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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NewsJoin SDPB for a free screening of Dakota Life Greetings from Garretson on Wednesday, February 5th, at Garretson American Legion. -
SDPB traces the evolution of the Thelma Kalstad farm. Thelma would have never dreamed of….Fleurish Flower Farm- A new concept for a South Dakota farm. -
Santa took some time out of his busy schedule to talk with SDPB during Burke's 3X The Christmas Celebration. -
A match made in first grade, Ed and Maggie Jerde took the next few decades living very separate lives. Both returned home for a class reunion, only to fall in love.
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Susan Haygood is a painter and sculptor with a life-long relationship with horses. -
SDPB meets Bruce Reckstad, who conducts tours up and down Split Rock Creek on a pontoon boat. -
In 2021, the Garretson Historical Society hired a former military ordinance specialist turned locksmith to repair a lock in the Garretson Museum, which is partially housed in a former bank. When he looked at the vault doors, he discovered a live mechanism containing industrial-strength tear gas.
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