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
Political Whispers: Sometimes When You Least Expect It, Mitt Happens
Having watched former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney for over eight years on television running for President, I thought he was fake and stiff.
Well, maybe the cameras didn’t do him justice.
Gov. Romney came to Sioux Falls Thursday to help campaign for Republican U...
Romney Stumps for Rounds, Talks Health Care
A relaxed and talkative Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee, strolled Phillips Avenue in Sioux Falls just after noon, campaigning for U.S. Senate candidate and fellow former Gov. Mike Rounds.
Rounds is in a four-way race with Democrat Rick Weiland and independents Gordon Howie and Larry Pressler...
Political Whispers: Vote for Mike! Why? He’s Not Rick!
The Rounds for Senate campaign has reduced its message to six words: Vote for Mike, he’s not Weiland.
Some proof?
A nice lady rang my doorbell earlier this week. She asked whom I was voting for. I simply said I was voting. She pressed on, asking how I was leaning...
Political Whispers – Why Did U.S. Senate Candidate Rick Weiland Torch the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee
When did Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Rick Weiland know the end was nigh for the 2014 race? Thursday.
Todd County High School Locked Down Tuesday Morning
Todd County High School in Mission was under lockdown from 9:30 a.m. to approximately 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Police and the school have different versions of the cause of the lockdown.
Superintendent Roger Bordeaux said “there was something that happened last night...
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.