Secretary of Education Tiffany Sanderson made the announcement this evening at a banquet at the Drifters Event Center in Fort Pierre, praising Cassels' "homegrown" qualities.
Hjelm's success on the water has helped the South Dakota pro walleye angler amass over $300,000 this year competing on the National Walleye tour, powered by a first place tournament finish and two second place finishes.
“This was a whole new world for me at first, and I love it,” said Duane Hjelm, a South Dakota pro angler who got his start in walleye fishing on small bodies of water.
Rep. Erin Healy and four other Democratic state legislators were invited to the White House to participate in a roundtable discussion on women's reproductive rights in their states.
