By John Andrews
A small group of us here in the office held our first ever “social media” meeting yesterday morning. I was unfamiliar with the concept until I was told it was about using social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter. Turns out I was already in to “social media,” but had just never [...]
This morning on WNAX Radio, Sioux Falls humorist Jim Woster remarked on the on-again, off-again smoking ban debate in South Dakota: “Did you know,” he asked, “that smoking is the number one cause of …. statistics?”
By John Andrews
South Dakota has a lot of fishing holes, but the one with the best story is in McCook County. When John Alvarez suffered a brain injury in a car accident, he relocated from Arizona to Bridgewater, his wife’s hometown. To keep busy he began fishing with his son. He realized the calming influence [...]
Last May one of our staff found a swarm of honey bees on a tree by their farm near Yankton. Swarms usually develop when an old queen bee is driven from a hive by a new and younger queen.
The old queen who showed up in a farmhouse on the Mark Sieverson was still popular, because [...]
Yankton aerial photographer Dave Tunge just shared this shot of the Missouri River breaks near Platte. Click on the picture for an overview. Has it ever looked so green in South Dakota this late in the summer?
By John Andrews
There are 400 species of birds that either live in South Dakota or pass through during the year. Nearly 100 of them are featured in a new birding book published by the state Game, Fish and Parks department.
Backyard Birds of South Dakota gives hints on how to identify birds and how to attract [...]
This week’s Newsweek has a cover story by Senator Edward Kennedy titled “The Cause of My Life.” He gives a history lesson of why health care reform has never happened in the last century (and, interestingly, notes that Nixon was ready to get the job done before a little burglary consumed his time).
Kennedy says [...]
Hear musicians Christine Albert and Chris Gage discuss their new CD, Dakota Lullaby, on SDPB at 9 p.m. CT and 8 p.m. MT. Saturday night host Matt Weesner will talk with Albert and Gage about their original music featured on the album and about their new tour, which kicked off last night in Rapid City [...]
Be the first to guess the location of this old church and you win your choice of either l) our best-selling bookSouth Dakota Photographed or 2) a one-year subscription to South Dakota Magazine.
We recognize that this may be a difficult picture so we’ll give some hints as the day goes on if there is no [...]
By John Andrews
I’ve always wondered what it would feel like in that second after you realize you’ve won the lottery. Mission rancher Neal Wanless got online to check the Powerball numbers the morning after the drawing that won him $232 million ($88.5 million in actual, take-home winnings). “I was in shock,” he said later, recalling [...]
By Bernie Hunhoff
The weekend editorial staff at South Dakota Magazine conducted a sociological study and reached the conclusion that only the very nicest people will accept a free hot dog from a stranger on a street.
The study was formulated when we ended up with a box full of snack chips (left over from Relay for [...]
By John Andrews
No bucking bronc is as famous in South Dakota as Tipperary. The horse from Harding County tossed professional cowboys from his back like rag dolls for many years in the early 1900s.
Now Belle Fourche sculptor Tony Chytka is working on half life-size bronze of Tipperary for the town of Buffalo’s centennial Sept. 4-7. [...]
This week’ Grant Count Review has a eyebrow raising story on the plight of dairy farmers in South Dakota. It starts as follows:
Harlan Bohn, a model Grant County dairyman, expects buyers to come from many parts of the country when he offers 135 Holstein calves, heifers and cows for sale at auction on August 21st. [...]
By John Andrews
As a magazine writer, sometimes it’s hard to remember that you’re working when you’re out working.
Take Tuesday morning for example. I wrote a story about South Dakota’s federally endangered plants and animals for an upcoming issue. Yankton is in the heart of species preservation country, with our local hatchery spawning pallid sturgeon and [...]
by Bernie Hunhoff
Our magazine is blessed with readers from all 50 states, so we have eyes and ears everywhere. These good folks — many of whom consider themselves South Dakotans no matter how long they’ve lived away — often send us clips of articles about South Dakota that they come across.
The latest to [...]