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From independent operators to publicly traded companies, stories on the businesses that fuel South Dakota's economy.
Child-care options in SD dwindling at a time more parents are returning to work
South Dakota parents trying to return to work after pandemic-caused layoffs, furloughs or job changes may have a hard time finding child care as state day-care providers struggle to survive amid decreased business and increased costs.
Day-care centers, preschools and state registered in-home day-care providers were struggling against high costs,
Special report: How four SD small towns are managing change — Lemmon, Webster, Edgemont and Lake Andes
Editor’s note: This article is the final piece of a three-part special report by South Dakota News Watch. The “Small Towns, Big Challenges” series was supported in part by a grant from the COVID-19 Local News Relief Fund Grant Program sponsored by Facebook.
Lemmon has a new ‘fire in
Media expert: Loss of local news outlets leaves public less informed and damages democracy
The very framework of democracy in America is being weakened by the rapid, widespread demise of local news organizations, particularly small newspapers that once served as trusted providers of information and pillars of their communities, according to Margaret Sullivan, who spoke virtually to a South Dakota audience on Tuesday, June
Cancellation of festivals costing SD communities money and momentum
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the cancellation of dozens of fairs, festivals and other events in South Dakota in 2020 that typically provide a significant revenue boost and foster community cohesiveness in cities and counties across the state.
As of early June, nearly four dozen community events, many of
Communities rally to launch SD weekly newspaper with volunteer labor
A group of business leaders and volunteers with almost no journalism training or experience has banded together to launch a local weekly newspaper in Kingsbury County, S.D., where two weekly papers were closed on April 1 due in part to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Armed only with an untested business
‘Uncounted’ unemployed workers taking brunt of COVID-19 hardships in SD
Stacey Twiggs is one of the “uncounted” unemployed people in South Dakota.
Twiggs, 35, is a massage therapist from Black Hawk who has seen COVID-19 turn her life upside down. She hasn’t gotten sick, but the pandemic has destroyed her once-thriving business, forced her to live off credit cards
Regulatory gaps and missed opportunities allowed COVID-19 to spread freely in US meatpacking plants
The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed the U.S. meatpacking industry, but public health experts say the risks posed to workers and the U.S. food supply chain by airborne viral infections were readily apparent and could have been addressed years ago.
Ongoing virus outbreaks could have been avoided, and future