Double the Fun in Carthage

Why have one lake when you can have two? [read more]

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Food

Freeman’s Savory Soup

Summer savory provides a subtle punch to a traditional German dish. [read more ]

Christmas Cookies With a Twist

Travel

Double the Fun in Carthage

Why have one lake when you can have two? [read more ]

History

Ramming Through the Mickelson Trail

The 109-mile mountain corridor’s bumpy beginnings. [read more ]

George Kingsbury: Eyewitness to History

Outdoors

Dancing with Grebes

Spellbinding rituals of spring occur on South Dakota’s lakes and ponds. [read more ]

Why We Fall for Balanced Rocks

Culture

The Elevator

Is farm country’s tallest icon worthy of preservation? [read more ]

Following Black Elk’s Good Red Road

Business

Tasty Theatrics of the Wine Cellar

Diners seem to appreciate the little nighttime eatery with black tablecloths and a hostess who knows food and theater. [read more ]

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On This Day

May 5

Joseph Ward, the founder of the first high school and the first college in Dakota Territory, was born today in 1838 in Perry Center, N.Y. After attending Andover Theological Seminary in Massachusetts, Ward accepted a position at First Congregational Church in Yankton. Soon after his appointment Ward organized Yankton Academy, the territory's first private school, which later became Yankton High School. In 1881 Ward founded and became the first president of Yankton College.