Solutions

After over 120 years of serving the Freeman community, the private school is closing its doors to students and entering a transitional period.

Driven by entrepreneurial residents, housing development has helped transform the southeast South Dakota town into a rural bedroom community for Sioux Falls and Mitchell.

While mental health concerns exist among agricultural communities in South Dakota, barriers such as stigma and distance make it harder for farmers and ranchers to access care. Virtual care services may provide a promising solution to this.

The apartments, to be built by a Sioux Falls construction firm, could rent for as low as $600/month with utilities included in a Black Hills city where market rate rents can top $1,600 a month.

A list of entities and programs that can assist in developing or obtaining housing as well as links to News Watch reporting on housing solutions.

After years of enduring a stifling housing shortage, a rural hospital in Hot Springs is investing in a subdivision project that will benefit the entire community.

A shared funding model by philanthropy groups in the Black Hills has led to development of nearly 650 affordable apartments in a market where rents are the highest in the state.