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Friday, December 11, 2020

The need for a new EMS facility in Redfield is the top priority for Michael Sanger, Ambulance Director for Spink County Ambulance. Sanger is leading the effort to raise funds to retain what most believe to be an essential service to the community. Since the EMS service was established in Redfield in the early 1970s, its size, value and need have increased without any proactive approach to building an integrated facility, like you’d have with a police station or a fire hall. Sanger believes the current state of EMS in Redfield makes it increasingly difficult to retain and recruit volunteers...

Dr. Waldner's Career Path Leads Home to Redfield

Monday, November 30, 2020

Career choice is a matter of determination. We don’t often know at a young age what we want to be when we grow up. Our career choices are like that feather floating in the air at the start of the movie Forest Gump. It will land someplace, but we’re not quite sure where it will land. This was not the case for young Randall Waldner as he was growing up in Redfield, South Dakota. He knew where he wanted his feet to land, and at an early age he began putting himself in a position to make that dream happen...

New Doland School Opens 2020 Fall Season

Friday, October 30, 2020

The hallways of Doland school echoed with the voices of generations of students, including a young Hubert H. Humphrey, whose father was town mayor and owned a local pharmacy. The stairs were worn smooth from thousands of youthful feet running up and down them. Memories like these can’t be replaced, but over time, the three main buildings that cobbled together the Doland public school were showing their age. The cracks and creases of time could not be erased with simple repairs, the walls and windows leaked heat out into the cold winter air, and times had changed so that th...

Redfield Depot Reconnects the Past with the Present

Monday, August 03, 2020

The development of the telegraph in the 1830s revolutionized the way the world communicated. A nomenclature of dots and dashes was created representing each letter of the alphabet so that a “telegrapher,” using a telegraph key, could tap out a brief message that could be sent over a wire connected to another station almost instantly. It was a mind-blowing innovation that immediately changed long-distance communication. The thin, taut copper lines naturally followed the railroads. By the 1870s the telegraph had reached the Territory of Dakota, connecting the eastern industrial empire with one of the last regions to be settled wes...

The Sun Shines on New Crop in Spink County

Thursday, April 23, 2020

The renewable energy market has seen three-digit growth nationwide since the turn of the century. The use of solar power as a source of renewable energy is expected to reach 48 percent nationwide by 2050, making it the fastest-growing electricity source, according to the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions. In South Dakota this hasn’t been the case, but an unlikely group of Spink County farmers are looking to change that trend with the development of one of the state’s largest solar farms. Farmers have always relied upon the sun to raise their crops, to create the energy within plants fo...

Redfield, South Dakota Prepares for 2019 Pheasantennial Celebration

Thursday, October 17, 2019

The Pheasantennial Celebration will be held on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. The duration of the day will be dedicated to a formal pheasant release and Mayor’s Invitational Pheasant Hunt which will take place throughout Spink County. Fifty state and local leaders have been invited to attend this historic event. After the hunt, a social hour will take place at Shanty Haven Event Hall in Redfield beginning at 6:00pm. A prime rib meal catered by Auntie Mimi’s Farmhouse Kitchen will be served at 7:00pm with a program to follow. For additional details please see attached information... Casey Weismantel

Pheasantennial Celebration this Fall

Wednesday, July 24, 2019

People have been enjoying the thrill of pheasant hunting in South Dakota for 100 years. The state’s first pheasant hunting season was a one-day hunt that took place right here in Spink County on October 30, 1919. To commemorate this historic event the City of Redfield has partnered with Grow Spink and members of the community to host a Pheasantennial Celebration this fall. The Pheasantennial Celebration will take place on October 30. Much of the day will be dedicated to the Mayor’s Hunt, which will take place throughout Spink County. State and local leaders have been formally invited to attend. “We’re pretty excite...

Grow Spink annual meeting held, 2018 accomplishments discussed

Monday, February 25, 2019

Grow Spink, an organization dedicated to promoting business development and expansion throughout Spink County, held its annual meeting on Wednesday, January 9th, 2019, at the Diamond T Bar and Steakhouse in Redfield with about 25 people in attendance. Executive Director, Gianna Lantero, introduced board members Clayton Blachford, Corey Baloun, Paul Domke, Michelle Stuck, Joe Morrissette, Dustin Rische, Rick Skorupski and Craig Oberle. Lantero also gave an overview of Grow Spink's 2018 activities. Read full article.

The Best Small Cities For Business And Careers 2017

Friday, February 22, 2019

New York, San Francisco and Charlotte are often considered the banking centers of the U.S. thanks to the big financial institutions headquartered in those cities. But when it comes to bank assets, none of those locales can touch South Dakota where $3.2 trillion in bank assets are held—the most of any state and 19% of all bank assets in the U.S., according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The state’s largest city, Sioux Falls, has been the biggest beneficiary. Citi and Wells Fargo both employ more than 2,000 people in the area and Sioux Falls’ unemployment rate is a scant 2.6...

Survey suggests more economic growth ahead for Midwest

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

OMAHA, Neb. — A monthly survey of business leaders suggests that economic conditions continued to improve for nine Midwestern and Plains states, according to a report released. View original article.

Need-based financial aid program in the works for South Dakota

Monday, February 18, 2019

South Dakota is one of the only states that doesn’t offer a need-based financial aid program. The South Dakota Board of Regents has been working on a program, Dakota’s Promise, to change that. Dakota’s Promise is a five phase, state-funded aid program that could support 6,000 students once fully implemented. SDBOR has sent a recommendation to Gov. Dennis Daugaard to include the plan in the fiscal budget. Josh Sorbe, a Student Government Association senator, sponsored a recommendation in support of the plan. It was passed unanimously by SGA. View original article.

SD Mines' Alum to Return to Campus as School President

Friday, February 15, 2019

A graduate of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was named the school's 19th president. RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A graduate of South Dakota School of Mines and Technology was named the school's 19th president. The South Dakota Board of Regents announced the appointment of Jim Rankin. Rankin grew up in Fort Pierre and graduated from SD Mines in 1978 with a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering. View original article.

Community improvement ideas shared at first public Focus Group held in Redfield

Monday, May 29, 2017

The first public Focus Group discussion, designed to bring focus to the priorities and needs of Redfield and the Redfield area, was held in Redfield at Leo's Good Food on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. The discussion was led by Kristi Wagner of Whitewood, South Dakota. Wagner will be serving as the Redfield Area community coach for two years as the Redfield area launches into a community improvement process. "I will be teaching and engaging people in your community to do things and practice what we do. The second year I will start to back out and let the community continue o...

SDDC: #10135 Medication Aide

Monday, May 21, 2018

Redfield Crisis Center takes part in Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Monday, May 29, 2017

According to research conducted by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), approximately 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are sexually abused before the age of 18. Due to the widespread prevalence of sexual assault, on April 1, 2001, the United States set aside the month of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) for the first time nationally. “Since then, the National Sexual Violence Resource Center promotes national unity for SAAM activities. We encourage interaction and feedback from across the nation. This builds momentum to prevent sexual violence,” states the National Sexual Violence Resource Center website, www.nsvrc.org...

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