Tag: rural
-
FiredUp: Wearing many hats is the country way
Just when I think the urban-rural divide isn’t as wide as it once was—the UPS truck can deliver Amazon packages to skyscrapers or machine sheds, and we all have way too many channels on TV—I see something that points out we’re still not always understanding one another. So, in the interest of bridge-building, here’s a…
-
FiredUp: Beauty is part of the structure of building to last
“If you consider only utility, the things you build will soon be useless. This building is boarded up because nobody has a use for it. Nobody has a use for it because nobody wants to be in it. And nobody wants to be in it because the thing is so damned ugly.” —Roger Scruton, speaking…
-
Screens, technology are commonplace in Dakota classrooms
While health leaders warn of the effect of too much screen time for children, schools increase their use of technology. The key is how it’s used, they say.
-
FiredUp: Should the future of journalism include advocacy?
The recent conversation between Bill Keller and Glenn Greenwald on the standards that journalists should live by is relevant to the work that we do at Dakotafire.
-
Mediation services give farmers options
By Lana Bandoim What happens when farm family members can’t agree about what to do with a family business or an inheritance? Both North and South Dakota offer mediation services than can help two parties resolve their issues. Mediation is a negotiation that is conducted by a neutral third party. Jodi Bechard, director of…
-
STUDY: Dakotans are ‘friendly and conventional’
South Dakotans and Midwesterners comprise a region that is “friendly and conventional,” according to a new social psychology study.
-
Knowledge about Common Core not so common
As Common Core standards started going into effect in Dakota classrooms this fall, state education leaders probably expected to spend some time explaining what the standards are. But Ryan Townsend, director of academic standards for the N.D. Department of Public Instruction, said he’s spent a lot of time lately explaining what the standards are not.…
-
Artwork and meditation provide healing for Webster woman
Life comes together for Wanda Skeide when she picks up a paintbrush. “To God be the glory,” she said. “It’s a given talent. I have no idea why I have this talent. No one else in my family paints.”
-
Unleaded gasoline being phased out in South Dakota
By November, regular unleaded 87 octane gasoline won’t exist in South Dakota.
-
Watershed taskforce agrees relief is needed in Day County
A Regional Watershed Advisory Task Force, a legislative committee charged with studying water management issues, held its third meeting in Webster last week where the message from landowners was relief from the ever rising sloughs and lakes.