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SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced today that Michael Bennett has been promoted to Senior Director of Sales. In this role, Bennett will provide management oversight to all field sales efforts, including gaming, in the Hospitality sector. Previously, Bennett served as...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, today said that the company is making significant inroads into the gaming market thanks to the capabilities of its Envision(TM) interactive TV (iTV) platform and a comprehensive mobile app being offered by the company's Mobile division. (Photo:...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Oct. 3, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced today they have been certified by Marriott International, Inc. as a Marriott Global Property Network Standards (GPNS) approved provider for property Internet. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080115/AQTU120LOGO) The Marriott...
VERMILLION, S.D., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Newspaper columnist and Internet sensation Marilyn Hagerty, 86, a University of South Dakota alumna who was Al Neuharth's first editor 65 years ago, will receive the 2012 Al Neuharth Award for Excellence in the Media on Oct. 4, 2012. Hagerty, who writes columns for the North Dakota Grand Forks Herald, drew widespread media attention earlier this year when her straightforward feature story about the opening of the first...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SoDak Sports, the popular statewide weekly sports newspaper run by partners Al Neuharth and Bill Porter from 1952 to 1954, will mark its 60th anniversary with a public celebration and refreshments at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at its original office location, the Sid's Crown Liquor Store building in downtown Sioux Falls, S.D. A permanent plaque detailing the creation and eventual failure of the publication will be...
KEARNEY, Neb., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Baldwin Filters recently celebrated the 110,000 square foot expansion of its Yankton, S.D. facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120925/CG80596) Baldwin representatives and South Dakota and local officials were on hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony and grand opening. "I couldn't be more pleased that a company with such a strong international presence decided to double its footprint here in...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ:LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced that, as part of Richard L. Battista's employment as its President and Chief Executive Officer, the Company granted Mr. Battista 550,000 shares of restricted stock. 366,667 of those shares vest fully on the first anniversary of the effective...
Original Green Distribution, one of the World’s leaders in sustainable, renewable and environmentally friendly building materials, has teamed with Alex White Plume and Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota to design and build eco-friendly housing and community buildings. Prescott, WI (PRWEB) September 18, 2012 Original Green Distribution has officially announced plans to assist in the development of an extensive eco-community at Pine Ridge Reservation which is considered one of the...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D., Sept. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- LodgeNet Interactive Corporation (NASDAQ: LNET), the leading provider of interactive media and connectivity services to hospitality and healthcare businesses and the consumers they serve, announced today that Richard L. Battista has been selected as its next President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Battista will be based in Los Angeles and begins his employment with the Company effective today. (Photo:...
On Wednesday, Sept. 5, at a rally in Rapid City, SD, members of the Native American Pe’ Sla Land Sale movement gathered to celebrate progress in securing land they consider sacred. The rally was organized by the Last Real Indians and the Lakota People’s Law Project. Two hundred and fifty people carried posters made by street artist Shepard Fairey and National Geographic photographer Aaron Huey, which read “The Black Hills Are Not For Sale.” The nine Sioux tribes of South Dakota...
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Badlands national Park is located in the southwest region of South Dakota. It holds 242,756 acres of land, with 64,144 acres comprising a protected wilderness area. The park was designated as a national monument in 1929 and established in 1939, but attained national park status in 1978. The Stronghold Unit area of the park is managed by the National Park Service and the Oglala Lakota tribe and holds many sights including those used for Ghost Dances in the 1890’s, a bomb and gunnery range...
