Governor Kristi Noem launched the “Nurses, STAT!” ad as part of the Freedom Works Here nationwide workforce recruitment campaign. The ad features Governor Noem as a nurse to recruit more healthcare workers to South Dakota.

Marla Bull Bear at Lakota Youth Development in Herrick, SD has recently been selected to receive a $66,442 grant from the North Central Region Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (NCR-SARE) for the project, Ethnobotany Education Project.

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Green Eggs and Ham Bethany Eggers, MA, LPC-MH “Do you like green eggs and ham? I do not like them, Sam-I-Am. I do not like green eggs and ham.” Dr.

Applications for the Billie Sutton Leadership Institute’s 2024 Sutton Leaders and Rural POWER programs officially opened January 1, 2024. Billie Sutton, former state senator and 2018 candidate for governor of South Dakota, launched the non-partisan, non-profit Leadership Institute dedicated to preparing tomorrow’s leaders to boldly serve our state, communities, workplaces, and each other with compassion and courage.

As 2023 comes to an end, we may find ourselves reflecting on the last year and looking forward to the year ahead. And as I am thinking about all that South Dakota has accomplished this year, I think of our people.