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Daily Republic receives top award in 2013 SDNA newspaper contest
MITCHELL, S.D. - The Daily Republic has been judged the best small daily newspaper in South Dakota for the fourth consecutive year. During a recent ceremony held at Mount Rushmore, the Mitchell newspa...
5/10/13 at 8:35 AM 2012 Forum Forward class graduates during ceremony in Fargo 5/9/13 at 3:17 PM
Daily Republic earns 10 first-place awards in 2013 Great Plains Newspaper Contest 5/9/13 at 9:17 AM
Massacre of Historic Bridges in the USA Underway?
At the beginning of this year, fellow pontist James Baughn predicted in his website, the Historic and Notable Bridges of the US, that there would be fewer demolitions for 2013, providing hope for ma...
1/22/13 at 6:08 AM Binging for Bridges: How Bing, Google Earth, and Yahoo Maps are helping bridgehunters find historic bridges 2/7/12 at 5:58 PM
Ammann Award Results for 2011 12/2/11 at 5:54 AM
Schafer to speak at S.D. conference on Bakken opportunities
RAPID CITY, S.D. Former North Dakota Gov. Ed Schafer will be the keynote speaker Dec. 11 for a conference in Rapid City to explore the Bakken oil boom and opportunities it presents for small business...
12/4/12 at 10:05 AM
Early holiday with a 'goodbye'
Last week I found out that my big brother landed a job in Pierre, S.D., and that he would be moving very soon to start working. So, I planned a trip home with Robert to visit with him one last time be...
11/17/12 at 11:03 PM
Jobs returning to politicians' radar
This year started with Minnesota political leaders emphasizing the need to create jobs, but the states deficit problem sidetracked much of that talk. Now, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and Republican l...
8/19/11 at 10:34 AM It is Dakotas' David vs. Goliath Minnesota 1/23/11 at 6:07 PM
Oh, Those Summer Nights
To me, it's a summer tradition. Summer nights just wouldn't be the same without being crammed into the bed of a pickup with friends eating popcorn and battlingmosquitoes. Growing up in Williston, ND, ...
6/6/11 at 10:27 AM
New Trier, Minnesota
Coming back to the tourism scene and the coverage on German-named towns in Minnesota, we will take a look at the next town on tour, which is located near Hastings and Faribault. Albeit a really smal...
2/24/11 at 7:27 PM
Strange Brew, and some NFL picks
I heard "Gopher Nation" referenced during the Big Ten Network's broadcast of the Minnesota-South Dakota football game Saturday. Is there much left to "Gopher Nation"? And if so, how much more can thos...
9/11/10 at 5:21 PM
mama mondays: sioux falls sojourn
Unbelievable. I'd been to Sioux Falls before, but not to "the falls" themselves. In fact, I'd heard they were rather uneventful, far short of spectacular, so there was nothing within m...
4/11/10 at 5:44 PM
