Many of the problems that South Dakota’s rural communities are facing now are likely to get worse in the next 23 years, if population projections from the South Dakota Rural Life and Census Data Center prove accurate. Read More »
The wild hog shot near Britton on Oct. 29 is likely the first one ever killed in South Dakota. Read More »
As ambulance departments across the rural Dakotas struggle to find enough volunteers, the director of the Faulk County Ambulance has an idea to make it easier for people to serve: Let them complete much of the training required online on their own time, instead of requiring that they travel to a bigger town to take the necessary classes. Read More »
Rural communities depend on having a fire department close enough to help before fire spreads and does significant damage to property or, worse, threatens lives. Unfortunately, the number of people who are willing, able and available to drop everything to fight a fire in their community is dwindling. Volunteer fire departments in the Dakotas and in much of the nation are having difficulty finding enough people to fill their ranks. Read More »
Theaters that have survived many other challenges now face a $100,000 obstacle: The need to upgrade to digital projection equipment before Hollywood stops making movies on film in 2014. Read More »
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 »
School lunches, long saddled with an unhealthy reputation, are getting a makeover. Read More »
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 »
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 »
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