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Family business that embraces employee ownership transitions to fourth-generation leadership
At an age when most people would be retiring, W. Fredrick and Ferne Edney became business owners. It […]
Read More >Entering third generation, family-owned Maguire Iron builds on national reputation for water tower expertise
*Part three of a series of stories about Prairie Family Business Association founding members in celebration of our […]
Read More >Family-owned oil company looks to next generation – as father and daughter go back to school
Freeman, South Dakota – population approximately 1,500 – isn’t the sort of place you might expect to discover […]
Read More >The first one in the door every morning at BankStar’s Elkton branch is 96-year-old Jack Hegerfeld. “He comes […]
Read More >What would be the worst-case scenario? In 2020, the leaders of Hamlin Building Center asked that question. “We […]
Read More >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 […]
Read More >At 73, Van Fishback has been around his family’s bank since he was a teenager. He began full […]
Read More >Inspiration had struck, and Melissa Johnson was going with it. “As I’ve grown older, I can’t say I’ve […]
Read More >As soon as people nationwide began staying home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, they began watching movies. […]
Read More >From baseball cards and Beanie Babies to a nearly $100M business: Weisser family keeps building
Eric Weisser learned the basics of the distribution business as a teenager in the 1990s by selling sports […]
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