Lura Roti
Reporter/ProducerLura Roti grew up on a ranch in western South Dakota but today she calls Sioux Falls home. She has worked as a freelance journalist for more than two decades. Lura loves working with the SDPB team to share the stories of South Dakota’s citizens and communities. And she loves sharing her knowledge with the next generation. Lura teaches a writing course for the University of Sioux Falls.
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With the support of her father - Tammy Basel has built her career as a rancher near Fairpoint – 70-miles northeast of Rapid City. -
Clark Arends share memories of his grandpa Garfield Simons who was a cowboy, wolfer, and when the need was urgent – a “dentist.” -
1880s Train conductor Cesareo Meza shares why he loves his job. -
The Depression and Dust Bowl were tough times for many South Dakotans. Irean Jordan of Faith is among only a few South Dakotans left who remember the drought, the dust, and the hunger. -
Bea Schelske and Alice Hager began to live their dream of becoming country music stars as they sang on Mitchell’s K-O-R-N Radio in the 1940s. -
Margarette King’s headstone was buried in a cattle pasture under topsoil and native grasses for decades. It was discovered by three friends from Parkston, South Dakota who restored it. -
Grasshoppers are wreaking havoc on western South Dakota rangelands and hayfields this growing season. Many life-long ranchers say they have never seen an infestation this bad. -
SDPB’s Lura Roti visits with cattle producers from Forestburg, Gregory, and Kimball to understand what is driving the record highs in the cattle market. -
SDPB’s Lura Roti visits a Plankinton ranch to sit down with a third-generation South Dakota rodeo family to understand what it is about this sport that they enjoy. -
Sioux Falls City Council member Curt Soehl volunteered to serve as a judge for the American Pie Council National Pie Championships.
