Author: Wendy Royston
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Dakotafire leadership earns national recognition
Dakotafire Media staffers were among five South Dakotans recognized in the National Federation of Press Women Communications Contest. Published works by Dakotafire Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Heidi Marttila-Losure and Managing Editor Wendy Royston were five of 17 entries forwarded from the South Dakota Press Women contest earlier in the year, after earning first place finishes in that…
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Redfield, S.D., to be featured in September/October edition
Redfield, S.D., will be featured in the November/December edition of Dakotafire magazine and the premier edition of Spark magazine.
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Hoven, S.D., to be featured in July/August edition
July/August Dakotafire community feature: Hoven, S.D.
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Dakotafire staffers among recognized Press Women
Staff of Dakotafire Media were recognized for their work at the South Dakota Press Women convention in Deadwood last month. Publisher and Editor-in-Chief Heidi Marttila-Losure: Publications Regularly Edited by Entrant: 1st “Clean and appealing design, feels very professional without being too ‘slick,’” the judge wrote. Editorial Opinion: 1st Place, for her September/October editorial from the…
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Community Spotlight: Armour: S.D. town finds ways to make things happen
Anything is possible in Armour, S.D.
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Community centers provide home for histories, futures
with additional reporting by Sheila Ring, Onida Watchman, Doug Card, Britton Journal, and Gloria Duenwald, Hoven Review From baby showers to funerals and everything in between, community centers are where memories are made among neighbors in rural communities. “The community center is the kitchen of the community, and I think that’s both literal and figurative…
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Community Spotlight: Onida: Town known for its ‘silver’ and ‘gold’ works on building up new treasures
The streets that line South Dakota’s “silver city” may not be paved with gold, but for at least a few months each year, many of the roads that lead to the community of 761 are surrounded by a rich, golden glow. Onida is in Sully County, the home of the highest per-capita earners in the…
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Tax refunds give rural families a substantial boost
The Earned Income and Child tax credits help boost people–often rural people–out of poverty each year.
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OPINION: Promotion, autonomy, compensation are factors in Dakota teacher shortage
by Jeff Fastnacht, superintendent, Ellendale (N.D.) School District The need for teachers has been a reoccurring topic in both South Dakota and North Dakota for several years. It was thought to be more significant in South Dakota, and that may be so, but according to a recent story in The Fargo Forum, it is a…
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Educators go extra miles to keep programs on the road
Splitting their time between classrooms in school districts even a few miles apart takes extra planning for teachers, but might be one answer to South Dakota’s teacher shortage.