‘Dirty Jobs’ star Mike Rowe says South Dakota ‘crushing it’ with Build Dakota Scholarship

South Dakota’s push to emphasize the value of trade schools through public-private partnerships is unmatched in the rest of the country, TV personality Mike Rowe told an audience Thursday at Southeast Technical College.

Rowe, the host of “Dirty Jobs,” a show that highlights blue-collar work – including jobs that many people don’t want because they are labor intensive – said he has toured the country advocating for more people to enter rewarding, and lucrative, careers in various skilled trades. Rowe was in the state to celebrate the 10^th year of the Build Dakota Scholarship.

“I’m looking for a place that’s crushing it, and it’s here,” he said. “It’s this state.”

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