Food
Amaranth: The Once and Future Crop?
Reintroducing a historic grain to the Dakota diet. [read more ]
A White Cookie Tradition
Holiday Recipe: Prairie Sage Dressing
Deuel County Oyster Tradition
Wienerbrau Memories
Travel
Galena’s Ghosts
The mountain village is quiet today, but its mining past reverberates. [read more ]
Winter in Keystone
Murdo’s 1880 Town
The Story Behind the Square
Traveling Pine Ridge Today
History
USD’s Anarchist Professor
USD’s mild-mannered teacher elicited contempt and fear in Russia. [read more ]
Christmas at Wounded Knee
Stories Beneath the Stones
The Man Who Saved the Buffalo
The Missing Amidons
Outdoors
Coldlands Beauty
Photographer Carl Johnson explores the Badlands in winter. [read more ]
Crawling a Cave
Searching For Color
Sailing by Balloon
Trial and Error at the Community Garden
Culture
Why South Dakota?
English writer Fraser Harrison contemplates his magnetic relationship with South Dakota. Photo by Christian Begeman. [read more ]
This Isn’t Yankee Stadium
Crow Creek Christmas
Spooklight Road
Music From Home
Business
Paul Sova’s Bowls
Hundreds of pieces become one work of art. [read more ]
Getting the Lead Out
The Art of Growing Grapes
Little Manor on the Prairie
Tough Times Call for Tough Kennels
Monthly E-Newsletter
Events
February 18Black Holes (talk) - Rapid City
February 19 - February 21 February 19Mines' Myth Busters & Super Science Show - Rapid City
February 21 - February 23Sno Jam Comedy Festival - Sioux Falls
February 22 - March 02Bill W. and Dr. Bob (play) - Pierre
All EventsOn This Day
February 18
Congress passed the Migratory Bird Conservation Act today in 1929. Sponsored by Sen. Peter Norbeck, it called on the government to purchase land as refuges for waterfowl habitats. Funding was lost during the Depression, but in 1934 political cartoonist Jay "Ding" Darling, who hunted in eastern South Dakota, introduced a bill to fund the habitats through a national duck stamp. A cancer-stricken Norbeck spoke to Congress about the importance of Darling's bill, and it was passed unanimously.
Columns
February 14, 2019
Chocolate is Love
FOOD: Whether you adore Valentine’s Day or despise it, Chocolate Dipped Strawberries are a sweet compromise. [read More]
February 13, 2019
Frozen in Time
PHOTOGRAPHY: Photographing winter’s charm amidst the coldest of cold. [read More]
February 6, 2019
The Wisdom of the Fool Soldiers
HISTORY: Doing good in a time of war. [read More]
January 31, 2019
Warmth from Inside Out
FOOD: Battle this week’s polar vortex with white turkey chili. [read More]
January 22, 2019
Local Experts’ Dining Tips
FOOD: Secrets behind finding our best steaks, pies, ice cream and other treats. Photo by Chad Coppess/S.D. Tourism. [read More]