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Daugaard. "The new expansion will provide more internships in science, engineering, information technology (IT), accounting and manufacturing. The South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation identified these industry sectors as high-need, and now, more than ever, the demand is high for a qualified, highly-trained workforce."
• Dakota Seeds is a popular program among South Dakota businesses. From 2008 to 2013, more than 190 South Dakota companies have used the program to provide 463 internship experiences. The interns gained valuable work experience and earned more than $3.5 million dollars combined. Additionally, more than one-third of the interns went on to take full-time employment with the company at which they interned. While the program only requires a one-to-one match, in reality, for every dollar the Dakota Seeds program has contributed, companies have matched it with more than $2.
• For more information on the Dakota Seeds program, visit www.dakotaseeds.com.

• Does this sound familiar? A few years back your yearly earnings were pretty low so you figured you wouldn't owe any income tax. Thus, when April 15 rolled around the following year you didn't bother filing a tax return, knowing you wouldn't be penalized.
• Big mistake.
• Even if your income fell below the threshold at which you'd owe anything, chances are taxes were deducted from your paycheck throughout the year. (Check your year-end W-2 form). If so, you probably left a sizeable tax refund on the table.
• And you wouldn't be alone. The IRS estimates that each year close to a million people don't bother filing federal tax returns, thereby forfeiting around $1 billion in refunds they were due - refunds that average several hundred dollars apiece.
• Here's the good news: The IRS generally gives you a three-year window to go

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