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Britton woman’s 100 years to be celebrated with 100 acts of kindness
Esther Patterson, of Britton, will turn 100 on Sunday, March 31, and her granddaughter came up with a novel idea to mark the occasion: Do 100 random “acts of kindness” in her honor. Read More »
S.D. ag land assessments jump as much as 25 percent—but they could be even higher
Many S.D. landowners likely noticed a significant bump on the valuation of their land in the 2013 tax assessments that arrived in their mailboxes in early March. Read More »
Bicyclist on around-the-world mission stops in Faulkton
Jeff Conly of Fort Worth, Texas, has high ambitions. He wants to bike across the known world, and he’s starting with the 48 contiguous states. Read More »
Spring scene: Lambing and calving is ‘most fun part of the year’ for Clark breeder
“I don’t know if it was the dry weather last year or what, but in talking to other breeders at the farm show this year, we’ve all noticed a lot more single births this year with our herds. We usually have about 50 percent of our births being twins, but this year only about one third of them are twin births,” stated Wayne Fuller of Clark. Read More »
Out-of-school-time programs succeed when they are connected to schools, local programs show
Many out-of-school-time programs have struggled in rural areas, but programs in Clark and Groton suggest that when these programs are run by schools, many of the problems can be avoided. Read More »
Marshall County land sale smashes record
A land auction held last week Wednesday has been the “talk of the town” in the Britton area. A total of 1,852 acres of land owned by the late Bill Kadoun of Britton brought a total of $10.3 million and smashed previous records in the county for dollars paid per acre. Read More »
FiredUp: Learning to wave, South Dakota-style
People from rural towns always have the impression that people from the big cities are “unfriendly” because we rarely (if ever) wave to strangers as we drive down the highway. Read More »
FiredUp: Are low expectations haunting rural schools?
Are low expectations haunting the halls of rural Dakota high schools? I'd say yes, in some ways. But I think there's also a decidedly mixed message coming out of our rural schools, and it may well be because we in rural places have convinced ourselves that success can't happen here. Read More »
Pastor earns second master’s degree after 1,100-year-old Bible study
The Rev. Tim Koch of churches in Cresbard and Wecota has delved deep into Manuscript 2193, a 10th-century Bible, as his master's thesis project. “I have found that the further that you delve into the text, the deeper understanding you seek, the more faithful you become and rather than that faith becoming simpler, it becomes infinitely more complex," Koch said. Read More »