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Panel: "Where Does the Midwest End and the Plains Begin?" from this weekend's Northern Great Plains History Conference, hosted by South Dakota State University FYI GreatPlainsQuarterly Midwestern History Association Midwest Museums youtube.com/watch?v=JVLS-2…

Everyone's talking about the Midwest! MiddleWestReview editor and regional expert Jon Lauck featured in the New York Times about last night's VP debate: nytimes.com/2024/10/01/us/…

Check out my photos of the small town Midwest in this article that came out today: ft.com/content/3bd925…

In our new issue: "In Search of the Viking Midwest" by Alice Kwok UW–Madison muse.jhu.edu/issue/53238 thanks Dr. Alice C. M. Kwok ! FYI Minnesota Historical Society Minnesota Vikings The Medieval World The Medieval Scholar Viking History Norwegian Embassy in Washington Scandinavian Aesthetics #twitterstorians

Are you a Midwesterner or Plainsman? Scholars debate Over decades, identities shift but 'Midwestern' identity respected for work ethic, honesty Story: thedakotascout.com/p/are-you-a-mi…

Nights like this never get old Watertown, South Dakota - 9/25/24

Excited to get the new issue of MiddleWestReview. It includes my article looking back at Inland: The Magazine of the Middle West, which Inland Steel published from 1953 to 1990. (Is that meta enough for you?)

New book on the Nebraska Sandhills

Kurt Vonnegut (the tall one) in 1940, at Shortridge High School, Indianapolis.

Sioux City Corn Palace: On October 3, 1887, the first world’s first corn palace opened in Sioux City. Located in downtown Sioux City, over time, five corn palaces celebrating the harvest of Iowa’s most common crop blossomed on the bank of the Missouri in Woodbury County.

Received my Fall issue of The Middle West Review which includes my essay “Pop or Soda: The roots of my Midwestern identity”

Allis Chalmers was maybe the last great American manufacturing company (look at that breadth!) Peaked in the era of golden age of American manufacturing and immediately felt the impacts of globalization and open trade. 1966 report photo

New words with Belt Magazine! Maybe I’ve been homesick or it’s just regret at taking home for granted but it was nice to write and think aloud with this one. I’ve felt myself rejuvenated by the amazing work folks do in these areas others disregard but we call home.

The upper and lower decks of the Meridian Bridge in Yankton have seen many uses throughout the years. Dakota Life Detours: Yankton's Meridian Bridge premieres Oct 17th on SDPB, Facebook & YouTube. Watch the next day on the PBS App!

In the works for over a year, my new feature article for Belt Magazine is finally live! It's a look at America's first wave of "mass timber" skyscrapers, and the ways this novel technology can help clean up the environment while growing our cities. beltmag.com/wisconsins-woo…

One of James Whitcomb Riley's greatest legacies: Riley Children's Hospital. It's the 100th anniversary of the hospital's dedication on Monday; the same day is the 175th anniversary of JWR's birth. #JWR175

South Dakotan

Very grateful for the opportunity to contribute to a special section of MiddleWestReview discussing all things rural politics and reviewing "White Rural Rage.” (And now that I have my copy, I’m excited to dive into the other thoughtful reviews by many scholars I’ve long admired!)

Thank you to MiddleWestReview for the great review of WHS Press’s “Wisconsin for Kennedy” in the Fall 2024 issue. Learn more about “Wisconsin for Kennedy” online: wihist.org/4bXBLeY.

About to start, the 25th Annual Calumet Heritage Conference, “A Region’s Welcome: Cultural Heritage Tourism in the Calumet.” Loving all the growth within the Calumet!