By John Andrews
In our current issue’s calendar of events we wrote about Primal Quest, the world’s most challenging endurance race which is coming to the Badlands in August. Teams of four will run, bike, swim, paddle, climb and spelunk through 600 miles in 10 days.
So far 38 teams have signed up, and they are coming [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
Most of the 45,000 magazines we print are mailed directly to subscribers, and a few thousand are shipped to magazine distributors who parcel them out to gas stations, grocery stores, cheap-marts and other such establishments
But in the early days of the magazine (24-plus years ago), we had just a few dozen paying readers [...]
Our newest staff member at the magazine is Steven Hunhoff. At the tender age of 16 months, he’s already a well-traveled South Dakotan. He is our cheapest traveler — instead of bar tabs and expensive steakhouse receipts, the only cost is Cheerios. And he gets at least 100 miles to the diaper.
To help justify the [...]
There’s big news in the little town of Stockholm in Grant County. According to Phyllis Justice, the able editor of the Grant County Review, Alex Thompson has come home from the city to restore the old hotel and cafe building.
In her column “Ain’t It Awful,” Phyllis writes that Thompson’s son, Chris, has also joined [...]
by Bernie Hunhoff
I came upon this grain bin with a massive hole in the frontside while driving some backroads in Roberts County, southwest of Sisseton.
There must be a story here. I hope it wasn’t a sad story. It appears that somebody decided they needed to get inside this grain bin in a big hurry. Hopefully [...]
By John Andrews
There’s a story in the Brookings Register about an effort to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the locally-legendary “Whip to White” by inviting all South Dakota State University students who took part to ride on a float at this year’s Pioneer Days parade, which is doubling as White’s 125th birthday party.
I heard plenty [...]
Humorist Jim Woster is as funny as ever. He was master of ceremonies at a farm gala in Yankton last night, and told a “story” of when he first graduated from SDSU and sought a job.
We can’t write it nearly as well as he said it, but you’ll like the story — which we’ll say [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
Nobody likes fish and birds better than the crew at South Dakota Magazine, but sometimes it just seems silly how l) man messes with Mother Nature, 2) unintended consequences develop (that often affect the birds and fishes), and 3) man messes with Mother Nature even more to try to fix things.
A classic example [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
I just came from the R-Tec Manufacturing Camp graduation in Yankton, where high school students learn skills related to industrial occupations.
Much of the ceremony was spent on reminding the youth that it’s smart to be 10 minutes early rather than 5 minutes late for work; that you need to work as a team; [...]
By Heidi Marsh
The small town festival is a sure sign that summer is here. And this weekend kicks off summer with a great line-up of exciting festivals. Bring Dad too…it is Father’s Day you know!
Czech Days, Tabor
Oahe Days, Pierre
Wild Bill Hickok Days, Deadwood
Midsummer Festival, Vermillion
Old Settlers Weekend, Highmore
West Boulevard Summer Festival, Rapid City
Festival of Cultures, [...]
South Dakota’s favorite millionaire, Winner rancher/lottery player Neal Wanless, has a nice writeup in the June 22 issue of People Magazine. It begins like this:
June 8 was “Milk Monday” at Buche’ grocery in Mission, S.D., and Neal Wanless got in on the sale: two gallons at $1.97 each instead of $3.45. Old habits mut die [...]
By John Andrews
South Dakota football fans are generally divided in two camps. Most of West River cheers for the Denver Broncos, while East River aligns with the Minnesota Vikings. There are also a few Kansas City Chiefs and Green Bay Packers fans sprinked in for good measure, too.
But it might pay to become a New [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
Every once in awhile we run into people who should be better-known. Art Huseboe is one of those fellows.
Oh, he’s beloved and famous in the Augustana College community. And the South Dakota literary community knows him. But beyond that, the quiet professor has lived away from any limelight.
Still, 300-some people crowded into the [...]
By John Andrews
When I proposed to my wife eight years ago, I thought I was pretty creative. We had discussed the possibility of marriage and the type of engagement ring she might like. So when I got around to asking, I cut a picture of a ring out of a magazine and put that on [...]
By Roger Holtzmann
There’s an old joke about a farmer who won the lottery. They asked him what he planned to do with his millions and he replied, “Oh, I’ll probably just keep on farming until the money’s all gone.”
There’s a grim reality behind that joke: farming and ranching are both notoriously risky businesses, with almost [...]