Dakotafest strives to create connections

Melisa Goss
Aug 12, 2024
Aug 12, 2024

Dakotafest 2023 (150).JPG — Brothers Ethan, right, Owen, Logan and Carson Blaha of Wagner, S.D., enjoy ice cream during the 2023 Dakotafest SDSU ice cream social.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Melisa Goss

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Visitors to this year’s Dakotafest can expect to see more exhibitors than ever before.

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Dakotafest 2023 JA (194).jpg — Dakotafest visitors walk the streets at the 2023 show.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.