We also wanted to know what patients want out of their healthcare. Who better to ask than those who've battled cancer... and their family members.

Paul Kuhlman, South Dakota's 2009 Teacher of the Year, is being featured on Wells Fargo's ATMs across the state.

Pierre is the only example of a state capital that does not share any letters with that state's name, according to legendsofamerica.com. The town of Howard was named on July 4, 1881, in honor of Judge J.D. Farmer's son, Howard, who recently had died, according to "South Dakota Geographic Names," published by the University of South Dakota.

Thunderstorms last night damaged large trees and dumped more than an inch of rain on some South Dakota communities, according to reports today from the National Weather Service.

Thirty-seven miles outside of Pierre, Highway 1804 unfurls like a ribbon across the rolling prairie.

I briefly rode Monday with Carey Haugen of Sioux Falls between Avon and the last rest stop near Dante.