SD Hall of Fame Class of 2019

We are excited to announce the South Dakota Hall of Fame's Class of 2019. Meet the ten new honorees being inducted into the SD Hall of Fame at this year's Honors Ceremony on September 13 and 14!

Honors Ceremony, Inductee NewssdhalloffameMay 2, 2019Bill Groethe, Clyde Frederickson, Dick Brown, Helen Duhamel, James Scull, John Calvin, Lyndell Petersen, Reuben Bareis, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame, Tim Johnson, Tony Bour

Donald F. Montileaux's Lakota Creation Stories Selected for SD Summer Reading Program

The South Dakota Humanities Council has selected its first tribal author for this year’s reading program.

Inductee News, Legacies of AchievementsdhalloffameApril 24, 2019Donald F- Montileaux, Lakota Artist, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame, South Dakota Humanities Council

Watch Cardboard Confessionals receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Mitch Reed and 'Cardboard Confessionals' receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventssdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Acts of Excllence, Cardboard Confessionals, Mitch Reed, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Watch Leola School Arts Outreach Program receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Leola School Arts Outreach receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventssdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Aberdeen, Acts of Excllence, Art Education, Colorful Creations, Leola, Leola Arts Council, Leola School District, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Watch Germans from Russia Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Germans from Russia Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventssdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Aberdeen, Acts of Excllence, Germans from Russia Cultural Center, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Watch Faulkton Mural receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Faulkton Mural receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventssdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Acts of Excllence, Faulkton, Faulkton Mural, Guido van Helten, Mural, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Watch Building Forever Families receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Building Forever Families - Adoption & Family Service receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventssdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Acts of Excllence, Adoption, Building Forever Families, Faulkton, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Watch Granary Rural Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence

Watch Granary Rural Cultural Center receive an Act of Excellence on April 3, 2019.

Acts of Excellence, EventsceosdhalloffameApril 4, 2019Acts of Excllence, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Granary Rural Cultural Center, Groton, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Happy 90th Birthday Frank Farrar

Happy 90th Birthday Frank Farrar!

Events, Inductee News, Legacies of AchievementsdhalloffameApril 3, 2019Frank Farrar, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Tolstoy Wind Chiller 5K Celebrated for Excellent Acts

After competing in 5Ks in other communities, friends Katie Nold and Joann Rader set forth to create their own event to raise funds for Labs for Liberty, an organization that provides service dogs for military veterans. The Tolstoy Wind Chiller 5K has been held annually in January since 2015.

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 29, 20195k, Acts of Excllence, Labs for Liberty, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame, Tolstoy Wind Chiller 5K

Aberdeen Purina Elevator's Christmas Tree Celebrated for Excellent Act

When Steve Geidt was hospitalized and unable to enjoy the Christmas lights of Aberdeen in 2017, his friends and colleagues at Livestock Specialists placed a lighted tree atop the Purina Mills elevator where he could see it from his hospital room window.

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 26, 2019Aberdeen, Acts of Excllence, Christmas, Christmas Lights, Christmas Tree, Purina Mills Elevator, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame, Steve Geidt

Granary Rural Cultural Center Celebrated for Excellent Acts

A 1928 granary built by a Groton-area farm family was restored and transformed into the centerpiece of a campus for the celebration of Northern Plains art and culture in the James River Valley.Read more about this excellent act!

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 20, 2019Acts of Excllence, Dacotah Prairie Museum, Granary Rural Cultural Center, Groton, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Germans from Russia Cultural Center NSU Celebrated for Excellent Acts

The story of how Germans from Russia settled in South Dakota and influenced the history of the state is told in a new permanent exhibit on the campus of Northern State University.Join us in celebrating them on April 3!

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 17, 2019Aberdeen, Acts of Excllence, Germans from Russia Cultural Center, Northern State University, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Faulkton Mural being Celebrated as an Act of Excellence

The community of Faulkton invited Australian artist, Guido van Helten, to use a grain elevator as a giant canvas to showcase artwork visible for miles around.Join us in Aberdeen on April 3 to celebrate this excellent act!

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 14, 2019Acts of Excllence, Artwork, Faulkton, Guido van Helten, Mural, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

More Sioux Falls garbage to gas to Poet

Inductee News, Legacies of AchievementsdhalloffameMarch 12, 2019Jeff Broin, Legacy of Achievement, POET Biotechnology, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Mitch Reed and Cardboard Confessionals Celebrated for Excellent Acts

A school sociology project began when Mitch Reed invited his students at Waverly-South Shore to answer six basic questions about themselves and place their answers in a cardboard box. The project led to a popular first book and launched Reed’s second career as a motivational speaker.

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 11, 2019Acts of Excllence, Cardboard Confessionals, Mitch Reed, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

Dream Chasers featured at Journey Museum's Turtle Soup this month

Three South Dakota Hall of Fame inductees will share their stories of excellence during the Journey Museum's Women's History Month Turtle Soup event on Friday, March 22 at 12pm.

Events, Inductee NewssdhalloffameMarch 8, 2019Dream Chasers, Journey Museum, Rapid City, SDHOF, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame, Turtle Soup, Women's History Month

Building Forever Families – Adoption & Family Services Celebrated for Excellent Acts

Barb Pearson-Cramer, a child of adoption herself, started a business with her husband to provide personalized adoption services to other families seeking children. Barbara and her Faulkton-based agency are being celebrated on April 3 for their acts of excellence.

Acts of Excellence, UncategorizedsdhalloffameMarch 7, 2019Acts of Excllence, Adoption, Barbara Pearson-Cramer, Building Forever Families, Faulkton, South Dakota, South Dakota Hall of Fame

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