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A sense of community is alive in the tri-county town of Hoven, S.D. “Volunteerism is what built this community,” said Vern Rausch, a local rancher. Read More »

The talk in many areas of rural education is of declining enrollments and strained resources—maybe not where you’d expect to see capital improvement projects. But some schools in the Dakotas are building. With enrollments no better than the typical Dakota school, they’ve found the resources to invest through community generosity and local ingenuity. Read More »