Nominations are open for the 2022 Rural Dakota Pride Awards. Nomination deadline is July 1, 2022. The 2021 Rural Dakota Pride Honorees are pictured here with South Dakota Farmers Union Vice President, Wayne Soren (far right). Left to right: Doug Kazmerzak, Erwin; Cadence Konechne (accepting the award on her parents’ Kayla & Kelly Konechne behalf) Kimball; Shirley Mallow, Black Hawk; and Ryan Jensen, Wessington Springs. Liz Farley of Winner was unable to attend the ceremony. PHOTO COURTESY LURA ROTI
Nominations are now open for the 2022 Rural Dakota Pride awards. Designed to recognize volunteers who give back to their rural communities and sponsored by South Dakota Farmers Union (SDFU), rural citizens are encouraged to nominate a volunteer from their community on or before July 1.
“We all know individuals who share their time and talents to do what needs to be done in our rural...