RURAL
Need health care, will travel
There's a perception that if you live in a rural community, you have less access to health care. But this assumption may not be entirely true, as a recent study by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tenne...
Posted on 10/17/12 at 3:42 PM
Old-School China = Bone-Breaking Pressure
In China around 1000 years ago, a unique trend began in the area of fashion, custom, and duty. Parents started to tightly wrap the feet of their young daughters so the feet wouldn't grow large. This b...
Posted on 8/4/12 at 8:29 AM
Memorial Day at the Pringle Cemetery
This past week my husband and I spent a few hours doing some community service at the Pringle Cemetery helping mow, weed eat, and clean up trash around the headstones. Like a lot of small rural to...
Posted on 5/24/12 at 8:00 PM
Tell your rural road story
I had a phone message last week from an anonymous caller who encouraged us to do an investigation into the condition of the rural roads in Davison County. The caller said we'd be shocked by what we'd ...
Posted on 6/7/10 at 4:56 AM
State Medical Association president laments Medicare reimbursement, rural doctor shortages
Some tough decisions have to be made on where medical care will be available.By Tom Lawrence , November 24, 2012
Sanford’s boom skips some rural areas
By Anna Jauhola , November 03, 2012
Nursing program trains nontraditional students in rural areas
By Anna Jauhola , November 02, 2012
Rural areas to feel strain as SD population grays
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The population in South Dakota's rural areas will age more rapidly in coming years as more baby boomers enter retirement and more young people migrate to urban areas, South Dakota's state demographer says.October 29, 2012
Barns, quilts merge into an artistic landscape
By ANN CAMERON SIEGAL , October 12, 2012
OUR VIEW: If not in rural SD, where?
By Editorial board , October 09, 2012
Rural issue talk rare in presidential campaign
ST. PAUL, Minn. — As they campaign, presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney pretty much ignore rural-specific issues.By DON DAVIS , October 08, 2012
Mississippi's Box Project still relieving poverty on SD reservations
HERNANDO, Miss. (AP) — The Box Project, a grass-roots program of the Hernando-based Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi, still holds promise for relieving rural poverty as it marks its 50th year.August 27, 2012
Parkston, Platte, Winner among first sites chosen for USD rural medicine program
VERMILLION (AP) — Five towns have been selected as the first clinical sites for a rural health care project sponsored by the University of South Dakota medical school.August 27, 2012
Incentive drawing health professionals to rural SD
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — An incentive program will put $10,000 bonuses into the hands of newly hired health care employees if they promise to keep working in rural South Dakota for three years.By Jon Walker , August 13, 2012
Housing partnership to help Wagner, other SD communities grow
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — State and federal officials are starting a program to address housing needs in six South Dakota communities with fewer than 10,000 people.June 12, 2012
Daugaard creates primary care panel to help in rural training
PIERRE — Expanding the educational capacity to train more primary health care providers for rural areas of South Dakota is the focus of a new task force created by Gov. Dennis Daugaard.By News release , May 30, 2012
Website planned to entice lawyers to rural SD
SIOUX FALLS (AP) — The State Bar president envisions developing a website that will connect lawyers looking for jobs with communities short on legal representation to combat the shortage of attorneys in South Dakota's rural communities.By KRISTI EATON , March 23, 2012
Johnson reminds South Dakotans to apply for rural energy funding
U.S. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., this week reminded South Dakota farmers, ranchers and businesses about the availability of federal grants and loan guarantees that help cut their energy costs.March 08, 2012
Efforts started to photograph, preserve old barns
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH , February 21, 2012
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