We are excited to announce the South Dakota Hall of Fame's Class of 2019. Meet the ten new honorees being inducted into the SD Hall of Fame at this year's Honors Ceremony on September 13 and 14!
Read MoreThe South Dakota Humanities Council has selected its first tribal author for this year’s reading program.
Read MoreWatch Mitch Reed and 'Cardboard Confessionals' receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreWatch Leola School Arts Outreach receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreWatch Germans from Russia Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreWatch Faulkton Mural receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreWatch Building Forever Families - Adoption & Family Service receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreWatch Granary Rural Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.
Read MoreHappy 90th Birthday Frank Farrar!
Read MoreAfter competing in 5Ks in other communities, friends Katie Nold and Joann Rader set forth to create their own event to raise funds for Labs for Liberty, an organization that provides service dogs for military veterans. The Tolstoy Wind Chiller 5K has been held annually in January since 2015.
Read MoreWhen Steve Geidt was hospitalized and unable to enjoy the Christmas lights of Aberdeen in 2017, his friends and colleagues at Livestock Specialists placed a lighted tree atop the Purina Mills elevator where he could see it from his hospital room window.
Read MoreA 1928 granary built by a Groton-area farm family was restored and transformed into the centerpiece of a campus for the celebration of Northern Plains art and culture in the James River Valley.Read more about this excellent act!
Read MoreThe story of how Germans from Russia settled in South Dakota and influenced the history of the state is told in a new permanent exhibit on the campus of Northern State University.Join us in celebrating them on April 3!
Read MoreThe community of Faulkton invited Australian artist, Guido van Helten, to use a grain elevator as a giant canvas to showcase artwork visible for miles around.Join us in Aberdeen on April 3 to celebrate this excellent act!
Read MoreA school sociology project began when Mitch Reed invited his students at Waverly-South Shore to answer six basic questions about themselves and place their answers in a cardboard box. The project led to a popular first book and launched Reed’s second career as a motivational speaker.
Read MoreThree South Dakota Hall of Fame inductees will share their stories of excellence during the Journey Museum's Women's History Month Turtle Soup event on Friday, March 22 at 12pm.
Read MoreBarb Pearson-Cramer, a child of adoption herself, started a business with her husband to provide personalized adoption services to other families seeking children. Barbara and her Faulkton-based agency are being celebrated on April 3 for their acts of excellence.
Read MoreCheck out some images from our recent Acts of Excellence Celebrations across South Dakota last month on our blog!
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