Dickey County Leader

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Rural Dakotas invest in the potential of fiber optic connections

May 8, 2012, No Comments

Some communities in the rural Dakotas already have fiber optic Internet connections that have the potential to provide u ...

Who is leaving and who is moving in?

May 1, 2012, 1 Comment

Charts show the net migration in Dakotafire counties. Not surprisingly, they show young people are the ones leaving in t ...

GRAPHIC: Dakotafire County Population Trends Compared to State Population

April 30, 2012, 1 Comment

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COLUMN: Population pyramids show trouble ahead for Dakota counties

April 30, 2012, 1 Comment

By Michael McCurry, South Dakota State Demographer We’re all time travelers, traveling at the same speed-one ho ...

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USPS changes would likely affect delivery of weekly newspapers

March 12, 2012, 2 Comments

Weekly newspaper publishers in the Dakotas are concerned about the sweeping changes proposed for the U.S. Postal Service ...

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