Burial sites bring history to life across South Dakota
October 28, 2024
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wild Bill Hickok and other famous (and infamous) figures contribute to state tourism.
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Wild Bill Hickok and other famous (and infamous) figures contribute to state tourism.
Some sites are capitalizing and partnering on an increased interest in learning in hopes of inspiring the next generation of South Dakota’s STEM workforce.
The Southern Black Hills city is part of a pilot project to identify top problems and solutions using journalism and community engagement.
The South Dakota city of 23,000 is among those crowdsourcing solutions to community challenges like housing, child care and labor.
South Dakota saw $4.96 billion in tourism spending in 2023, with 14.7 million visitors. Increasingly, more of them are drawn to the 14 counties in and around Sioux Falls.
In the past two years of Sturgis Motorcycle Rally campaigns, 97% of advanced bookings are from people 49 years old and younger.
The case demonstrates the clash of personal rights with the need to protect the entire community and keep small towns from dying.
The state’s population of people born overseas grew by 45.5% between 2010 and 2022, compared to 15.6% across the entire United States.
Chronic liver disease is now the leading cause of death of South Dakotans in their 30s. “Alcohol is particularly challenging because it’s prevalent. It’s relatively cheap, and it’s not in any way illegal.”