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I spent some valuable time last month doing a bit of data discovery about rural communities. In my search I explored an interactive map* showing the percent change in total population from the 2010 to the 2020 Census at both the state and county levels. I first zoomed in to view the South Dakota county- level data – it was a mix of blue (growth) and beige (decline) county blocks spread across the east and west sides of our state. I discovered 33 of 66 counties in South Dakota had positive population growth in the past ten years!
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THE LAKE ANDES FIRE DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A WATER DONATION FROM CONKLIN DISTRIBUTING
Read moreFeeding South Dakota food distribution will be held Friday, Aug. 25 at the Scotland Community Church at 8:45 a.m.; the Tyndall Fire Hall at 10:30 a.m. and at the Avon Fire Hall at 12 noon.
Read moreSummer in the Midwest means vacation, family holidays, stunning sunsets, fresh sweet corn, long bicycle rides, crowded state fairs, and an increased need for blood. While youenjoyyourfunandsummer holidays, the need for blood never takes a vacation.
Read morePIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that Francis Lange has been sentenced to life in prison after he had earlier pled guilty to a 2021 triple homicide that occurred in Scotland.
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The B-Y Electric Operation Round-Up Fund Committee awards the first grant recipient to Yankton Food For Thought. This is a non-profit organization that serves Yankton School District children and families who are food insecure. They requested a three-month supply of produce for their School Food Panty which currentlyserves178families which equals around 700 people. With 1 in 5 children being food insecure the Operation Round-Up Fund Committee saw the value that this organization brings to the community. “You can’t go wrong helping children, “Linda Stevens Operation Round-Up Committee Member stated.OnJuly6th,General Manager Stephanie Horst and the Operation Round-Up Fund Committee presented theYanktonFoodForThought Coordinator, Deb Overseth, andBoardMembersacheckfor $3696.00tohelpwiththeirsummer produceneeds.Inaddition totheSchoolFoodPantry,they alsohaveaSackPackprogram during the school year that provided 450 children food for the weekends.
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