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SCOUTING REPORT | Lake Area surgical, 4-H ambassadors, Spanish crackdown, Sanford virtual care

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Jonathan Ellis
Oct 11, 2025
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Barack Obama made precisely one stop in South Dakota during his eight-year presidency. That occurred May 8, 2015, when the 44th commander in chief delivered the commencement address to the graduates of Lake Area Technical College in Watertown. Lake Area was selected by the administration because of its reputation as one of the nation’s leading technical colleges.

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