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…
“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…
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.
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.
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…
South Dakotans and Midwesterners comprise a region that is “friendly and conventional,” according to a new social psychology study.
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.
“A lot of it is based on misinformation, unfortunately,” he said.
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.”
By November, regular unleaded 87 octane gasoline won’t exist in South Dakota.
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.