Watertown, SD is a town in the 21,000 people range and has some different employment opportunities. There is a call center there and the city has several elementary schools along with a sizable middle and high school. The city has manufacturing and other employment opportunities. Check the Watertown Public Opinion (newspaper) site for possible job opportunities at
The Public Opinion . The city is growing and the unemployment rate is certainly lower than many places across the country, especially Michigan. I have been there a few times and find the people from there to be very friendly as in many places in the Upper Midwest.
The city is an hour and half from Sioux Falls (100 miles to the South with 150,000+ people and 220,000+ metro) and a tad more to Fargo, ND for additional shopping and medical care. Watertown has a regional hospital and it has a Penney's, several supermarkets, Herberger's (department store), Wal-Mart, Shopko, Target, Menard's (home improvement store), and other retailers (local and national). It is a progressive community and I forsee it to have a strong future with its access to the interstate.
With your husband working in the lumber, he could check with being a manager at Menard's or a career there. Menard's would be worth checking into. Your husband would have opportunities to move within the company's Midwest operations and they treat their employees well from my understanding.
The city has a 2-year college.
You may want to also check out Aberdeen. The city is an hour and a half northwest of Watertown and is a little bigger (25,000) and will have 2,000 new jobs with the opening of a beef plant, wind plant, and other employers expanding and moving there. The city has several schools and will need teachers with the influx of new residents into the city and your husband can find work at a number of places. The city has similar retail options in Aberdeen. The hospital in Aberdeen is bigger and offers more services. The city has a 4-year state university and a 4-year private college.
In both places and places in South Dakota are looking for workers. With a good work ethic, you should do fine here.