Dale Hildebrant, Farm & Ranch Guide
LAKOTA, N.D. – A stone’s throw to the east from Highway 1, nine miles south of Lakota is where you find Diane Swenson, one of six finalists for Farm & Ranch Guide’s Country Woman of the Year award.
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