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Prairie Family Business Association announces advisory board additions

Prairie Family Business Association announces two additions to its advisory board. Amanda Lauer, third generation family member of BankStar Financial based in Brookings, South Dakota, has joined the Prairie Family Business Association advisory board. John Mackner, fourth generation family member of Tollefson’s Retail Group based in Minot, North Dakota, has also joined the advisory board. […]

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Hybrid 2021 Family Business Conference Featuring the Fifth and Sixth Generations of the Leinenkugel Family

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. March 25, 2021 — Prairie Family Business Association will host the 29th Annual Family Business Conference in a hybrid format on April 29-30, 2021. This is the second year that Prairie Family Business Association is offering attendance both in-person and virtually. The conference brings together notable speakers from around the country including

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Jensen family of Jensen Rock and Sand receives Aberdeen area excellence in family business award

Sioux Falls, South Dakota – March 22, 2021. The 2021 Aberdeen Area Family Business of the Year Award was presented at the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Prairie Family Business Association to the Jensen Family of Jensen Rock and Sand in recognition of 70 years of continuing success as a family business.

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Five reasons why you should come to the 2021 virtual family business conference

This isn’t your regular Zoom meeting. This is an experience your family will talk about all year. Join us on April 29th and 30th. 1. Keep your family a family and your business a business. Don’t let business matters impact your family relationships. Working with your family every day can sometimes be challenging, but you

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Johnson family of Reliabank receives 2020 Watertown area family business of the year award

Sioux Falls, South Dakota – January 28, 2021. The 2020 Watertown Area Family Business of the Year Award was presented by the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce in partnership with Prairie Family Business Association to the Johnson Family of Reliabank in recognition of 100 years of continuing success as a family business. Founded in 1920,

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Family business builds back after devastating tornado thanks to foundation of strength

In retrospect, it was a blessing that the 70th anniversary party for Vermeer Corp. in 2018 included a severe downpour. As hundreds of guests roamed the mile-long property in Pella, Iowa, looking at the company’s wide variety of farm, construction and industrial machinery, the sky opened up. “When the downpour came, the staff did a

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