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Events
February 02 - February 24"What A Wonderful World" Photography Exhibit - Yankton
February 03 - March 03Linda Ackland-Kolb Art Exhibit - SIoux Falls
February 17 - March 04Driving Miss Daisy - Sioux Falls
February 21 - February 25 February 22 - February 24 All EventsOn This Day
February 22
The South Dakota Legislature passed a bill banning all abortions except those necessary to save the mother's life today in 2006. A court challenge prevented the bill from becoming law that summer, and voters defeated the measure in a referendum in November.
Land of Infinitely Interesting Eateries
The stories are almost as enticing as the food in South Dakota's ethnic restaurants. [read more]
Food
Lead's Meat Pies
The pastie, a Cornish meat pie, is a tasty remnant of the Northern Black Hills' mining past. [read more ]
Reverend Sanderson's Lefse Ministry
Sweet Time
Pumpkin Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Icing
Holiday Recipe: Prairie Sage Dressing
Travel
The Capitol's Blue Stones
Traveling to Pierre this legislative session? Keep an eye out for bits of bright blue. [read more ]
Leaving Tracks
The Great Tradition of Wall
Poinsett's Enduring Charm
Backpacking Sage Creek
History
The Super Bowl of Drug Busts
Ice fishermen helped catch the Walworth County "pot plane" in 1980. [read more ]
Borglum's Last Christmas
The Verne Miller Story : From Lawman To Outlaw
Faith in the Voters
The Great Hyde County Prairie Fire of 1947
Outdoors
Explorers of an Unseen World
Curiosity took Jan & Herb Conn of Custer underground to discover the buried treasure that is South Dakota’s Jewel Cave. [read more ]
Boundary Walker
The Hidewood
Wild and Civilized
The Island Mesa
Culture
Love Letter From Grant County
The promise of security lured Katharina Redlin to Grant County. Love kept her there. [read more ]
High in the Saddle
Staging Comebacks
The Wheat Ritual
Ten ‘Must See’ South Dakota Paintings
Business
Willard's Water
The founder is gone, but his "Super Water" goes on. [read more ]
Staging Comebacks
The Last Nurseryman
Wagon Master
Spinoffs from Sturgis
Editor's Notebook
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. [read more]
[more Editor's Notebook]Columns
February 22, 2012
Land of Infinitely Interesting Eateries
FOOD: The stories are almost as enticing as the food in South Dakota's ethnic restaurants. [read More]
February 21, 2012
The Cycle of Violence
When a relationship is dysfunctional, it's the children who suffer most. [read More]
February 20, 2012
Oglala Sioux Tribe Vs. Alcoholism
POLITICS: Will a lawsuit be enough to curb the devastation alcoholism has caused on Pine Ridge Reservation? [read More]
February 20, 2012
The "Aha" Moment
PHOTOGRAPHY: Our hobbies and enthusiasms open doors for change to come into our lives. [read More]
February 17, 2012
Governor's Snowmobile Ride
OUTDOORS: Governor Daugaard and special guests snowmobile the Hills during tomorrow's 32nd annual Governor's Snowmobile Ride. [read More]