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From independent operators to publicly traded companies, stories on the businesses that fuel South Dakota's economy.
Monastery makeover: Nuns leave lasting legacy of service in Watertown
The aging Benedictine sisters had a late-in-life decision to make: sell their land and live out their final years elsewhere or stay in Watertown and remake their monastery into a campus of housing, health care and community resources.
Daktronics part of NBA and SEC inquiry into team and player
Brookings, S.D., company that makes scoreboards, video displays and signs confirms request for information over "impermissible endorsement arrangements."
Big paydays result from $50M auction of SD T. rex skeleton
The high sales price for Gus the T. rex could stimulate greater interest in South Dakota's fossil hunting and dinosaur museum industries.
New project illustrates SD's love-hate relationship with solar power
While power companies and state officials show interest in the renewable power source, opposition from neighbors dims the shine on some ventures.
Homeowners near sinkhole lose state Supreme Court case
The ruling against a group of 160 homeowners affected by a large sinkhole that opened into an underground mine is the latest and perhaps last rejection they've faced in the six-year legal case.
Water shortage hampers growth north of Sioux Falls but solution near
After turning away numerous projects and potential employers in Dell Rapids, two eastern South Dakota water systems partner on a $170 million expansion to accommodate growth.
Business bankruptcies down but closures and farm reorgs up
Business bankruptcy filings are above pre-pandemic levels nationwide, while business bankruptcy filings in South Dakota are below its own 2019 baseline.