Dakota Roots is a good program that could be better for the rural areas of the state if it looked beyond job openings to considering marketplace opportunities.
Farmers will be able to choose from three new corn varieties that promise to increase yields during drought conditions. Whether farmers go for the more expensive seeds may hinge on whether they think the drought is likely to continue.
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.
The weather was a little too good for the annual duck hunting competition in Gackle, N.D., known as Duckfest.
Dakotafire asked candidates for major offices in the Dakotas how they would help rural communities.
Britton hosted South Dakota Governor Dennis Daugaard, First Lady Linda Daugaard, and other state officials when the city was designated as the state’s Capital for a Day October 3.
Harvest in several towns in the James River Valley is not only well under way, it’s nearly done in some parts of the region—and it’s just mid-October.
Slowing or reversing outmigration in rural South Dakota will be one of the topics discussed at the Sept. 30 meeting in Faulkton.
Mitt Romney is running behind in many of the major polls making headlines in the latter part of September, but one demographic is providing good news for the Romney campaign: rural voters in battleground states.
Hecla has a water mystery on its hands, and it’s getting costly. “If you look at what we’re billing and what we’re pumping, we are losing about half our water somewhere,” said Hecla Finance Officer Gayle Lloyd.