There was an interesting letter to the editor in this week's Courier concerning the lack of news reporting. It seems the city liquor store was robbed a few months ago and nothing was printed about it.
That is pretty normal for our local newspaper. One would think since the courthouse is only across the street from the newspaper offices that readers would get news articles that are current, newsworthy and unbiased. Not so.
We figure that the Courier is forced to keep all current news off the printed pages to make sure there is enough room to print all of that useless gossip news. Do people actually read that stuff? Most newspapers quit that archaic printing about the time the telephone was invented didn't they?
There was an obscure mention buried in the city minutes regarding purchasing a better alarm system for the liquor store awhile back, but nothing about why the city needed it.....
The letter brought up some good points. Is news of this being kept quiet because the robbers are related to someone or was this not printed because the police don't want their records to show an unsolved case? Could it be that our "free press" is dependent on someone other than the editor to authorize what gets printed and what does not?
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Nothing news worthy ever gets in the local paper. If you want news you have to read the Sota or Public Opinion. Thats why I cancelled my subscription to the courier. It's JUNK!!!!!!!
Theres been rapes in our County also. You dont see that in paper either. Trial for 1 starts the week of March 23rd. Franklin Nelsons DWI trial finslly comes up in April. You find more news on Blog in Sota and Watertown paper about whats going on in our town and county which is a shame. Says volumes about Harley and being in with the good ole boys.
ya, the liquor store got robbed at knife point that time and their secret alarm calls sioux falls, then they call the cops, took them forever to get there
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just bought the paper this week, funny there is another pic of harley's grand kids playing basketball, only one in the picture, no action, "looking to pass the ball", yet no one else in the pic, funny, could have showed one of the kids that actually scored
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