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Bryant community volunteers keep their movie theater open
When no buyer stepped forward to purchase Bryant's movie theater, the community set up a corporation, all staffed by volunteers, to make sure the show would go on. Read More »
Schools are making do with leaner, meaner lunchtime rules
School lunches, long saddled with an unhealthy reputation, are getting a makeover. Read More »
Support for statewide texting-while-driving ban is mixed
The question for South Dakota drivers is not “To text, or not to text.” Statistics make the answer to that quandary pretty obvious. The better question is the one for legislators: “To ban, or not to ban?” Read More »
Local retailers try to find their niche in Internet-savvy world
Don Schumaker knows that Internet sales are taking some of his furniture business. He knows, because some of those shoppers start the process in his store. Read More »
Groton group provides weekend food for needy students, when they don’t have school lunch
Some Groton residents have formed a new organization designed to provide assistance to school-age children in the Groton School District who may not be receiving adequate meals on weekends. Read More »
Water problems made worse by confusing statutes, farmers say
South Dakota, and much of the country, is experiencing one of the driest summers in recent years, but water is still the source of frustration for many area producers. Read More »
SDSU Extension reorganization is a work in progress
About eight months after South Dakota State University Extension went through its biggest reorganization since its founding in 1914, Barry Dunn gives the organization’s efforts a solid B. Read More »
Low unemployment rate can make finding workers difficult for Dakota companies
While the rest of the nation deals with an unemployment rate stubbornly stuck above 8 percent, the Dakotas have a different problem: Jobs that are going unfilled. Read More »
Many rural counties, including in the Dakotas, are seeing a ‘brain gain’ trend
Although the overall population trendline for much of the Great Plains is down, there is a bright spot in the data that’s often overlooked: The number of people between the ages of 30 and 49 has increased in many of those same counties. Read More »