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Collage of post offices with upcoming meetings about reduced hours: Cresbard, St. Lawrence and Wessington. Images from waymarking.com

POStplan changes approaching quickly for local communities

Concern is growing over the budget-slashing POStplan and the potential effects it could have on rural communities in North and South Dakota as thousands of post offices nationwide are targeted for reduced hours or closure.

Duffy Ducheaux, of Avon, S.D., goes into low orbit during the July 2 Bull-A-Rama at Wild West Days in Faulkton, S.D.

Festivals bring small towns roaring to life

For small towns in the Dakotas, a summer celebration can double the population, creating traffic jams in places with no stoplights and a hum of excitement to some generally work-a-day places.

Veblen daycare focus group

FiredUp: Finding childcare in rural places can be a challenge

While the problem of finding work in rural places gets a lot of publicity, one problem that may follow if you are able to find work doesn’t get as much notice: Daycare is not always easy to find in rural places. A group of parents in Veblen is addressing that problem.

Snow geese at Sand Lake Wildlife Refuge. Photo by Anne Williams

POSTCARD

The 2010 spring snow goose migration at Sand Lake was upon us, but something was missing. By Bill Schultze, Wildlife Biologist, Sand Lake National Wildlife Refuge The arrival of a white jeep driven by the “snow goose lady” from Duluth…