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Maggy Pickner learned how to make luscious cookies, brownies and cakes in the kitchen of her aunt’s house in Chamberlain. She taught herself how to make those same luscious cookies, brownies and cakes in gluten-free and vegan versions after a medical diagnosis led her to eliminate grains and dairy from her diet. Soon after, she […]
Creativity in the kitchen leads to gluten-free, vegan dessert business Read More »
Diana Janzen can claim responsibility for her granddaughter’s career. She’s the one who introduced Aftyn Janzen to the joys of thrifting, finding value in something someone else no longer needs, wants or appreciates. Now, Aftyn Janzen has turned that longtime enjoyment into a shopping service she named The Green Penny. While many of her secondhand
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For years, Jason Walsh dreamed of owning a pub and restaurant. He envisioned himself seated at a comfortable table or on a stool at the bar, watching sporting events unfold on multiple TV sets. He never imagined he’d be standing at the entrance, taking customers’ names as they arrived, or darting over on his noon
Group of friends turned restaurant owners fill gap in neighborhood dining Read More »
According to Gavin Sturm, no beginning musician greets the fifth grade band director with the words “I want to play the euphonium.” Instead, the “honor” of hefting the tuba-like instrument goes to a student who doesn’t already have a strong preference for the clarinet or the cornet or the flute or the snare drum. And
From Sioux Falls to Carnegie Hall, high school senior prepares to take the stage Read More »
Eight-year-old Lily had her strategy planned out long before she gripped the handle of a shopping cart Saturday. Technically, it was her father, Steve Whitman, who had won the three-minute shopping spree at Fair Market. But the second-grader at Alcester-Hudson Elementary School wasn’t about to be left out. So 15 minutes before the shopping spree
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Lee Goldberg founded a publishing house to return to print the authors and books that had shaped him as a writer. They were effective teachers. Goldberg is a No. 1 New York Times bestselling author and television producer. He is a co-author with Janet Evanovich of the Fox & O’Hare novels. The Private Eye Writers
After 30 years, Sioux Falls man’s novels return to print Read More »
You can check out books for your kids through Siouxland Libraries. You can send a document to be printed via your cellphone to the branch libraries in Sioux Falls and Brandon and pick it up there. Your book club can choose its selection for September and reserve up to 12 kits containing not only the
Astounded and chagrinned, Art Slumskie walked out of his meeting with Darrell Schultz. He thought his interview to be a salesman at Westmoor Music had gone perfectly, and he couldn’t believe he hadn’t been offered the job immediately. “Three, four days later, I was getting kind of mad, and I thought, what have you got
Longtime Westmoor Music leaders reflect as one of Empire Mall’s oldest businesses closes Read More »
Ever since it held its grand opening as the Sioux Empire Plaza on Sept. 24, 1975, The Empire Mall has seen ongoing changes as businesses opened and others closed. Take Westmoor Music, for example. When it opened in August 1977, it was the second music store to occupy the same space in the JCPenney wing.
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Victoria Walgrave-Charlson and Ophelia the ragdoll cat met when the owner was 14 and the pet was 3. They had six years together at the family home near 26th Street and Sierra Circle before Ophelia vanished one day. Five years later, Walgrave-Charlson tragically died. When her family put together a final tribute, they emphasized that
Family’s cat, missing for 8 years, returns for incredible reunion Read More »