Remote worker returns to hometown, keeps big-city job

After living away for 20 years, Ashley O’Dell moved back to her hometown of Murdo. She missed the connection with her community and family. Read how fiber-optic internet allows her to work from home and give her big-city opportunities in a small town.

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115-Year-Old Hotel Regains Its Former Glory One Floorboard at a Time

115-Year-Old Hotel Regains Its Former Glory One Floorboard at a Time

The Pearl Hotel, a fixture in downtown Kadoka since 1907, once catered to hungry and tired Milwaukee Railroad passengers. When train service was discontinued in the 1950s, business declined, and the city was eventually prepared to demolish the property. That’s when a spirited citizen stepped in and led a preservation effort that continues to this day.

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That’s a Lot of Bull

That’s a Lot of Bull

When Martin and Gertrude Jorgensen first homesteaded on the South Dakota prairie over a century ago, they were laying the groundwork for a family business. Four generations later, great-grandson Cody Jorgensen — along with his dad, uncle, and cousin — runs Jorgensen Land & Cattle in Ideal.

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