Luke Black caught his bride-to-be off guard when he proposed at the Beef Complex on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds after the family’s heifer had just won top prize in the 2016 Angus show. The couple is looking forward to creating new memories in the proposed Dakota Events Complex that will replace the old building in time for the 2022 fair.
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Shelby and Luke Black walk the pastures on her dad’s White Lake, S.D., farm for their engagement photo shoot.
For many livestock families, showing animals in the Beef Complex at the South Dakota State Fair was the culmination of a summer’s worth of hard work. Win or lose, it was a place to celebrate.
JCC Lady Promise 1555 won grand champion female at the 2016 South Dakota State Fair Angus Show. Shelby and Luke Black, second and third from left, got engaged moments after this photo was taken.
Shelby and Luke Black now have 19-month-old Laramie and another baby on the way. They raise goats in Luverne, Minn., and hope their kids can show cattle some day.
Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.
Sheep exhibitors are invited to enter the Open Class Sheep Show at this year’s South Dakota State Fair for the inaugural show in The SHED.
Luke Black caught his bride-to-be off guard when he proposed at the Beef Complex on the South Dakota State Fairgrounds after the family’s heifer had just won top prize in the 2016 Angus show. The couple is looking forward to creating new memories in the proposed Dakota Events Complex that will replace the old building in time for the 2022 fair.
JCC Lady Promise 1555 won grand champion female at the 2016 South Dakota State Fair Angus Show. Shelby and Luke Black, second and third from left, got engaged moments after this photo was taken.
Shelby and Luke Black now have 19-month-old Laramie and another baby on the way. They raise goats in Luverne, Minn., and hope their kids can show cattle some day.
