Opera on the prairie? University of South Dakota program raises its voice
Traceyln Gesteland arrived in Vermillion in 2008 with doubts about whether opera could thrive on the prairie. Now she knows that the show will go on.
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Painting a better picture: More funding, partnerships could boost juvenile diversion services
Diversion programs can help low-offending juveniles avoid getting entangled in the criminal justice system. Lawmakers recently upped the reimbursement rate to counties for these programs, but not every community has the same resources.
Processing wild game can be trickier than bagging it in South Dakota
A shortage of butchers and meat cutters is creating a crippling workload and making hunters scramble to find a place to process their deer.
South Dakota road hunting laws the most lax in the Great Plains
“It’s kind of been a strong issue with me, that it may be legal but it’s not smart,” said Ron Kolbeck of Salem, who has taught state HuntSAFE programs for more than 20 years.
Native American artists in South Dakota travel new paths to prosperity
WHITECLAY, NEB. – Within concrete walls that once housed a liquor store that fueled alcoholism and death among residents of the nearby Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, renowned Native American artist Evans Flammond Sr. deftly draws lines on a huge buffalo hide.
Sitting at a table in the building in this small
Delta David Gier lifts South Dakota Symphony Orchestra to national stage
Maestro with New York City cred redefines the role: ‘When I first picked up the stick, it was like the heavens opened and said, ‘You will now do this.’
Amid historic decline, 2022 pheasant season off to strong start in South Dakota
ABERDEEN, S.D. – Few if any people in South Dakota will argue that the state’s vaunted pheasant hunting industry in 2022 is as strong as in the past.
Compared to prior decades, the slow and steady declines are apparent in both license sales and bird numbers and, to some