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
STUDY: Along U.S. 281 Is Heart of Anti-Abortion Territory
(NPN) — Open up your road atlas of the United States. Find U.S. Hwy 281—it’s pretty much where the pages meet.
Each side of the highway is in anti-abortion territory, according to a recent study by NARAL Pro-Choice America.
In fact, the Dakotas sit atop the six state stack in the middle of the country stretching from North Dakota to Texas—U...
STUDY: South Dakota, Northern Plains Housing Prices Increase in 2013
(NPN) – South Dakota housing prices increased just under 10 percent from November 2012 to 2013, placing it in 25th overall in the rate of increase of home values nationally.
CoreLogic, a residential housing analysis and information firm, released its findings Tuesday...
2013 IN NUMBERS: This Past Year in South Dakota, In Data We Trust(ed)
Sometimes the results are serious, sometimes silly.
Adweek Ranks Hoy Trial Lawyers ‘Will You Please Stop’ Ad to Top 25 Advertising “Fails” of 2013
(NPN) -- Adweek named the recent Hoy Trial Lawyers "Will You Please Stop" TV spot as its 25th worst brand "fail" of 2013.
The magazine released "The 25 Biggest Brand Fails of 2013" online Monday.
The Hoy spot, which played on local TV and has now become something of a web sensation, features Sioux Falls attorney Scott Hoy concerned about what appears to people in ca
STUDY: Sioux Falls Metro Area Leads State’s Growth
(NPN) -- Sioux Falls and its bedroom communities lead South Dakota cities in growth percentage from 2011-12, according to a new study by the Black Hills Knowledge Network.
Based on new U.S. Census data, the group looked at the state’s 27 largest communities of 2,500 residents or more...
STUDY: Dakotans Are More Polite, Less Profane; ‘Minnesota Nice’ Is in Doubt
(NPN) -- Why thank you! And by golly, North and South Dakotans are polite and don’t swear—at least anywhere near as much as Ohioans.
A study earlier this year found that people in the Dakotas are among the most polite and least profane in the country...
Few South Dakotans Sign Up for Health Care in First Two Months Via Healthcare.gov
(NPN) – Fewer than 400 South Dakotans have obtained health care insurance through the healthcare.gov from Oct. 1. to Nov. 30, 2013.
STUDY: Minnesota and Iowa Border Counties Pay Lower Percentage of Property Taxes on Homes Than Corresponding South Dakota Counties
(NPN) – If you were to guess that South Dakota counties bordering Minnesota and Iowa have a lower effective property tax rate on homes, you’d be wrong.
REPORT: South Dakota Hospitals Above U.S. Average for Medicare Penalties
(NPN) – South Dakota’s hospital wereslightly above the national average for being penalized on Medicare billings, according to a study released earlier this month by Kaiser Health News and National Public Radio.
STUDY: South Dakota, Land of Short Commutes
(NPN) – Tired of the rat race and your commute? Then the Platte, S.D. area is for you.