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The list of accomplishments that Faulkton can take pride in over the last few years would be impressive for a community of any size: A new hospital. A reinvigorated downtown business area. Revitalized infrastructure. Read More »

One journey took them to Pisek, a town of about 100 in northeastern North Dakota. They found their way to St. John Nepomucene Catholic Church, which was open to all comers. Read More »

Follow the numbers to go on a virtual visit of the school building in Guelph, N.D.—a place no longer filled with students, but still alive with history, creativity and community spirit. Read More »

This might look like a bowl of stew, but it’s actually a generous helping of social capital. Read More »

Like many rural communities, Arlington, S.D., is struggling to maintain an economic foothold in the Walmart and dot-com world. Recently, the town of about 900 showed it was willing to stake a claim to the future with a dynamic and proactive program of economic development. Read More »

More than 100 years ago, early settlers in Langford, S.D., had the foresight to develop a municipal power system that is paying dividends over a century later. Read More »

About 15 people gathered in Sisseton on Feb. 10 to talk about rural leadership: What’s happening, what’s possible, and what they can do about it. Here are some of the interesting ideas we heard during that gathering. Read More »

We approach each topic in the Prairie Idea Exchange project in four ways: 1) a gathering of economic development professionals; 2) reporting in Dakotafire magazine; 3) community input—online, on postcards, on our forum page (www.pie4.us), and in person at a Dakotafire Café event, 4) and with a final report in the magazine that reflects the feedback. Here’s what we learned on the topic of leadership. Read More »

Roscoe, S.D., is different from a lot of rural communities. While many small towns are considered “bedroom communities,” the town of 324 is anything but that. Read More »

Each year I look forward to springtime and the migration. As an artist, photographer and hunter, it is very exciting to watch the birds come back. Getting outdoors to hunt and photograph is very thrilling. Read More »