Earlier in the week we checked in with the mayor of Sturgis ahead of the rally. Today we visit with Vermillion Mayor Kelsey Collier-Wise regarding COVID mitigations in her community as students return to the University of South Dakota.
Jackelyn Severin reports for SDPB on current reading levels in South Dakota public schools and efforts to get students back on track.
Drought transforms the soil and the lives of the people who work it, but it also transforms rivers, lakes, and ponds. Travis Entenman & Jay Gilbertson discuss the Big Sioux River and the ongoing impact of the drought.
For this week's Poetry from Studio 47 Patrick Hicks features the work of Sharon Chmielarz.
Norma Wilson received the 2020 Dakota Conference Award for Distinguished Contribution to the Preservation of the Cultural Heritage of the Norther Plains from the Augustana University's Center for Western Studies. She discusses her research on Native American poetry ahead of the annual Dakota Conference.
