Todd Epp is a writer, historian and recovering lawyer from Harrisburg, S.D. Besides practicing law, Todd has been a broadcast journalist in South Dakota at S.D. Public TV, KSFY-TV and KDLT-TV and in Kansas at KTWU-TV. In the summer of 2013, Todd returned from an 18 month stint as a consultant at the Erbil International Airport in Erbil, Kurdistan, Iraq. He's also lived in or traveled to Syria, Turkey, China, Taiwan, Israel, Mexico, Pamama, Germany, France, Spain and Canada, But home is the Sioux Empire. He is married to Donna Osment-Epp, Ph.D. and has two adult children, Sarah and Matt. Hear him when he fills in on the Main Street Cafe or Viewpoint University or read him here on KSOO.com.
Todd Epp
Five Gold Stars for former Governor Mike Rounds from Political Whispers
In a bruising major political campaign like this year’s South Dakota U.S. Senate race, relations between candidate and journalist can get prickly.
NPN/NBP Poll Keeps Daugaard and Noem Comfortably Ahead
Gov. Dennis Daugaard and U.S. Rep. Kristi Noem are maintaining health leads over their opponents, according to a new NPN/NBP tracking poll released today.
Federal Judge Dismisses Barth from EB-5 Suit, Leaves Open for New Petitioner
A federal district judge Monday dismissed Democratic Minnehaha County Commissioner Jeff Barth’s petition to preserve evidence in the EB-5 scandal.
Did the FBI Say No to Good in This Political Whispers
Was retired FBI agent John Good’s absence from US Senate candidate Larry Pressler’s news conferences Friday in Watertown, Aberdeen & Rapid City due to illness.
Wadhams Says Rounds Has Rebounded – Really in This Political Whispers
GOP strategist Dick Wadhams says recent poll numbers showing Mike Rounds at 48%, Democrat Rick Weiland at 24% and independent Larry Pressler at 16% are real.
Rounds Expounds on Keystone XL Pipeline
Former SD Gov Mike Rounds, Republican candidate for the US Senate, discussed his support of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline from Canada to the US Gulf Coast.
South Dakota Democrats’ Most Important Election is Really in Early 2015 on Political Whispers
Unless U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland can pull off an upset Election Day, the South Dakota Democratic Party will be shut out of holding a single statewide office.
I’m not sure when the last time this has happened but I don’t recall it happening since I’ve been involved in South Dakota politics in some capacity starting in 1986...
Why Was The Washington Post’s Dana Milbank in Sioux Falls?
The Washington Post's ace political reporter Dana Milbank was in Sioux Falls Thursday.
Abscam FBI Agent Says Follow The Money in EB-5 Scandal
SIOUX FALLS — An old hand at investigating government corruption had one piece of advice for the FBI, which admitted yesterday (Wednesday) that it had an “active” investigation ongoing into South Dakota EB-5 scandal — follow the money...
Rounds Responds to Barth’s EB-5 Lawsuit, Says He Has No Personal Files
Former governor and Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rounds says in an affidavit that does not have any personal files related to the EB-5 scandal.