Noel Hamiel, Rapid City, was a career newspaperman of 35 years, the final 14 at The Daily Republic in Mitchell, where he retired as publisher in 2007. He held positions as editor of the Brookings Register, state editor, Argus Leader; assistant metro editor, Cincinnati Post, and editor and publisher of the Yankton Press & Dakotan. He writes columns for South Dakota weekly newspapers. He was inducted into the South Dakota Newspaper Hall of Fame in 2012.