Dakota Life Season 28 (2025-2026)

We can smell the strudla, schupfnoodla, knoephla, borscht soup, and kuchen from here. Take your taste buds to Eureka Fest with Dakota Life.

We sit down with Ila Rae Riech, a traveling nurse whose remarkable career spans decades. From serving in the military during the Vietnam conflict to a lifetime of caring for others.

We’re diving into the history of Eureka and the Germans from Russia who made it home. They brought their agricultural know-how and rich traditions to the Dakotas—and still celebrate that heritage today.

Meet Joel and Janice Sayler. High school sweethearts whose relationship took a 50-year hiatus while each was happily married, separately.

We’re in Eureka for Homecoming! From the parade and pep rally to stories of Eureka School’s early days—we even hear of a student’s chance meeting with Sitting Bull in 1888. Plus, we meet Mayor Wendy Brockel, Eureka’s first female mayor!

Meet Hunter Heinrich, who collects Eureka area advertising trinkets from yesteryear and learn how he’s carrying on Germans from Russia heritage through accordion playing.

What you find upstairs at Newell's City Hall might surprise you. Come take a look around quite a collection.

Ken Wetz shares the story of his grandfather, who was a bull whacker on the Ft. Pierre to Deadwood trail.

A century after the Newell experimental farms, the tradition of experimenting continues at Prairie Lane Farms. Come with SDPB to learn more about hydroponic farming.

The European settlers who came west did not know what crops were suitable for the Newell areas' "gumbo soil." The Belle Fourche Experiment Farm helped farmers develop crops that were profitable and taught people how to irrigate effectively.