De Smet had a newspaper almost from the day it was founded in 1880 and so when it looked like the town might no longer have a local news source, it was the community that stepped up to get the job done.
Dakota Life: Saving the De Smet Newspaper

De Smet had a newspaper almost from the day it was founded in 1880 and so when it looked like the town might no longer have a local news source, it was the community that stepped up to get the job done.