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From high schoolers mowing lawns, brothers become multi-location family business owners

October 27, 2022

Cole Weller acknowledges this is “the all-American story” of entrepreneurship. He and younger brother, Brent, started Weller Brothers […]

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From southeast S.D., family grows business into sheep equipment industry leader

September 28, 2022

John and Doralee Lynch had decided to give it five years. “I told my wife, if we can’t […]

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First Dakota National Bank marks 150th anniversary with family focused on its future

August 22, 2022

Aug. 22, 2022 This paid piece is sponsored by the Prairie Family Business Association. Less than one-half of […]

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South Dakota’s Retailer of the Year finds right fit with family-owned shoe business

June 30, 2022

To find a 28,000-square-foot shoe store in a community of about 22,000 people tells you this isn’t a […]

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Family-owned Auto Body Specialties grows into third generation

May 18, 2022

If you’re not familiar with the business, your first guess likely is that Auto Body Specialties is a […]

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Syverson Tile & Stone marks 90 years of family business success

February 25, 2022

As the story goes, Ray Syverson Sr. arrived in Sioux Falls with not much more than a bucket […]

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Family bank takes progressive approach to succession, governance

January 6, 2022

If you want to know what other CEOs will be doing in the years ahead, look at what […]

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As golf experiences unprecedented demand, third-generation Austad’s evolves with new offerings

November 22, 2021

The way Dave and Ryan Austad see it, the game of golf has stuck. “In 2020, everyone golfed […]

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Family business that embraces employee ownership transitions to fourth-generation leadership

October 27, 2021

At an age when most people would be retiring, W. Fredrick and Ferne Edney became business owners. It […]

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Entering third generation, family-owned Maguire Iron builds on national reputation for water tower expertise

October 19, 2021

*Part three of a series of stories about Prairie Family Business Association founding members in celebration of our […]

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