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Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Showing posts with label South Dakota. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 24, 2026

In search of a quieter and more affordable place to live, many Americans move to largely rural states

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The South Dakota website "Dakota Roots" claims the state is "paradise for anyone who loves the outdoors."  (Dakota Roots...
Friday, July 25, 2025

'Hub City' earned its moniker from railroad days, but it's still a place where people from all walks of life come together

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‘All Are Welcome’ banner on Bethlehem’s  exterior. (Photo by Betsy Froiland, The Yonder) Like spokes on a wheel, nine railroad lines used to...
Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Pheasant hunting offers a chance for shared camaraderie among rural and urban sportsmen and women

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Nick Jorgensen and family host about 500 hunters in Ideal, S.D. (Photo by Ariana Schumacher, Agweek) A farming family in Ideal, South Dakot...
Monday, March 25, 2013

South Dakota governor signs bill to help bring lawyers to rural areas that lack them

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South Dakota is giving graduates of the University of South Dakota School of Law a reason to practice in rural areas. On Thursday Gov. Denn...
Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Pilot plant making ethanol from corn cobs in S.D.

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A new program is testing the viability of using corn cobs to make ethanol. "A pilot-scale facility located at Scotland, S.D., has beco...
Friday, September 19, 2008

Small-town America looks different from a bicycle

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University of Kentucky law professor Bill Fortune , left, gained "a new appreciation for small-town America and its people" by ri...
Thursday, May 01, 2008

Rural areas get less return on school funding because of brain drain; consolidation fights still on

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In a recent article on size of school districts, The Economist magazine reported what it called a sad irony: "The better a small town...
Friday, February 29, 2008

Locals regain media control in Brokaw's hometown

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The decades-old trend toward media consolidation seems to be stalling in some places, and there's no better recent example than Yankton,...

Permanent disaster-aid program proposal, and its price tag, are keys to agreement on Farm Bill

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Two weeks before the current Farm Bill expires, negotiators are getting close to a compromise "that would provide $10 billion in new mo...
Monday, February 25, 2008

Slaughter no longer a U.S option, surplus horses force tough decisions for owners; pet or meat?

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Since the last American horse slaughterhouse closed late last year, the fallout from that decision has received plenty of attention. Michae...
Friday, February 22, 2008

Bill to strengthen presumption that S. Dak. records are open dies after opposition from governor

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A bill to make clear that records in South Dakota are public, unless the law says otherwise, is probably dead for this session, the bill...
Friday, February 15, 2008

S.D. horse slaughterhouse bill sponsor still trying

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The bill to offer state loans to start a horse slaughterhouse in South Dakota may not have been to the legislative abattoir after all. Its s...
Tuesday, February 12, 2008

National parks may hunt elk to trim growing herds

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In three national parks in Colorado and the Dakotas, the elk population is straining the food supply for other foragers and browsers, so off...
Thursday, February 07, 2008

Bill promoting horse slaughterhouse in S.D. dies

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The issue of horse slaughter has received plenty of coverage over the last few months as the last American facilities have closed, and the ...
Thursday, October 25, 2007

GateHouse Media purchases 14 dailies, three non-dailies from Morris Publishing Group

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A deal between two community newspaper chains will make 17 newspapers in eight states change hands. GateHouse Media Inc. announced late Tue...