP/NPN POLL: Rounds Holds 13-Point Lead Over Weiland in Senate Race
(NPN) -- Former Republican South Dakota governor Mike Rounds leads Democratic challenger Rick Weiland by nearly 13 points in the U.S. Senate race in the Nielson Brothers Polling/Northern Plains News poll conducted in late July.
While 42...
Helping With Mental Health Needs Also Part of Recovery After Canton Flooding
CANTON, S.D. -- Along the streets of this southeast South Dakota community, piles of carpeting, plywood and house furnishings pinpoint where recent heavy rains overwhelmed sump pumps, storm sewers and basements.
Inside the Canton United Methodist Church, where the state of South Dakota has set up a volunteer service center, actual pinpoints on maps show the widespread nature of the damage in Canto
STUDY: Dakotans Know How to “Chillax”
The real estate blog Movoto ranks North Dakota as the least stressed out state in the nation and South Dakota the third least.
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...