Grand Gateway Hotel owner Connie Uhre — whose comments about Native Americans made national news — sat through the first day of her Pennington County simple assault trial Thursday.
Mark this one down in the "you cannot make this up" category. Former US Senate Candidate Bruce Whalen, who now calls his facebook presence "Whalen for Freedom" (after losing the US Senate Primary to Senator John Thune 73% to 19%) is advertising the annual dinner for hard-right group Citizens for Liberty, which they are holding…