South Dakota

Yes, a beam will be shot from an underground facility in South Dakota at a location in Illinois, but it will probably be fine.

Scientists are much braver than most of the rest of us. Don't believe me? Try this on for size. Scientists in Illinois are about to fire a particle beam underground at South Dakota and they're not even a little bit nervous about it apparently.

Earthquakes happen every day, but they don't happen every day in Illinois, Nebraska and Kansas who all had measurable quakes that were felt Sunday.

I have one question. What happens after you have crossed off everything on your "bucket list"? Do you all of a sudden 'kick the bucket'?

Some of you may have noticed, and some may not have, but I was gone from this radio ranch last week. I, on a whim, just decided to get in my car and go. Off I went, heading West as Horace Greeley once told us all to do. “Go West Young Man.” I know, the young man part doesn't fit. I drove and drove and drove some more.

As long as the weather remains mild traffic on the Mississippi River will continue to flow or will it?  Remember the drought we all went through this summer?  Well, the results of that are still being felt especially on the Mighty Mississippi.  With less water flowing from tributaries into the Mississippi, the water levels are getting dangerously low and as a result, barges are now required to car