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Solar Array to Assist with Rural South Dakota Radio Station’s Electricity Needs
Lakota Communications, Inc.’s KILI Radio facility will construct a 20kW solar array that produces fifty percent of the facility’s electrical needs. The radio station transmits across the 3,470 square-mile Pine Ridge Indian Reservation from a remote bluff in the tiny… [Read More]
South Dakota
Youth Project Promotes the Well Being of Children and Families
Oyate Teca Project an affiliate of Running Strong for American Indian Youth, Inc. is centrally located on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, in Kyle, SD a non-profit organization providing a variety of programs and activities promoting the well-being of children and their… [Read More]
South Dakota
#1 Selling Car Crusher on the Market Benefits From Making Energy Efficiency Improvements
OVB Holdings, LLC dba Overbuilt, based in Huron, SD, manufactures heavy machinery including car crushers and balers/loggers. Overbuilt and its products have been around since 1996. They produce top-quality, high-performance equipment for auto salvage yards and… [Read More]
South Dakota
Establishing Unique Resources for a South Dakota Community
Brookings Economic Development Corporation (BEDC), through Vision Brookings Foundation, has received a USDA Rural Business Development Grant to create a commercial kitchen and implement a technical assistance program to assist the efforts of area food entrepreneurs.
The kitchen… [Read More]
South Dakota
Energy Efficiency Improvements Enhance Shopping Experience
The R&B Food Center located in Wessington, South Dakota is the only grocery store located in the community with a population of 177. Vernetta LeGrand has owned and operated this local grocery store since 1987.
Having a grocery store is critical to community… [Read More]
South Dakota
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Reservation Member Becomes First Time Homeowner
Sherry Louise Morgan is an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. She has worked hard for two years to obtain her dream of not only homeownership but to complete this dream on her mom and dad’s leased land where she lived as a young girl. In recognizing… [Read More]
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Maintaining Infrastructure Important to Rural South Dakota Grocery Store
As the only grocery store in the town of Geddes, SD, owners Jill & Bob Dyk, had a goal to provide local community members, as well as visitors to the area, with a place to buy grocery items, food and supplies for campers and hunters, general service items, and a place to… [Read More]
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USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program Assists South Dakota Rancher
Haven Stuck got his start ranching at an early age on his family’s ranch in Mellette, SD where they raised cattle, pigs and sheep. Stuck grew up working cattle and learning the difficult business of operating a sustainable agribusiness from his parents. After high school, Stuck… [Read More]
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