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Hey, community leaders: Having trouble helping your entrepreneurs? It may be time to map out the market
Treating all entrepreneurs as if they are the same may be an efficient approach to facilitating entrepreneurship, but it is not effective.
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Start the new year with a green idea: Recycle your Christmas tree
The real Christmas trees that added special magic to this year’s holiday season can now find a second purpose by recycling, says SDSU Extension Forestry Specialist John Ball during a recent iGrow Radio Network Interview.
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A word about Faulk County from Jim Moritz, longtime editor of the Faulk County Record
“Faulkton has been blessed with people who want to make things happen,” says Record editor Jim Moritz.
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George McGovern gave one of his last interviews to high school student, a Dakotafire intern
Becky Froehlich, a student at Madison High School and intern for Dakotafire, talked to George McGovern as part of a class assignment in September. That interview and her reflection on it are both worth reading.
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Don’t look for snowfall to help drought situation, climatologists say
The outlook for reducing South Dakota’s nagging drought does not appear promising based on the Oct. 18 Climate Prediction Center’s long-range outlook.
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POStplan changes approaching quickly for local communities
Concern is growing over the budget-slashing POStplan and the potential effects it could have on rural communities in North and South Dakota as thousands of post offices nationwide are targeted for reduced hours or closure.
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Duckfest contestants hindered by summery weather
The weather was a little too good for the annual duck hunting competition in Gackle, N.D., known as Duckfest.
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Festivals bring small towns roaring to life
For small towns in the Dakotas, a summer celebration can double the population, creating traffic jams in places with no stoplights and a hum of excitement to some generally work-a-day places.
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FiredUp: Finding childcare in rural places can be a challenge
While the problem of finding work in rural places gets a lot of publicity, one problem that may follow if you are able to find work doesn’t get as much notice: Daycare is not always easy to find in rural places. A group of parents in Veblen is addressing that problem.
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POSTCARD
The 2010 spring snow goose migration at Sand Lake was upon us, but something was missing. By Bill Schultze, Wildlife Biologist, Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge The arrival of a white jeep driven by the “snow goose lady” from Duluth had become as much a part of the spring migration as the snow geese themselves.…