Welcome to Rural Ventures

Welcome to Rural Ventures, a monthly publication that will talk about the success stories of those living in South Dakota. They include Brookings, Deuel, Hamlin, Hanson, Kingsbury, Lake, McCook, Miner, Moody, Sanborn and Turner counties.

The hope is that this publication will inform, motivate and help build community with those who read the publication. Small businesses and individuals do have stories to tell and Rural Ventures is one way to help tell their stories. Ultimately, by telling the stories in our communities, people will want to come back to South Dakota and grow with us.

This would not have been possible without the help of a few people. First, I would like to thank my son, Justin, for developing the website where anyone can view any of the stories at any time and our good family friend, Todd Knudson, who developed the publication that you will be receiving each month via e-mail.

Then there are the businesses who took a chance on a new venture. Rural Ventures calls them partners, but they are more than that. They are people who have a vision and want to see our small communities succeed. So thank you to the following partners: Bethel Lutheran Home, East River Electric Power Cooperative, Heartland Consumers Power District, Lake Area Improvement Corporation, Madison Chiropractic Center, Madison Community Hospital, Prostrollo Auto Mall, South Dakota Rural Enterprise Institute and The Rural Learning Center. We look forward to adding new partners in each issue.

Anytime you start a new publication, one of the first issues to deal with is what will be included in the publication. We have designed each month’s publication around a certain theme or topic. So, sit back, read and enjoy the success stories that are right here in our own backyard.