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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Greetings from Wessington Springs
Most cities shape the landscape they’re on, but in Wessington Springs it’s the other way around.
Native American Voices
Dakota Life episodes featuring South Dakota's Native American Communities
Dakota Life Detours Off the Beaten Path
Experience a world-class museum in Timber lake and take a peek at who makes those Wall Drug signs.
Dakota Life November 1999
We visit barns, sod house and one room schoolhouses across South Dakota.
Dakota Life Detours The Highline of the Black Hills
Join SDPB as we take a ride on the most scenic railway of the Black Hills and learn its history.
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The Fort Thompson Mounds in South Dakota are a series of low earthen mounds extending for a distance of about 6 miles. -
The Ritz Ballroom was an entertainment landmark near Beresford. Dancers came from all over the region, and a few famous people played the venue. -
At the height of the Cold War in the early 1960's, the landscape around Union Center, South Dakota, changed dramatically with the edition of Minute Men Missile Sites. -
Step on to Laurel Prieb Field in Webster, South Dakota. A mini replica of Target Field in Minneapolis.
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The mayor of Britton is also an inventor, entrepreneur, and pilot. Clyde Fredrickson shows the SDPB crew a view they can’t find with two feet on the ground and provides insight into how he got into the South Dakota Hall of Fame. -
SDPB visits the Marshall County for the Annual Amherst Pie Auction, a charity event with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society. -
Come with SDPB to Patriot Day, Box Elder's annual community celebration.
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