By Christian Begeman Spring is once again in full swing. The season arrived a bit differently this year. The winter of 2023-24 was very mild with only about two weeks of extreme cold. February ...
By Katie Hunhoff Wade Jorgenson was a longtime kraut lover, but he never attempted to make it until Larry Betlach of Brookings offered to show him in 2007. “Larry was tired of me for asking h...
Where do your outdoor skills and experiences rank in the wild woods, waters and prairies of South Dakota? Do you know the lay of the land? Can you find wild mushrooms? Have you ever seen a gray k...
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((img|MayJune24.jpg|width=250)) Cecilia Minchow and a young friend dance at Tabor's Czech Days, which celebrates 75 years in 2024. Photo by Chad Coppess MILKWEED CHAMPS: Why a pesky we...
By Chad Coppess ((img|davis-4-29-24-1.jpg|width=400)) Owner Cinda Wilson refills coffee cups at the Solace Farm General Store. Just like the traffic flowing through on Highway 18, or the ...
By Sentel Schreier ((img|bud-boudreau-4-22-24-2.jpg|width=759)) Bud Boudreau says every dog's mind is different, "and it takes patience to understand each one." Bud Boudreau wakes at...
By Bernie Hunhoff When milk prices soured in 2018, members of the Spink Hutterite Colony considered selling their dairy cows. Then someone offered a better idea. Why not start a cheese factory?...
By Chuck Cecil ((img|homestake-pit-ponies-4-8-24-1.jpg|width=400)) "Old Smoky was hitched to a train of carts, each loaded with gold-laden ore headed to a Homestake elevator 400 feet underg...
By Katie Hunhoff ((img|dandelions-4-1-24-1.jpg|width=400)) Marla Bull Bear helps manage summer camps on the Rosebud Reservation designed to connect teens with their Lakota roots. Dandelio...
I’ve never outgrown my fascination for toys. A few years back a friend asked me to lead a workshop photographing toys. My first reaction was, “Who’s going to sign up for that?” He suggest...
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By Chad Coppess ((img|doland-3-18-24-1.jpg|width=759)) Doland, in Spink County, is home to 150 hearty souls. Despite being the boyhood home of a vice president and hometown of twin O...
By John Andrews ((img|mount-rushmore-humor-3-11-24-1.jpg|width=759)) Mount Rushmore is a point of pride, a vacation destination and a vehicle for the nation's humorists. South Dakota...
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((img|MarApr24.jpg|width=250)) Silhouettes of Native Americans and bison greet travelers along Highway 34 southeast of Pierre. Created by Fred Urich and Kelly Hanson, they are an example of how...
By Bernie Hunhoff ((img|rettedal-store-3-4-24-1.jpg|width=759)) Dean and Karen Rettedal's department store in Scotland features apparel for men, women and children, though Dean says women's...
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By John Andrews ((img|maple-syrup-2-19-24-4.jpg|width=400)) Professors and students at South Dakota State University in Brookings have tapped maple trees in McCrory Gardens since 2013. We...
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By John Andrews ((img|first-dakota-cavalry-ledger-2-26-24-1.jpg|width=400)) Sarah Hanson-Pareek, the Curator of Digital Projects and Photographs for the Archives and Special Collections at ...
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By Thomas M. Welch and Wayne G. Welch ((img|winter-potatoes-2-12-24-1.jpg|width=759)) Silcrete rocks, unique in North America, dot the pastures around Ludlow in Harding County. When ...
By Bernie Hunhoff ((img|respectful-shepherd-1-29-24-1.jpg|width=759)) Sheep deserve our respect, says Belle Fourche writer and rancher Sentel Schreier. Sentel Schreier learned the us...
By Christian Begeman When winter descends upon the Northern Plains, slumber seems to come easy. The busy-ness of life that abounded in the warmer seasons has either fled south or is hibernating...
By John Andrews ((img|deecort-hammitt-1-8-24-1.jpg|width=759)) DeeCort Hammitt organized the Alcester Community Band in 1921 and directed it for 25 years. Hammitt, an Alcester banker and mu...