Dakota Life
Stories about interesting South Dakota people, places, and things. New episodes on TV and online the second Thursday of each month, September - June
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Dakota Life Honors South Dakota Veterans
The Dakota Thunder Air Show, Lakota Code Talker and sculptures Sheri Treeby and Lee Luening.
Greetings from Newell
SDPB travels to Newell to learn the history of this town and the people that make it a great.
Yellow Jacket Rodeo
Yellow Jacket Rodeo "A Gritty Bunch"
Doodle 4 Google Winner
Ten-year -old Bria Neff from Sioux Falls won the South Dakota Doodle 4 Google Art Contest
Feel That Aloha
A Hawaiian far from home finds a feeling of aloha by sharing his culture & music.
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Darts are a classic bar game, but in Elk Point and other communities around South Dakota - they have become a way to pull the community into fundraising for families while they fight cancer. -
J.J. Curry and his sons started the first hybrid seed corn company in South Dakota, today, a new generation is taking over this family business. -
We meet Karen and Jade Barrett and learn about their adventures playing and coaching bridge at a world-class level. -
Dakota Life visits a home basketball game to see how the school is not just the hub of a small community, it has brought together the towns of Elk Point and Jefferson
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Scotty Philip Days in Philip, South Dakota, is an action-packed weekend with demolition derbies, watermelon seed spitting contests, and more! SDPB was there in 2011; hit play to learn more about the event's history. -
In this 2002 Dakota Life story, SDPB examines the works of Tony Chytka, a bronze sculptor from Belle Fourche. -
In 2002, SDPB had the opportunity to interview Jerry Olson, aka "The Big Swede", about his storied rodeo career. Jerry passed away in 2017 at his home in Belle Fourche at the age of 81.
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