Oct 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Burke Student Receives $2,000 Scholarship The South Dakota Telecommunications Association (SDTA) has awarded a $2,000 memorial scholarship to Jackson Liewer of Burke, SD. Liewer is pursuing a cybersecurity degree from Dakota State University. According to Liewer, they...
Sep 17, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Some Towns See Bright Spot with More Local Shopping When the pandemic first hit, Dell Rapids City Administrator Justin Weiland worried sales tax collections would drop significantly and impede the city’s ability to provide services. “I had nightmare visions of a...
Jul 30, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference
Golden West Returns $7.3 Million in Capital Credits to Members Golden West Telecommunications Cooperative is retiring and returning more in capital credits to members this year – $7.3 million total – and is distributing the funds in August, which is a month ahead of...
Jul 23, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference
SHAKEN/STIR helps reduce spoofed robocalls Receiving unwanted calls, especially robocalls that “spoof” or appear to come from another number, is a top consumer complaint. Thanks to recent action by Congress and the Federal Commissions Commission (FCC), Golden West is...
Jul 15, 2020 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Expanding Telemedicine Pandemic Pushes Health System to Accelerate Plans Earlier this year, Monument Health started a two-year plan to rollout an outpatient telemedicine program for its clinics. But instead of following their original timeline, the health system went...
May 21, 2020 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Call 988 for Suicide Prevention & 211 for SD Resource Information Golden West telephone subscribers in need can now call two new three-digit numbers for help. Dialing 988 from a Golden West phone line will reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, and...
