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    January 17, 2019
    The West Side Park IPA is one of the flagship beers at Ben's Brewery Company in Yankton. Late additions of the hops Dakota Challenger, Amarillo and Citrus hops create a big blend of juicy flavor. (Courtesy)
    Craft beer in SD: No pint-size operation
    YANKTON—Craft beer is certainly nothing new, but the amount of interest and money in craft breweries in South Dakota has grown exponentially...
    business/small-business17 hours 21 min ago
    January 16, 2019
    The building at 115 North Main Street in Mitchell could be demolished as quickly as May this year. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    Former pawn shop on Main to be demolished
    Mitchell's Main Street is in the process of saying goodbye to another building, ending a piece of history to the city's downtown. Built in the...
    business/small-businessJanuary 16, 2019 - 8:06am
    December 4, 2018
    Wagner company to operate Pine Ridge grocery store
    PINE RIDGE—A Wagner-based company signed a contract with the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council on Nov. 27 to begin operating and updating Pine Ridge's grocery store in January. Buche Foods will hire all current employees at the existing Sioux Nation store location and give them a...
    business/small-businessDecember 4, 2018 - 4:01pm
    November 26, 2018
    A look northbound down North Main Street in Mitchell. (Matt Gade/Republic)
    Shopping season begins: SD retailers get level playing field
    With Thanksgiving over, Main Street business owners are preparing for their busiest shopping season of the year, which kicked off with Black...
    business/small-businessNovember 26, 2018 - 8:09am
    November 21, 2018
    David Elliott said Friday, Nov. 16, 2018, that he is working to grow the retail market for the carbon fiber hockey sticks sold by Fargo's Haggard Hockey. Helmut Schmidt / Forum News Service
    Fargo-based Haggard Hockey shoots for bigger chunk of hockey stick market
    FARGO - David Elliott is counting on a more dynamic, modern marketing strategy to help Haggard Hockey’s carbon fiber sticks score big with...
    business/small-businessNovember 21, 2018 - 8:00am
    September 17, 2018
    Council reverses course in favor of pheasant cleaning business
    The Mitchell City Council unanimously decided Monday to approve a conditional use permit allowing the community's lone pheasant cleaning operation...
    business/small-businessSeptember 17, 2018 - 9:53pm
    September 11, 2018
    US small business optimism just hit its highest level in history
    A measure of optimism among U.S. small-business owners rose to a record and exceeded projections as companies planned the most capital spending since 2007 and hiring intentions hit an all-time high, a National Federation of Independent Business survey showed Tuesday, Sept. 11. Small...
    business/small-businessSeptember 11, 2018 - 6:27pm
    September 5, 2018
    Gilbert Luis, left, stands proud with his girlfriend Jannice Ray, right, in front of their new restaurant West Coast Tacos. (Sam Fosness /Republic)
    L.A. native brings unique West Coast style cuisine to Mitchell
    It hasn't been a full year since Gilbert Luis moved from his Los Angeles home to be with his girlfriend in Mitchell, but his West Coast style...
    business/small-businessSeptember 5, 2018 - 8:04am
    July 27, 2018
    Woodland Camo (source: gloryboats.com)
    Arkansas company builds boats for your eternal send-off
    LITTLE ROCK, Ark.—A business in Arkansas is taking a new approach to how they design caskets for outdoorsman out there. Glory Boats builds...
    business/small-businessJuly 27, 2018 - 11:39am
    June 22, 2018
    Decision makes 'level playing field' for small businesses
    Because the Supreme Court ruled in favor of South Dakota on Thursday morning, online retailers will now be responsible for paying state sales...
    business/small-businessJune 22, 2018 - 9:03am
    June 4, 2018
    With Burr Street and Sanborn Boulevard both under construction, detour signs are up all around Mitchell directing traffic to the businesses around town. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    The challenge of construction season
    A dirt packer creeps along the red construction dust where once lay busy Sanborn Boulevard. Orange plastic fences block driveways that in years...
    business/small-businessJune 4, 2018 - 8:03am
    May 31, 2018
    Nanette Knecht stands with her 13-year-old daughter Evanna with some of their goats Dakota Dally, from left, Penelope and Dakota Rose. Knecht recently started her own company called Fat Goat Coffee Co. named after the family's goats which are beans that have been roasted and packaged by our family-owned parent company called Maple City Roasters in Indiana. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    A new business to buzz about
    MOUNT VERNON — Nanette Knecht loves getting people together. And what better way to do that than over a good cup of coffee? Knecht started...
    business/small-businessMay 31, 2018 - 7:00am
    May 8, 2018
    Casey's General Store employees Ken Tredway, from left, Ariel Anderson, Justin Morgan and Heather Weberg pose for a photo in front of the store at the Seventh Avenue and North Main Street northwest corner of the intersection. The Casey's General Store location will close on May 29. (Matt Gade / Republic)
    Casey's to close store next to Corn Palace
    Just as the tourist season gets underway, the Casey's General Store next door to the Mitchell Corn Palace is closing. "We're pretty upset," said...
    business/small-businessMay 8, 2018 - 10:00pm
    April 27, 2018
    Katie Pinke
    A positive look at those 'annoying' friends in direct sales
    I'm not here to sell you anything. I've never sold anything through a pyramid-style direct sales business, neither did my mom or grandmothers....
    business/small-businessApril 27, 2018 - 3:50pm
    Ryan Browne and his wife Lindsey Baris are busy making maple syrup at Rising Sun Farm outside of River Falls. Rising Sun Farm has been in operation for 40 years; Browne and Baris took over from Ryan's dad Roger. Sara Tischauser / Forum News Service
    Maple syrup season begins: Wisconsin couple works together to produce sweet treat
    RIVER FALLS, Wis.—As the temperatures start to warm up and spring is just around the corner, maple syrup producers are out in the woods...
    business/small-businessMarch 27, 2018 - 2:40pm
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