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Ice fishermen on Pactola Lake. Photo by Jon Sailer [read more]

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Food

Tapping Into Something Sweet

Making maple syrup in South Dakota is a hobby right now, but could it become a bigger venture? [read more ]

Mulled Wine, South Dakota Style

Travel

The Yankton to Marty Trail

A loop through the Missouri River valley. [read more ]

History

What About Doc?

Rapid City author Scott Lockwood reintroduces a nearly forgotten Black Hills outlaw. [read more ]

Outdoors

Living with Lions

Love them or loathe them, mountain lions are here to stay. Can we learn to be good neighbors? Photo by Sam Stukel [read more ]

What’s in the Water at Wallace?

Culture

The Modern Rewards of Quilting

Today’s stitchers are looking for much more than a warm blanket. [read more ]

What’s in the Water at Wallace?

Business

Mountain-made Furniture

Black Hills craftsmen create natural, durable home furnishings. [read more ]

Tasty Theatrics of the Wine Cellar

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Events

January 15 - March 01

Aberdeen Burger Battle - Aberdeen

January 30 - February 07

Black Hills Stock Show and Rodeo - Rapid City

February 02 - April 25

“Drowning in Dirt” traveling exhibit Feb 2-April 25 at Mead Museum - Yankton

February 05 - February 07

PRCA Rodeo - Rapid City

February 06 - February 07

RACD Dinner Theater - Reliance

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On This Day

February 6

Joan Lucille Olander was born on this day in 1931 in Rowena. Her family would move to Sioux City and then Los Angeles by 1942, where Olander became an usherette at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. She became involved in minor movie scripts and by 1953 she had signed a contract with Universal studio, who requested that she re-name herself Mamie Van Doren, "Mamie" for President Eisenhower's wife, "Van Doren" after the famously academic Van Doren family. Van Doren starred in numerous films, including some of the first to feature rock n' roll, which gave her a "bad girl" image. Van Doren had five husbands, one child and numerous affairs, which she expounded upon in her 1987 autobiography, "Playing the Field."