The 2013 conference of the South Dakota Housing Development Authority celebrated the 40th anniversary of the organization. Here are some words from just a few of the speakers at the conference that might interest Dakotafire readers.
Are there hungry people in your community? Yes. But we may not see them because they look just like everybody else.
Many area communities now offer an option that until a few years ago was only available in larger communities: A place to exercise, with specialized machines and sometimes classes available—and no need to exercise in the cold and snow.
By Lana Bandoim What happens when farm family members can’t agree about what to do with a family business or an inheritance? Both North and South Dakota offer mediation services than can help two parties resolve their issues. Mediation…
(NPN) – Though one of the most agriculture-dependent states in the nation, South Dakota is among a group of states that have the lowest percentage of schools participating in farm-to-school activities, according a new USDA report. Twenty-four percent of South…
South Dakotans and Midwesterners comprise a region that is “friendly and conventional,” according to a new social psychology study.
Sometimes this summer, our cow herd was grazing close enough that I could not only see them out our bedroom window, I could hear them eating. The sound of them ripping the grass from the ground, bite by bite, was…
Groundwater depletion of the Ogalla aquifer has made headlines in recent years, but the Dakota aquifer has also gone down significantly since 1900, according to estimates by the U.S. Geological Survey.
See how the two Dakotas would fare if they chose to expand Medicaid, and who is left out if they do not.
Farmers across the country face a dilemma as herbicides that once killed off the weeds that compete with their crops lose effectiveness in the face of herbicide-resistant weeds.