Jul 28, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Be it Ever So Humble, There’s No Place Like Gnome The beige corrugated metal building located off South Dakota Highway 38 on the north side of Hartford looks unassuming at first. Until you spot the unmistakable orange silhouette of a gnome mounted across one side,...
Jul 21, 2022 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Fiber Technology Where You Least Expect It Rural west Edgemont area enjoys advanced broadband connection. ‘We feel lucky to have fiber optics’ Sweet clover, sage brush, and bromegrass line the borrow pits along the two-lane ribbon of U.S. Hwy. 18 as it...
Jul 20, 2022 | Making A Difference, People & Places
Golden West’s scholarship program has been going strong since 1999. Every year, the cooperative awards $1,000 scholarships to more than 40 deserving high school seniors across the service territory. Contributions now total over $1 million! These students possess...
Jul 20, 2022 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline offers mental health crisis intervention Golden West recognizes the importance of keeping members connected and safe. Three-digit dialing codes have long provided easy access to everything from road conditions to community and...
Jul 1, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Being Excellent is Easy When It’s Part of Your Name You might say that construction is in Kari Karst’s blood. Her dad had a long career in the industry, and now Kari – CEO, President, and majority owner of BX Civil & Construction in Dell Rapids – is sharing that...
Jun 2, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Putting the Peddle to the Metal is All in a Day’s Work When Terry Arends was three years old, his family left South Dakota for the Pacific Northwest. Seattle may be known as the Emerald City, but Terry knew in his heart there was no place like home. Seven years ago,...
