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Our goal at Dakotafire is to speak up for the community interest as decisions are being made that affect our homeplaces. How will one course of action or another affect our communities? Is there a way to serve our communities’ needs as we strive for other goals? If not, is the sacrifice worth it? Read More »

Dakotafire asked these Dacotah Bank ag bankers the following questions.         Q: We often see great introductory offers, but they are only for new customers. What do you do to take care of established customers, not just try to get new ones? A: I haven’t been a believer in special offers for new customers. I believe building ... Read More »

A Day County jury returned $2,242,000 verdicts on May 30 in favor of two local men who filed a civil suit against Nationwide Insurance Company. Read More »

Julie (Huss) Weig has crossed uncounted finish lines, but one she will have to put at the top of her best ever occurred Saturday afternoon, May 12. She broke that tape after completing 10,000 miles of running. A challenge from a Faulkton High School Coach Bill Krikac and a lot of personal dedication and family support made it all happen. ... Read More »

The number of rural residents in the U.S. who own cell phones is increasing quickly, and so is the number of rural residents who own smart phones. Read More »

Some communities in the rural Dakotas already have fiber optic Internet connections that have the potential to provide ultrafast download speeds. Less than 5 percent of connections nationwide are fiber all the way to the end user. Read More »

Charts show the net migration in Dakotafire counties. Not surprisingly, they show young people are the ones leaving in the greatest numbers. Read More »

Editor’s note: This slideshow is a fairly big file, so it might take a little time to download. Get it started, go check your e-mail, and come back in a few minutes! Read More »

By Garrick Moritz, Faulk County Record The population numbers for Faulk County haven’t been good for almost the whole of the last century. “The numbers I’ve seen since the 1930 census tell me that the population has steadily decreased since then,” said Joel Price, superintendent of the Faulkton Area Schools and also the Chairman of the Faulkton Area Development Corporation ... Read More »

Reporting by Kathy Sundermeyer, Groton Dakota Press, and Char Telkamp, Groton Independent Not all communities in rural America are losing population, and Groton is one of those exceptions. The population of the city of Groton grew 7.5 percent in the last decade, according to Census 2010 results, to 1,458 people. This is much better than Brown County overall, which grew ... Read More »