Obama announces May visit to his 50th state, South Dakota

FILE - In this April 3, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in front of a solar array at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Obama will complete a rare presidential run though all 50 states when he delivers the commencement address at a South Dakota community college in May. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File) FILE - In this April 3, 2015, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in front of a solar array at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Obama will complete a rare presidential run though all 50 states when he delivers the commencement address at a South Dakota community college in May. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

By Associated Press April 13, 2015 2 min read

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama will complete a rare presidential run though all 50 states when he delivers the commencement address at a South Dakota community college next month.

Amid much speculation over when he’d finally make it to South Dakota, Obama used an interview on Monday with KSFY, the ABC-affiliated TV station in Sioux Falls, to break the news himself.

South Dakota is the only state still waiting for Obama to visit – but only for a few more weeks.

Obama will travel to Watertown, in the state’s northeastern corner, to deliver the commencement address at Lake Area Technical Institute on May 8.

The White House says Lake Area Tech is one of the nation’s top community colleges, recognized for rigorously preparing its students and for having a two-year graduation rate that’s more than twice the national average.