Aug 29, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Meet Keisha – Serving co-op members and her community! Keisha and her husband Austin were looking for a smaller community with a good school system when they moved to Hartford in 2019. “My husband and I lived in Sioux Falls, but we wanted to get out of the busy...
Jun 22, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Small engines power more than equipment for family Growing up, Justin Gillespie spent hours upon hours in his parents’ garage on the family farm, teaching himself to repair small engines on motorcycles and snowmobiles. “It started off as a hobby, and I just kind of...
Mar 24, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Field tech finds career fit closer to home Austin Parry hasn’t strayed far from his hometown of Canistota and the family farm upon where he grew up. After high school he studied Wi-Fi and broadband technologies down the interstate at Mitchell Technical College. As a...
Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
‘Sweet’ business born out of vanilla-making hobby Taylor Ernster turned a hobby into a business so successful it was one of 10 South Dakota companies to make the Inc. 5000 list of fastest growing private companies in the U.S. in 2022. “We never in a...
Jan 26, 2023 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Shop strives to ‘meat’ customer needs & inspire cooking, grilling When it came to starting a business, Casey Remmers and business partner Troy Grocott were eager to “steak a claim” in Hartford. And, they have literally done just that with their retail meat...
