Both North and South Dakota perform well above the national average when it comes to high school graduation rates, but nationwide, graduation rates between rural and urban students are almost too close to call, accepting a margin of error: 83 percent and 86 percent, respectively. However, the discrepancy between rural and urban residents who have any amount of post-secondary education is a full 13 percentage points: 46 percent and 59 percent, respectively. So, why doesn’t that high graduation rate translate to post-secondary education the way it does for the urban population? Read More »
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House hunters and hunter houses: Non-resident homeowners create gains and losses for Kulm
When it comes to housing, many would-be Kulm residents are finding non-residents literally hold the keys to their future. Read More »