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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.

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.

Ugly vacant buildings can create an impression of decline in many South Dakota small towns, but Centerville has given its downtown a rebirth.

How one rural congregation is tapping its community -- as well as state and national funding -- to preserve a critical part of its history.