Seth Tupper

Seth Tupper grew up in the small South Dakota towns of Wessington Springs and Kimball and earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from South Dakota State University in Brookings. He has worked for newspapers in Worthington, Minn., and Mitchell, S.D., and is currently an enterprise reporter for the Rapid City (S.D.) Journal. His professional honors include the South Dakota Newspaper Association's 2007 Outstanding Young Journalist Award and the Public Notice Resource Center's 2014 National Public Notice Journalism Award. He lives in Rapid City with his wife, Shelly, and their children, Kaylie and Lincoln. His first book, "Calvin Coolidge in the Black Hills," was published in 2017 by The History Press.