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The South Dakota Specialty Producers Association (SDSPA) is seeking nominations for the 2024 South Dakota Specialty Crop Producer of the Year Award. Producers, customers, and community members are invited to nominate a farmer who has made a significant contribution to specialty crop production in the state. Specialty crops include fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, honey, and nursery crops, including floriculture.

This year, 2024, marks 10 years of raising awareness and celebrating “National Apprenticeship Week.” Apprenticeships are an effective approach for South Dakotans to gain on-the-job training plus classroom instruction to earn a nationally recognized credential while continuing to earn a living for their family. In the last two years, we have taken apprenticeships to a whole new level in our state.

BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University Extension 4-H members donated nearly 900 hygiene care kits for people in need during the 2023-2024 statewide community service project.

For me as a kid, and likely for many of you as well, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving was a must-see every year when the holiday rolled around. It originally aired on CBS in 1973, and throughout the following years was shown several times leading up to and on Thanksgiving Day.

As celebrated in the United States, the holiday of Thanksgiving usually revolves around a bountiful meal. Typical dishes include bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, pumpkin pie, and, above all, turkey. How did turkey become the centerpiece of this feast?

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R ESULTS Tuesday Mixed League 11/19/24 Old Pioneer, 195-69; Six Balls, 182½-81½; Tee Riffic Creations, 181½-82½; Angry Birds, 160½- 103½; Carlock Babes, 125-139; Buches Bowlers, 91½-172½; The Outsiders, 73-191; HTG: Six Balls, 838; HTS: Six Balls, 2285; HIG: Chris Petersen, 236, Goldie Warnkvist, 171, HIS: Jad Leber, 642, Goldie Warnkvist, 473. Splits picked up by: Catie Lutt, 5-10; Mae Long, 3-10; Shelly Holmberg, 2-7; Kevin Liewer, 5-7.

The South Dakota Department of Education’s division of Child and Adult Nutrition Services is seeking sponsors for a federally funded program that provides nutritious meals and snacks to children in low-income areas during the summer months.

Upon graduating from Gregory High School, three 18-year-olds— Roger Wonnenberg, Don Soper, and Dale Soper—from the class of 1974 embarked on a journey to Australia with no specific plan except to have an adventure.

Ernie Haase and Signature Sound will perform to a sold out audience at Prairie View Gospel Barn on Sunday, November 24, 2024. The group has hit the perfect note with their show “A Jazzy Little Christmas,” performing songs from their 2019 holiday collection of the same name, an album that landed in the Top 10 on Billboard’s Jazz Albums chart and was named among the “Best Christmas albums of 2019” by the Los Angeles Times.