GEAR UP/Mid-Central: What Shoes Drop Next?
In his Platte press conference yesterday, Attorney General Marty Jackley said the charges he was bringing against Dan Guericke, Stacy Phelps, and Stephanie Hubers (Guericke and Phelps: conspiracy and...
View ArticleMelmer E-Mail Indicates Intent to Come Through Platte Night of Westerhuis Crime
An eager reader notices a salient detail that hasn’t been mentioned much in the rest of the media. Let’s review the Melmer e-mail included in Special Agent John Barnes’s probable cause affidavit laying...
View ArticleJackley Says No Immunity for GEAR UP Witnesses
Attorney General Marty Jackley announced yesterday that a grand jury has indicted Dan Guericke, Stephanie Hubers, and Stacy Phelps for felonies related to their involvement in the GEAR UP/Mid-Central...
View ArticleGEAR UP Lawsuit-o-rama: Mid-Central and AIII Tussle, Native Student Launches...
Expect the Westerhuis gym and land to be trapped in court for years. (Photo by CAH) The Mid-Central/GEAR UP scandal is now bursting with lawsuits. Mid-Central Educational Cooperative is suing the...
View ArticlePhelps and Westerhuis Discuss Moore, Melmer, Competition with TIE in Feb 2014...
Exhibit 5 from Attorney General Marty Jackley’s new filing in the state’s case against GEAR UP player Stacy Phelps shows that Rick Melmer, the Education Secretary turned consultant who made six figures...
View ArticleMid-Central Paid Melmer to “Draw on Past Positions”
Last September, when everybody connected with Mid-Central Educational Cooperative and the Department of Education was running scared from possible connections to the exploding GEAR UP scandal, former...
View ArticleWerdel Met with Moore, Westerhuis, Phelps, and Guericke to Express GEAR UP...
In anticipation of his scheduled grilling by fellow members of the Government Operations and Audit Committee yesterday, Senator Stace Nelson sent two recordings of phone calls with GEAR UP...
View ArticleNo One Wants to Talk to GOAC in Person This Week About GEAR UP
The Government Operations and Audit Committee has asked numerous principals in the GEAR UP scandal to come answer questions at its October 5–6 meeting. A few are providing written answers, but those...
View ArticleKirkegaard Signals Continued Influence of Melmer Machine in SD Education
I wanted to talk positively about Meade superintendent Don Kirkegaard’s appointment as Melody Schopp’s replacement at the Department of Education. But various buzzing bees reminded me that Kirkegaard...
View ArticleSutton, Noem Trade Barbs on GEAR UP-Connected Campaign Donors
It’s nice to see that the Democratic and Republican candidates for Governor agree that South Dakotans should vote based on the corruption uncovered in the GEAR UP/Mid-Central scandal. As the defense...
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