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Columns
Bygone Days On Your iPad
April 21, 2011
Perkins County rancher John Penor's historic photos of Bison, South Dakota are now available as an iPad application.
A Fitting Honor for Joe Thorne
April 6, 2011
Every time I return to Brookings, it seems my alma mater, South Dakota State University, has changed. On my last trip there to gather stories for a feature in our next issue, I saw the new Jackrabbit Village residential complex.
Post Office Deserting Downtowns
March 30, 2011
Nobody likes the USPS any better than the gang at South Dakota Magazine. Everything we write and photograph and design would be for naught if not for the post office's ability to get it from the printer to your mailbox.
Gentlemen, Crank Your Engines
July 8, 2011
Today is the kick-off for the slowest procession on wheels — The Tri-State Iron Association's annual ride.
Rapid City Peregrine Release: Now on Live Feed
June 22, 2011
Raptor biologist Janie Fink released osprey near Yankton a few years ago. Now she's in Rapid City releasing peregrine falcons.
A Farmer’s Pictures
May 19, 2011
A Kennebec farmer shoots jaw-dropping time lapse videos of South Dakota's night skies.
First Time Mushroom Hunting
June 17, 2011
I didn't need another hobby, but I found a new one last weekend in morel mushroom hunting. And it combines two things I already enjoy — hiking and eating healthy, unusual foods.
Can We Live With Asian Carp?
May 12, 2011
Voracious Asian carp are slowly invading South Dakota's rivers and streams.
No Gold In Those Hills
May 5, 2011
Photographer Paul Horsted of Custer sets the record straight about the myth of the 1874 Custer Expedition's buried treasure.
Traveling S.D.: 75 Years Ago
April 27, 2011
Interesting historical tidbits from a 1930s South Dakota guidebook.
Peregrine Reintroduction in Rapid City
April 19, 2011
Many will remember Mar/Apr 2009's feature on Jane Fink Cantwell. Cantwell is the director of Birds of Prey Northwest, an Idaho organization devoted to helping raptors. She brought 20 young ospreys to Lake Yankton in the summer of 2008 and kept a watchful eye over them until the reintroduction program ended in 2010.
Cantwell is now getting ready for the reintroduction of 15 young peregrines in Rapid ...