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Bernie Hunhoff
Editor & Publisher
Bernie started the magazine in 1985 after working in the newspaper business in South Dakota. He has been stuck on gumbo trails in Lyman County, been hissed at by rattlers at Porcupine and forced to eat everything from lutefisk to roast goat. It's all part of the job of publishing South Dakota Magazine.
The Bottum Line on Wisdom
December 20, 2012
Hot Springs writer Jody Bottum's message came to mind at our holiday concert.
Remembering the Preacher Politician
October 22, 2012
George McGovern was the son of a South Dakota preacher man. He lived a wild life, and America is the beneficiary.
Do You Remember Opening Day?
October 11, 2012
The approach of pheasant season brings back memories of feathers and fun.
Fantle's: The Big Store
August 14, 2012
Before the mono-sterile "big box stores," retailing was fun. Especially if you had a Fantle's in your town.
Discovered: A Missing Governor
June 26, 2012
Perhaps he wasn't the nicest fellow. Maybe he wasn't the most honest politician. But he deserves better.
King of the Prairie Waters
May 18, 2012
One early pioneer writer said it was "catfish and gold" that gave folks their start in South Dakota.
Can Fishermen Be Trusted?
April 25, 2012
Game, Fish and Parks has good intentions, but don't they trust the anglers of South Dakota?
A Sioux Falls Bias?
March 30, 2012
Thirty percent of South Dakotans live in the Sioux Falls metro area, and some of them think the rest of the state is biased against them. Could it be true?
Black Elk Was Right
March 23, 2012
New Census Bureau stats indicate that Lakota holy man Black Elk was right about the seventh generation.
Humbly Fourth in the USA
March 16, 2012
Why was the Chicago Tribune so mad when pollsters declared South Dakota just behind Hawaii, Colorado and Tennessee as the best-liked state?
The Next Ethanol
February 20, 2012
Ethanol led the way for bio-fuels, but it's about to be upstaged in Redfield by a new kid in the cornfield.
Ethan Needs Us
January 11, 2012
Losing your town's last restaurant is always sorrowful, but the Thills — and their customers in Ethan — deserve better than this. Maybe we can do something about it.
Pierre's Paper Soul
January 10, 2012
Prairie Pages Bookseller of Pierre overcame the harrowing flood of 2011 to become South Dakota Retailer of the Year.
Oldest Beer Joint in South Dakota
December 15, 2011
Enjoy a cool brew in one of South Dakota's oldest commercial buildings, the Excelsior Mill on the river in Yankton.
Technology: Friend or Foe to Rural South Dakota?
December 13, 2011
South Dakota probably needs just one bank, one post office, one church and one school thanks to modern technology. But that would likely lead to just one town, and a lot of unemployed and unhappy people.
