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Alcohol violations make up bulk of campus crimes

June 18, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

FARGO It’s not uncommon. A student gets in trouble for drinking alcohol in a dorm room at Concordia College. Another is cited for providing alcohol to minors at a house party near Minnesota State University Moorhead. A group of students is caught walking with open containers on North Dakota State University’s campus. Continue Reading

Oglala Sioux leader arrested in Nebraska

June 18, 2013 in The Daily Republic

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) The president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe has been arrested during a protest of alcohol sales in Nebraska, on the border of South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
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Alcohol violations make up bulk of campus crimes

June 17, 2013 in The Dickinson Press

It’s not uncommon. A student gets in trouble for drinking alcohol in a dorm room at Concordia College. Another is cited for providing alcohol to minors at a house party near Minnesota State University Moorhead. Continue Reading

LETTER: On wine issue, city should get out of way

June 15, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Councilman Olson’s not a prohibitionist, but would rather continue to prohibit both open consumption outside your own home than to allow it on both your street and Main Street.
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Oglala tribal members to vote on alcohol ban

June 12, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The Oglala Sioux tribal council voted 9-7 Tuesday to bring the question of legalizing alcohol on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation to a public vote.
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GLAD YOU ASKED: Sidewalk wine sales

June 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Q. With the newly passed law allowing sidewalk wine service, will bars be able to serve wine on the sidewalks? If the Corn Palace gets the wine license it’s seeking to be able to sell Corn Palace-labeled wine, will it be able to serve wine on the sidewalk?
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MEL OLSON: City deserves real solutions — really

June 6, 2013 in The Daily Republic

The suggestion that the public consumption of wine will revitalize downtown is laughable. Continue Reading

TUPPER: Downtown Mitchell needs sidewalk wine service

June 4, 2013 in The Daily Republic

During an hour-long debate over an ordinance to allow wine consumption on sidewalks adjacent to restaurants downtown, Olson said he wished Seth Meyers was there for an edition of ”
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Sidewalk wine ordinance up for approval

June 3, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Mayor: Opposition to serving beverage downtown could appear at tonight’s city council meeting.

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LETTER: Sidewalk wine won’t restore downtown

June 1, 2013 in The Daily Republic

Comments linking Mitchell’s wine ordinance to downtown environments in Sioux Falls and Rapid City are ludicrous.
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