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In The Moment: Emily Oster's Data-Driven Guide To Better Parenting

Courtesy of Emily Oster

Sturgis traffic reports show the vehicle count is up from last year but down from the 75th rally in 2015. Mike Carlson is the Rapid City area engineer with the South Dakota Department of Transportation. He breaks down the numbers.

The Biden administration has ordered insurers to cover costs for HIV prevention treatment PrEP. Dr. Susan Hoover specializes in infectious disease at Sanford Health and is with us to discuss this treatment and who should seek it.

Economist Emily Oster is known for diving into research in order to make tough parenting decisions. Her latest book, "The Family Firm," is a data-driven guide to better decision-making in the early school years. We discuss frameworks for decision-making and how to approach those decisions when you have limited information.

We take a moment to check out Madison where, unfortunately, the area is in the "extreme drought" category. The 2021-22 season at the BrickHouse Community Arts Center begins tomorrow night with music from Mike Lee. 

Erik Helland of Landscape Garden Centers talks about more ways to beautify your garden and landscape with garden hibiscus and phlox on this week's South Dakota Home Garden.

Watertown native Lynn Hart enjoyed a career as a rodeo bullfighter. He was instrumental in getting South Dakota to notice Martin Luther King Day and getting Columbus Day changed to Native American Day. And, he set the record for the most consecutively swallowed goldfish - twice. Last month, Hart, who now lives in Flandreau, was inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum.

Chris is a producer for In the Moment.