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Updated: Nov. 24, 2021 at 6:11 PM CST
|By Dakota News Now staff
From rural roots to leading the University of South Dakota’s Sanford School of Medicine, we think Dr. Tim Ridgway is Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Nov. 18, 2021 at 8:39 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Jodi Reiners is making a difference in the Mitchell School District.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2021 at 5:49 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
A doctor in Pipestone, Minnesota has been with many parents in one of their most memorable moments of life, the delivery room.
Updated: Nov. 3, 2021 at 5:20 PM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
A volunteer soccer coach created a team for the youth in his community, we think he’s Someone You Should Know.
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Updated: Oct. 27, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
Lonnette Kelley felt called to make a pumpkin carriage, which she named ‘Joy’.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2021 at 5:40 PM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
For years she worked with care to create a warm and supportive community at Dow Rummel Village in Sioux Falls. We think she's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Oct. 13, 2021 at 6:09 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A Yankton man has been a friendly voice for radio listeners in the five-state region for decades. We think he's Someone You Should Know, if you don't.
Updated: Oct. 7, 2021 at 8:53 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
A lead cook with a passion for taking care of those around her for 42 years.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2021 at 5:18 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A Sioux Falls man has invented a device that will one day help the elderly and people with Parkinson’s disease. We think he's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Sep. 24, 2021 at 9:18 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Avera Medical Minute: Questions to ask while at that annual doctor's visit.
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Updated: Sep. 23, 2021 at 11:38 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
This week's Someone You Should Know is Lab Director Jennie Boe. Sharing her passion for her work and personal experience with blood donation.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2021 at 5:17 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
The Hidden Valley Golf Course in Brandon is a labor of love for owner Jim Reiter. We think he's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2021 at 11:35 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Mitch Bonestroo is a woodworker and CEO of FBT Sawmill located in Steen, Minnesota. The non-profit, Wings of Valor, reached out to Mitch, to create and donate plaques and other wooden pieces to auction off at events. The proceeds go to helping wounded veterans.
Updated: Sep. 1, 2021 at 4:55 PM CDT
|By Cooper Seamer
A Huron man has been collecting and donating the proceeds from a massive can and scrap metal collection for a cause.
Updated: Aug. 25, 2021 at 5:44 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
This week’s Someone You Should Know is someone we all know well here at Dakota News Now.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2021 at 5:19 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson and Dakota News Now staff
A Brookings man has overcome an obstacle in life to build a business. We think he’s Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Aug. 11, 2021 at 6:26 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A Watertown woman recently retired from a job she'd had for more than half a century, we think she's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Aug. 4, 2021 at 5:48 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
This Sioux Falls woman is making the company she works for better every day and she recently received a big national award for it.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2021 at 4:05 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
The Chief Technology Officer and President of AVPro Global Holdings, Matt Murray, started the company in 2013 with his parents.
Updated: Jul. 21, 2021 at 5:39 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
One of the residents at Prairie Creek assisted living in Sioux Falls is well-known around the facility and it’s all because of how much he tries to give back.
Updated: Jul. 14, 2021 at 5:50 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
If you’ve tuned into any Sioux Falls Canaries baseball games on the radio this summer you’ve heard the voice of Molly McIntyre, who’s making some history with the club.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2021 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
She started the Black Expo in 2020 to highlight black-owned businesses in the community. That's helped her make the leap to open a storefront for her boutique.
Updated: Jun. 30, 2021 at 7:41 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
The Porter Sculpture Park has been hosting tourists for more than 20 years.
Updated: Jun. 23, 2021 at 7:27 PM CDT
|By Kelsie Passolt
A theater kid from Madison, South Dakota grew up and eventually found her place in the business she loves.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
Terry Liggins is the founder and CEO of The Hurdle Life Coach Foundation, a non-profit he created in the past few years.
Updated: Jun. 9, 2021 at 6:46 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A member of the Sioux Falls Storm’s front office has overcome obstacles in life to make her dream come true of working for the team.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2021 at 5:58 PM CDT
|By Kelsie Passolt
It’s now easier for some kids to get books from Siouxland Libraries, thanks to a new program run by one of the libraries’ staff members. We think she's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: May. 26, 2021 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
Nancy Kirstein used the pandemic as an opportunity to take some time and pursue new opportunities for her farm, The Good Earth, which is just south of Lennox.
Updated: May. 19, 2021 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A South Dakota family is helping feed the community with their egg business.
Updated: May. 12, 2021 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Dakota News Now staff
A Sioux Falls woman has a passion for helping kids reach their full potential and started a new mentoring program in the Sioux Falls School District.
Updated: May. 5, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
Gabe Gitzen was named Sanford Children's Miracle Network Champion for 2021 and he has quite the story on why he was considered for this.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2021 at 5:33 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
The Sioux Empire Boys & Girls Club recently named their youth of the year, a young man who grew up in the club and now is an employee. We think he's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2021 at 10:52 PM CDT
|By Kelsie Passolt
Meet this week's Someone You Should Know
Updated: Apr. 14, 2021 at 4:00 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
Bryan Moscatello has run restaurants in Denver, the Napa Valley, Aspen, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Panama City.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2021 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
A Sioux Falls man used his career in the food business to help others and we think he's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2021 at 11:00 PM CDT
|By Kelsie Passolt
Meet Dell Rapids woman who helps run Sioux Falls-based nonprofit
Updated: Mar. 24, 2021 at 4:30 PM CDT
|By Vanessa Gomez
The idea started when Kim Bartling gave her granddaughter a book for her birthday called "Lady Legends Alphabet."
Updated: Mar. 17, 2021 at 6:42 PM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Travis Robinson joined the Sioux Falls Composite of the South Dakota Civil Air Patrol four years ago. He was recently named its new commander and we think he's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2021 at 6:59 PM CST
|By Kelsie Passolt
Sioux Falls woman doing her part to get word out about MS
Updated: Mar. 3, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
Chief Matt McAreavey started in his new position February 15th, and he's still adjusting to the role.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021 at 6:58 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
A college professor in Yankton has a special connection to a dinosaur that was on the earth 160-million years ago.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2021 at 7:36 PM CST
|By Kelsie Passolt
Meet one city employee who's been very involved with the new Amazon project.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
A professor at Dakota State University in Madison, Justin Blessinger, created a piece of technology that was recently patented.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2021 at 5:36 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
If you ever listen to KMIT radio in the Mitchell area, there’s a familiar voice that’s been on the airwaves for more than four decades, it’s a voice sports fan know very well.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2021 at 7:37 PM CST
|By Kelsie Passolt
Leukemia survivor's family donates toys to Sanford Children's Hospital
Updated: Jan. 20, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
Ruthie Haag was overweight her entire life until she decided in 2016, it was time for a change.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2021 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
Shelley Schipper had to take over her family's trucking company in 1991 when her dad died suddenly.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2021 at 8:16 PM CST
|By Kelsie Passolt
Sioux Falls woman makes 2020 temperature blanket
Updated: Dec. 30, 2020 at 6:21 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
A Luverne man has had a lifelong love of the Minnesota Vikings and the team is recognizing him for it.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2020 at 4:00 PM CST
|By Vanessa Gomez
Josh Clayton started in the role as the state epidemiologist in 2017, taking over for Lon Kightlinger, who retired at that time.