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Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
@MikeHenriksen
Now former sportscaster, still father, grandfather, friend, & author happy to share my own opinions at anytime!
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Feb 19, 2021
    A white guy kills a man with his car. A Native grabs a shield & refuses to leave a protest. First is facing 90 days in jail. The Native is facing 17 years in prison. This is what people are talking about when they say "two different justice systems". How about we start listening.
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Sep 4, 2024
    What she has forgotten to mention is that we are 2nd worse in infant mortality, and in the top 10 for teen pregnancy. We also have no Pre-K education, and turn down money to feed kids in need. We may birth them, but we sure don't take care of them! So, a weird, and sad, flex.
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    Kristi Noem
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    Sep 2, 2024
    In South Dakota, we’re having babies! We’re the number one state in the country for highest fertility rate because our people have HOPE and want to raise a family here!
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Apr 25, 2022
    WHAT? THE? HELL????? This is WAY out of bounds!
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Mar 31, 2021
    I've lived in South Dakota almost 43 years. Didn't always pay attention to state politics. But I've never seen so much time & energy wasted by so many working to exclude an incredibly small percentage of kids who are just looking to survive. Trans kids are kids. Let them be.
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Jan 26, 2017
    Once they build this wall, maybe they can finish up I-29 through Sioux City.
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Jan 3, 2018
    I bought something. Total was $19.04. I gave the clerk a $20. Me: "Here. I also have a nickel" Clerk: "No, this covers it" Me: "But if I gave you $20.05 I wouldn't get so much change" Clerk: "How do you figure?" Me: blank stare Clerk: blank stare Me: left with 96 cents
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
    @MikeHenriksen
    Mar 27, 2020
    Nebraska just passed a law allowing mixed drinks to be sold "to go" by bars as long as the cup has a lid. Good for them. But this is nothing new in South Dakota. Small town bars here have been selling "roadies" for years! I don't think it's legal, but it sure as hell happens!
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Apr 27, 2024
    Wait. A woman who cut short unemployment & housing benefits during a pandemic, turned down money to feed hungry kids to make a political point, & offered to send razor wire & guns to the border, shot her perfectly healthy dog? Twice? In a gravel pit? Stunned. Stunned, I tell you!
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Feb 18, 2021
    Today a popular & talented college basketball player in SD said he is taking the rest of the season off to deal with mental health issues. Good for him! Could have said "injury". Instead he is facing it head on & publicly. God bless you on your journey sir! You aren't alone.
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Feb 24, 2021
    A dead man's glasses in his front seat through the hole in the windshield. And he said he hit a deer. Nice police work sheriff. "Here. Take my car home".
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Aug 26, 2021
    Today our SD Attorney General took a plea deal to avoid serving jail time. He hit & killed a man walking in the ditch with his car. Said he thought he hit a deer. Borrowed local sheriff's car to drive home. Victim's glasses were in front seat of his car. How is he still employed?
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Jun 30, 2022
    This is an unannounced protest in Sioux Falls, SD. They are marching on the main street in downtown SF, which is SD's biggest city. Protesting the recent Rooe v Wade decision. Unbelievable turnout. I've been here 44 years & never seen this large of a crowd at a rally of any kind!
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    Annie Todd
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    Jun 30, 2022
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    The crowd is now moving up Phillips Avenue. And they are in the street.
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Aug 10, 2021
    Odd. Stories about South Dakota not filling teaching jobs, South Dakota being last in teacher pay again, South Dakota not having mask mandates, and South Dakota erasing Native history all on my timeline. None of those could possibly be related, right?
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    Mike Henriksen (First Person: Legendary SD Sports)
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    Mar 25, 2020
    I hope @GovKristiNoem and all of these folks praising what teachers have done will remember to pay them! And I hope you parents finding out how tough home schooling is will vote for people who actually support education, rather than just give lip service, this November! #sdleg