The South Dakota State Fair begins in Huron today. Marketing and Events Coordinator Candi Hettinger says the first day of the Fair is Value Added Day…
Governor Dennis Daugaard and Sentor Tim Johnson will be taking the in Fair today. Daugaard and Public Utilities Commissioner Chris Nelson will speak during a ribbon cutting marking the success of SDN Communications broadband stimulus efforts. SDN was awarded 20-million dollar in stimulus grants for broadband upgrades and is the first fiber-optic company to do so. SDN provided five-million dollars of its own money to aid the effort. 15 health, school and governmental agencies will be connected to SDN broadband network because of the stimulus funding.