Our Suffrage Heroes
To celebrate a century of women’s voting rights in South Dakota, meet a few people who helped make it happen. [read more]
Food
Ambassadors For Beef
A Kingsbury County couple’s devotion to South Dakota’s No. 1 industry. [read more ]
Kneading Tradition
Hunting Charles Mix Plums
Apple Pie: It's in the Bag
Brookings’ Rhubarb King
Travel
Iron Mountain Road
Peter Norbeck's winding route in the Black Hills is one of America's most scenic drives. [read more ]
On the Quartzite Trail
The Entertainers of Milbank
The Dusty Trail
A Ghost Town Called Spokane
History
The Spirit Behind a Tragedy
Rapid City was stunned when a plane carrying six cheerleaders and three community leaders crashed 52 years ago. But the cheerleaders’ memory survives ... [read more ]
The Missing Amidons
The Last Lakota Code Talker
Apostles on the Plains
The Murder of Patsy Magner
Outdoors
Last Raft Trip Down ‘Old Mo’
Durand Young and Tom Kilian rafted the Missouri when it was still a river. [read more ]
The Winter Deer Hunt
Autumn Grasslands
Looking Up
Primitive Camping
Culture
Dressed for Calving
Lessons learned on a Spink County farm. [read more ]
A Song for the Season
Blizzard in a Small Town
Lake Legends
Field of Dreams
Business
Turning to the River
A Fort Pierre restaurant challenges conventional thinking. [read more ]
A New Look
Rescuing a Colonial
Frosting Zebras
Wagon Master
Monthly E-Newsletter
Events
March 02 - April 04South Dakota State Youth Art Show-Mitchell
March 19 - April 18Gallery to Feature Photographs by Melissa Borman - Sioux Falls
March 31Sultans of String concert - Rapid City
April 02 - April 05 April 02 All EventsOn This Day
March 30
The Sioux Falls Argus Leader announced today in 1979 that it would become a morning paper. The Argus, which had been delivered in the afternoon since 1885, studied the move for over a year. Publisher Larry Fuller said management had been worried about its inability to provide same-day news to rural readership. The move mirrored media trends in the late 1970s and early 1980s, as newspapers sought to compete with other news outlets.
Columns
March 30, 2020
Our Suffrage Heroes
HISTORY: To celebrate a century of women’s voting rights in South Dakota, meet a few people who helped make it happen. [read More]
March 26, 2020
Time for Comfort Food
FOOD: Uncertain times call for meals that are certain to please. [read More]
March 23, 2020
A Winter of Art
PHOTOGRAPHY: A tough two months left little time, but our photographer did get out to play. [read More]
March 4, 2020
The Ghost Forests of LaFramboise Island
OUTDOORS: A study in ecological transition. [read More]
February 27, 2020
To Each His Own Mac and Cheese
FOOD: From breadcrumbs to dry cheese, everyone puts their own spin on this classic dish. [read More]