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May 24 - May 26Dakota Spring Fling Car Show - Rapid City
May 24 - May 27Drifting Goose Rendezvous - Mansfield
May 24 - May 27Prayer Gathering for Reconciliation — Red Shirt
May 25 - May 26SDRA Foothills Rodeo - Wessington Springs
May 25 - May 26South Dakota Kayak Challenge - Yankton
All EventsOn This Day
May 22
The national media spotlight shined on Lincoln High School when an openly gay couple attended senior prom today in 1977. Reporters staked out the Downtown Holiday Inn awaiting the 17-year-old senior and his 20-year-old date, but there were no disruptions as the couple entered. Principal Fred Stephens reported fielding national press calls all week, many pushing the idea that Sioux Falls residents had "big, thick red necks," he said.
Kadoka's Incredible Metal
Jackson County ranchers Brett and Tammy Prang manipulate steel and scraps into monumental art. [read more]
Food
Buffalo: The Salmon of the Prairie
Grass-fed bison is a key component of Dr. Kevin Weiland's Dakota Diet. [read more ]
Menno's Open Door
The Pomegranate Lifestyle
Our Office Lutefisk Party
Potato Soup for the Soul
Travel
The Mystery of a Missile Silo
A West River historic site preserves South Dakota's role in the Cold War. [read more ]
Central South Dakota's Playground
Our Nation's Exact Middle
A Village Begun by Old Papineau
Chance Encounters of a Rural Kind
History
Nobody Yelled 'Kill the Umpire!'
A Hudson baseball legend brought civility to America's pastime. [read more ]
Discovering The Verendrye Plate
Elk Point Tragedy
A Spirited Pioneer Promoter
Ghost Town Friends
Outdoors
A Bad Rap for the Red Fox
These cunning hunters can be found all over South Dakota. [read more ]
Pollock's Three Stone Idols
Quiet, Beauty and Snow
Old Timer On Skates Outshoots Them All
Nature's Buglers
Culture
Fifty Years in South Dakota
Badger Clark's humorous take on life in South Dakota. [read more ]
The Everlasting Bijou Hills
Hot Springs Santa
Gorillas, Honkers and Beetdiggers
Strong Values, Strong Hearts
Business
Kadoka's Incredible Metal
Jackson County ranchers Brett and Tammy Prang manipulate steel and scraps into monumental art. [read more ]
Cow Know-How Guides Inventor
The Pomegranate Lifestyle
Mills on Wheels
Keeping Time
Editor's Notebook
Singing Across South Dakota
May 15, 2013
Burke ranch girl Rehme Sutton debuts a new album and comes home to sing it. [read more]
[more Editor's Notebook]Columns
May 16, 2013
Can Golf This Fun Be Legal?
SPORTS: Elkhorn Ridge near Spearfish offers plenty of challenges for the uninitiated golfer. [read More]
May 16, 2013
Put an Egg on It
FOOD: The runny yellow yolk of a fried egg perfectly compliments Fran Hill's earthy potato and spinach hash. [read More]
May 15, 2013
Stephanie Has World Enough, and Time
POLITICS: Herseth Sandlin has plenty of opportunities ahead to get back into the public service she loves. [read More]
May 13, 2013
Muddy Fun Run
OUTDOORS: The first annual Lewis & Clark Adventure Race was held west of Yankton this past Saturday. [read More]
May 13, 2013
Spring Journal for 2013
PHOTOGRAPHY: Scenes from South Dakota's slow transition into spring. [read More]
