Megan Card
journalist, student, bonafide coffee addict
South Dakota smoking ban sidesteps hookah lounges
July 13, 2013
Three years into the statewide ban on smoking in enclosed public places, South Dakota still hasn’t figured out what smoking looks like. A Rapid City dispute about the legality of hookah lounges, where patrons ingest vapors from flavored tobacco, has given rise to an unsettled lawsuit and failed legislation. The issue soon could hit Sioux Falls, where the operator of a new hookah lounge said he might open a new lounge that offers both hookah and alcohol, if a judge rules in the businesses’ favor.
Argus Leader
Jay Pickthorn/Argus Leader
Furloughs frustrate South Dakota Guard - published July 31, 2013
Sex trafficking yields 30-year prison sentence - published July 16, 2013
State's economic motor at a low hum - published June 11, 2013
Rain steers sharp turn from dry fall to wet spring - published May 29, 2013
Pierre native finalist for Wild Kingdom job - published June 5, 2013
Sioux Falls' spring storm cleanup down to stumps - published July 30, 2013
'Magma rising to the surface'
June 28, 2012
Standing last fall before a class of fifth-graders, Bishop Michael Hoeppner of the Catholic Diocese of Crookston told the children they should tell their parents to vote for a gay marriage ban Minnesotans will consider this fall. Listening to Hoeppner in his annual visit to meet her students, Trish Cameron, 47, thought the students she taught were being enlisted in a political movement they barely understood.
The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead
Jesse Trelstad/The Forum
St. Joe's teacher asked to resign because of gay marriage views - published June 9, 2012
Fargo man dies in motorcycle crash - published Aug. 5, 2012
WF man injured in boating hit-and-run at Big Cormorant - published July 7, 2012
Four killed in I-94 crash - published July 8, 2012
Former Fargoan sues Weather Channel - published July 22, 2012
Green bins in F-M area for profit, not charity - published July 29, 2012
Sorrow for Minnesota family meant new life for Fargo man - published Aug. 5, 2012
'Not sweating the small stuff' - published July 5, 2012
Mom of missing woman with amnesia: Note left was fake - published July 7, 2012
Man accused of kidnap attempt says he was offering a ride - published June 12, 2012
Stable ground for single moms - published Aug. 11, 2012
Humidity brings on summer's airborne villain - published June 30, 2012
F-M finds Fourth dirework frenzy - published July 16, 2012
The Volante
Megan Card/The Volante
Exam designs employability to be testable - published Sept. 25, 2013
International Forum illuminates gender divide - published Sept. 11, 2013
COLUMN: Get off your tuckus, and set some roots - published May 2, 2013
DeWald: City 'eerie' after attack - published April 17, 2013
USD celebrates first-ever African Celebration Night - published April 10, 2013
Hilderbrand resigns - published Jan. 30, 2013
No more butts about it: USD smoking ban looms - published Dec. 11, 2012
USD alumnus combats insurgency abroad - published Dec. 5, 2012
McGovern leaves legacy of civility - published Oct. 24, 2012
Pella Chronicle
Benedict highlights importance of Prairie Biomass Project
Feb. 18, 20111
In a state that was once 85 percent tall-grass prairie, Iowa’s foremost habitat has fallen to a staggering 1/10 of one percent of its original production. While the concerns of the country have fallen to other such matters in the world, one Central College professor is looking to bring back awareness, as well as 350 plots, of tall-grass prairie.
Megan Card/Pella Chronicle
Nunnikhoven keeps close connection with the land - published Sep. 2, 2011
Nikkel tops off 50th birthday in style - published Aug. 5, 2011
Wittmer ends 39-year run in education - published July 6, 2011
Branstad visits Pella last week - published June 17, 2011
Laser show held in Pella last Friday - published April 1, 2011
National Teacher of the Year speaks in Pella - published March 21, 2011
Home sweet home for Pella families - published Feb. 8, 2010
New course sparks interest at Pella High School - published Dec. 11, 2009
Fired teacher's case on appeal
Nov. 2, 2011
After two years in court proceedings, former West Branch Community School teacher Terry Christiansen found his case in front of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Oct. 26 at the University of South Dakota’s School of Law in Vermillion, S.D.On appeal, Christiansen’s attorney, Michael Pitton, contended the decision that originally removed Christiansen’s lawsuit to federal court, which resulted in the case being dismissed in March and Christiansen’s motion to remand to state court denied.