Women currently make up less than a third of the national workforce in the historically male-dominated manufacturing industry, and that proportion is slightly lower in South Dakota.

But in Mitchell, several women now hold top leadership positions at local plants, and they said they’ve seen an increase in the number of women gaining interest and applying for jobs in manufacturing.

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