Mainstreet Radio’s Cara Hetland presents “That's Just Janklow," a documentary on Bill Janklow, one of the most powerful figures in South Dakota history. The one time juvenile delinquent went on to become a 4-term governor, and then a Congressman. It all ended in a car crash.
Janklow was loved and hated. He was an outspoken man of action, bulldozing his way through political obstacles to get things done. He believed he knew best what South Dakotans needed, and didn't care whom he offended as he pushed forward his programs and policies. Janklow threatened opponents, and sometimes crushed them. As the echoes of his political life fade, some argue he was a great man humbled by a terrible accident in which he was sentenced for felony manslaughter. Others say he lived a reckless life that finally caught up with him.