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Check out the video of Editor Heidi Marttila-Losure's presentation at the Rural Policy Leadership Institute, held April 8-10 in Dallas, Texas. Read More »

The need for good mental health care is clear, but rural communities often have few resources to provide it. Jail cells serve as temporary safe places for suicidal individuals, and many who respond to suicidal intentions say they feel inadequately trained to deal with such situations. Read More »

After spending years away from the area and traveling the world, it was somewhat of a shock for one Waubay man to move back to the area. “Just like in the Wizard of Oz, there’s no place like home,” Loris Welch said. “I have lived all over the world and have never called another place home. Home is where your heart is and my heart is in Waubay, South Dakota.” Read More »

It has been a little over 14 months since Day and Marshall counties decided to share a 4-H advisor, but by most accounts, the move was a good one. Read More »

Gov. Dennis Daugaard announced on Thursday that the state Board of Water and Natural Resources has approved a $4 million funding package to Britton for wastewater collection system improvements. Read More »

Faulkton area residents who have been involved in a regional community enhancement effort gathered Monday, March 25 for a six-hour followup meeting. This program is sponsored through a Bush Foundation grant. Faulk County is one of two groups in the three-state region of South Dakota, North Dakota and Minnesota to be awarded grant money from the Bush Foundation; the other is Prairie Vision of the Brown County area. The grant application was initiated by the Faulkton Area Development Board. The board members serve on focus groups with others from the various Faulk County communities who have signed on. Read More »

Last Tuesday Keith Melius was flying into Jamestown, North Dakota. “I wasn’t quite there yet, and I didn’t quite make it,” he said. Read More »

Webster Area Development Corporation (WADC) announced that interim director Melissa Fose will take over as executive director. Read More »

Loren Welch hadn’t realized that he would retrace so many of the same steps in life that his great-grandfather had in the late 1800s. Read More »

Stacy Hadrick has been chosen as the new Faulk County Economic Development Coordinator. Read More »