S.D. Hall of Fame aims to expand education, modernize exhibits

  • Timber Lake School librarian LeAnn Thompson was ready for students on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 18. Here she tells Kindergarteners that they can check out books to take home and introduces them to the rules on how to care for books. Photo by Kathy Nelson
    Timber Lake School librarian LeAnn Thompson was ready for students on the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 18. Here she tells Kindergarteners that they can check out books to take home and introduces them to the rules on how to care for books. Photo by Kathy Nelson

    Situated just off I-90 on the banks of the Missouri River, with an unmistakable Army helicopter perched out front, is the South Dakota Hall of Fame. It sits just west of the 55-foot tall Dignity of Earth and Sky and just east of the Aktá Lakota Museum, both of which are emblems of the Chamberlain area.

    The Hall of Fame’s new fundraising efforts are working to make it a similarly essential stop for …