Sep 28, 2023 | Expert Advice, Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Sisters help customers near and far sewing quilts and community Sisters Deb Mergen and Diane Bunkers gave up jewelry repair to open a quilt shop even though they had little to no knowledge about quilting. “The only sewing experience we had was from church, about once...
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...
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...
Oct 27, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
From Corner Lot to Community Cornerstone Brothers Build Auto Business Brothers Bob and Rick Zwart started small and took several steps over the last two decades to grow their auto sales business in their hometown of Dell Rapids. The duo enjoyed buying cars, fixing...
Sep 28, 2022 | Featured, Making A Difference, People & Places
Travis Electric has grown rapidly, just like the community it serves When Travis Kuehl started his own contracting business in 2005, he was a one-man operation. Today, Travis Electric employs 24 people — and isn’t done growing yet. Travis credits that rapid expansion...
