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Jerry Nelson It was unexpected to find a bourbon distillery out in the middle of the rolling farmland of eastern South Dakota. A distillery that isn’t merely making “here’s mud in your eye” rotgut. We’re talking about spirits that its creator describes as “upscale” and “boutique.” My wife and I have been to Kentucky, the undisputed center of the bourbon universe. We toured a few distilleries and learned that the proper way to enjoy bourbon is to sip it slowly and instead of quickly tossing it back like cough syrup. We associated bourbon with picturesque white board fences an...

1/25/2021 It was unexpected to find a bourbon distillery out in the middle of the rolling farmland of eastern South Dakota. A distillery that isn’t merely making “here’s mud in your eye” rotgut. We’re talking about spirits that its creator describes as “upscale” and “boutique.”  My wife and I have been to Kentucky, the undisputed center of the bourbon universe. We toured a few distilleries and learned that the proper way to enjoy bourbon is to sip it slowly and instead of quickly tossing it back like cough syrup. We associated bourbon with picturesque white board fences a...

This story was originally published on Richland Source in 2015. Easter came early in 1913, so did the April showers. Easter fell on March 23, and the sky fell shortly thereafter. Within a week of Easter the weather was being called "Our National Calamity." The storm system officially mounted out west, and came onstage in a big way with a fanfare of tornados in Nebraska, Iowa, Indiana on its way to Ohio. By the time it reached Richland County, it was carrying less wind, much more rain. The first drops fell here late Sunday night, March 23, and on Monday at about 4 p.m. the clouds just dumped. ...