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Updated: May. 19, 2022 at 8:21 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Nam Nguyen from Vermillion is someone you should know.
Updated: May. 12, 2022 at 7:55 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Balize Nilema is this week's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: May. 5, 2022 at 5:14 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Washington High School nurse, Carrie Clarke, is someone you should know.
Updated: Apr. 28, 2022 at 7:49 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Retired surgeon Dr. Rifat Hussain is this week's Someone You Should Know.
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Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 11:22 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Winston and Ashlee Simonson are this week's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 7:47 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Torrey Babb is this week's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Apr. 7, 2022 at 8:35 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Dorothy Schonewill is Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Mar. 31, 2022 at 7:50 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Elmer Burgers is this week's "Someone You Should Know."
Updated: Mar. 24, 2022 at 8:59 AM CDT
|By Alexandra Todd
Caesyn Hemmer is someone you should know.
Updated: Mar. 17, 2022 at 7:56 AM CDT
|By Erik Thorstenson
Brookings native Billy McMacken is this week's Someone You Should Know
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Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 10:21 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Three cardiologists are working side by side serving the Sioux Falls community.
Updated: Mar. 2, 2022 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
Kuol Malou is this week's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2022 at 11:11 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Jim Wood is making an impact on his students both in the arts and their lives.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 8:14 AM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
Juan Perez is helping his community with a new position at Sanford Health.
Updated: Feb. 10, 2022 at 9:19 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Sydney Meza is relentless in her mission of empowering women.
Updated: Feb. 3, 2022 at 8:24 AM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
A brave young Brandon girl was recently named Sanford Health’s Children’s Miracle Network Champion.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 10:45 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Dawn Marie Johnson is someone you should know.
Updated: Jan. 20, 2022 at 9:07 AM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
Manny Vargas is talented young boxer. He's this week's "Someone You Should Know."
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 10:56 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Martin Dill is in charge of the beautification, sanitation, safety, and security for downtown.
Updated: Jan. 6, 2022 at 9:21 AM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
Bill Earley is the first ever Executive Director of The Link. He's this week's Someone You Should Know.
Updated: Dec. 31, 2021 at 8:55 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Through his book, Jim Smorada sheds light on the life of immigrants who built the Midwest and writes a tribute to his family.
Updated: Dec. 23, 2021 at 7:30 AM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
Nathan Schema is the new CEO of the Good Samaritan Society. He's this week's "Someone You Should Know."
Updated: Dec. 16, 2021 at 8:36 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Colleen Mette makes an impact on the students that she teaches and helps through the "Trojan Den."
Updated: Dec. 8, 2021 at 5:46 PM CST
|By Erik Thorstenson
A woman from Madison, South Dakota spends a lot of her time making an item that helps the homeless in Sioux Falls. We think she's Someone You Should Know.
Someone You Should Know: More than a professor and theater director at the University of Sioux Falls
Updated: Dec. 6, 2021 at 9:21 AM CST
|By Alexandra Todd
Making a difference in the arts by mentoring and supporting his students.
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.
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.
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.