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We may be in a drought now, but the damage from two years of flooding lives on. Read More »

We want a Postcard from you—a short, evocative story about an event, person or place, written as if you were telling the story to a friend. Read More »

I have a feeling that readers of the Groton Independent make sure they don't skip over the Claremont Recorder column each week. Read More »

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. Read More »

Utility companies are studying and taking comments on routes for a proposed transmission line that would run about 150 to 175 miles between proposed substations in Big Stone City, S.D., and Ellendale, N.D. Read More »

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. Read More »

Dakotafire asked candidates for major offices in the Dakotas how they would help rural communities. Read More »

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. Read More »

Brad Paul lived under a death sentence for 33 years, but this past May, that sentence was reprieved. Read More »

The Webster Area School Board had a pleasant decision to make: What to do with an unexpected refund from Northwestern Energy. Read More »