Audio and Photos by Denny McAuliffe
TABOR, S.D.—Experience the sights and sounds of the Czech Days carnival June 19.
“If everybody can come out here and have a real good time and everybody leaves happy, with a happy memory, that’s what it’s all about,” said David Thiel, foreman of the carnival operated by Mac’s Carnival and Attractions.
The [...]

Tractors, trucks, bands and antique cars floated through Tabor, S.D. as part of the 61st annual Czech Days giant parade on Friday, June 19.

VERMILLION, S.D. – On a busy corner downtown, the Coffee Shop Gallery offers a unique setting for customers. It’s walls display local artwork year-round in the cozy café.
Monday regulars Jess Dennis, 80, and Max Brown, 88, of Yankton, S.D., say they come to the shop because “it’s kind of a unique place, this coffee gallery. [...]

The month of June has been on the wet side for this small town of 10,000 with a new batch of storms brewing earlier this week.

Pianists young and old visit the National Music Museum on the University of South Dakota campus to see historical keyboard instruments that date back to the 17th century in the museum’s Abell Gallery.

The work of five Oklahoma artists, known as the “Urban Five,” is on display through June 25 at The University of South Dakota. Originally created for the Oklahoma City Indian Clinic, the art addresses Native American health issues and promotes healing.
“Unlike our reservations, Native American Art has no boundaries,” said the [...]

By Andi Murphy
In a town that most people would miss if they blinked on the highway, a country legend is reborn year after year.
In 2001, Gayville, a town of about 418 people, according to a 2000 U.S. Census, the spirit of a legend swept through in waves of lonesomeness and cheatin’ hearts. Every year since, [...]