Pigeon605 Staff

In this tale of two fish fries, tradition endures and community builds

By Patrick Lalley, for Pigeon605 It’s Lent, so this is about sin. Actually, it’s more about redemption. OK, that’s a bit grand. But every good fish story takes a few liberties, and that’s what this is: a story about fish. Delicious, hand-battered whitefish, dipped into boiling oil and flash-fried to a something so good it […]

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School news you’ll love: Student ‘hero,’ student ‘president,’ giving back

Amazing things happen in our schools every day — if you know where to look! Do you know some school news others would love? Let us know at [email protected]. Way to be good (green) citizens! R.F. Pettigrew Elementary’s 502 classroom went out after lunch with gloves and plastic bags and collected more than 12 bags of

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As the days went by, they figured their cat was lost forever. They were wrong

By Mick Garry, for Pigeon605 Elmore entered Joe Eckert’s life through a chain-link fence. He’d wandered onto the small farm Eckert owns near Estelline and had attracted the interest of the family’s hunting dogs. “He was small enough to get right through the fence and get away from my dogs,” Eckert said “He looked like

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My 605: James Payer

What’s home unless you make it your own? My 605 takes you inside the lives, loves and little secrets of those who call South Dakota – area code 605 – home. This week’s edition features James Payer, director of marketing and business development at The Empire Mall and owner of pigeon Pepper. My home in

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School news you’ll love: New addition, inaugural winter guard, game-playing principal

Amazing things happen in our schools every day — if you know where to look! Do you know some school news others would love? Let us know at [email protected]. First Lutheran Church has a great partnership with Lowell Elementary, and here’s the most recent example of it: a book vending machine. When staff and students

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Then & Now: 1919 apartment house restored as home for young professionals

Our Then & Now series brings you a nostalgic look at the places and people who have built the community we love. Have some throwback photos to share? We’d love to see them! Email [email protected]. More than a century later, the newest addition to the National Register of Historic Places in Sioux Falls is still serving

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