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It sure is a different world now than the one I grew up in. While I could be talking about our phones, electric cars or how much of the world is obsessed with social media, I am not. I am talking …
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By Justin Enfield, Pheasants Forever Biologist
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12/3/25
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Lately, I’ve been thinking about how much of life is made up of small things, not the big milestone moments - the graduations, the weddings, the celebrations - but the tiny, ordinary moments we …
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By Pastor Tia Felberg, De Smet United Methodist Church
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11/24/25
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11/24/25
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South Dakota is Open for Opportunity, and that includes opportunities for education. Our students are our future, so it is important that we equip them with the skills and resources they need to …
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By Gov. Larry Rhoden
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11/24/25
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Well, I’m definitely appreciating our new chickens … for a couple reasons. Our new chickens have been picking up the pace laying eggs, and it’s just in time as our older chickens have decided …
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By Amy Halverson
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11/24/25
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She dropped her name in the hat, then dreamed of winning. She would be the best animal owner ever. Every day she would haul fresh water and food. She would pet and brush the creature and teach her to …
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By DeAnn (Wolkow) Kruempel
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11/24/25
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Ryan Petersen, Streets & Airport Superintendent for the City of De Smet, will officially be retiring from his position on Dec. 28, 2025, after 24 years working for the City of De Smet. Prior to …
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By Amy Halverson, Kingsbury Journal
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11/24/25
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If you did not know, the government was shut down or in partial shutdown. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) offices were closed, with the exception of a few Farm Service Agency (FSA) …
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By Justin Enfield, Pheasants Forever Biologist
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11/24/25
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The temperatures are dropping and rising and dropping again, and I have noticed it is not just the weather that has gotten chilly lately. It is easy, this time of year, for life to feel a little …
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By Pastor Tia Felberg, De Smet United Methodist Church
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11/19/25
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It’s been a couple of rough months for me on our little funny farm. About two months ago, one of our goats got sick. I found it lying in the barn, unable to stand. She ended up passing away within …
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By Amy Halverson
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11/19/25
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In bygone days, people lived their lives in accordance with the seasons of the year. In today's world, the seasons come and go, and our lives go on pretty much as usual.
However, in the time …
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By Vicki Stevens
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11/19/25
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Is the simple hand wave a thing of the past? Clyde and I took a drive to see family in Minnesota last week. On the way there, we visited about how his parents would wave at everybody they met on the …
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By Dar Deknikker, Lake Preston, SD
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11/19/25
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Too much cover? You are not going to hear that mentioned too often around here; that is unless you are someone I have helped enroll ground into Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) or some other …
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By Justin Enfield, Pheasants Forever Biologist
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11/19/25
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The right project in the right place at the right time. That is how we do economic development in South Dakota. More often than not, that means focusing on opportunities for existing South Dakota …
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By Gov. Larry Rhoden
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10/29/25
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It is the time of the year when you need to make the decision if you are ordering trees for this next spring. I am talking about whatever tree size order, from the large shelter belts to those of you …
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By Justin Enfield, Pheasants Forever Biologist
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10/29/25
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Laura Ingalls Wilder's book series brought the lives of the pioneers traveling the prairies and plains to life for us. Reading them is a healing balm in these fast-paced, hectic, uncertain times. …
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By Vicki Stevens
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10/29/25
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I recently visited Washington, D.C., to see our South Dakota National Guard soldiers who are part of President Trump’s effort to make D.C. safe and beautiful again. I was amazed by what they told …
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By Gov. Larry Rhoden
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10/17/25
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In Proverbs, as Israel's ancient King Solomon continues to lay out the benefits of wisdom, or seeing life from God's perspective, he directs us to a quality of wisdom that God seeks in those who seek …
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By Duane H. Wallenstein, Prairie Baptist Churchprairie Baptist Church
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10/17/25
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