605 Magazine

By Austin Kaus Photo by Jim McFarlane   Billy Yost can be a nice guy. In conversation, he’s self-depricating. He jokes about poverty and Muppet obsessions but, underneath the Alpha Flight t-shirt, there is fury. Pop-loving, rock and roll fury. He is a State Fair knife that might...

By Kara Sweet We have all heard the saying, “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”  We are inundated with clichés and fables reminding us to look under the surface to what lies beneath.  We know that “all that glitters is not gold” because we...

These 11-year-old German Shepherd mixes have been best friends since birth, and must find a forever home together. They are a friendly pair that likes other dogs and everyone they meet. Charlie and Macy are housetrained. Their adoption fee is $42.50, which does not...

By Jordan Smith Photos submitted Maren Jensen started her blog, Midwest in Style, in February to bring a little style to the prairie. After leaving her job as a reporter, she found that she missed writing and felt she could fill a gap in the blogosphere.  How...

By Leah Vanden Bosch The exposed, skeleton structure, original brick walls, and clean interior lines of the Sioux Falls Design Center have you unconsciously thinking about design before the topic is even brought up. Located in the historic Boyce Greeley Building in Downtown Sioux Falls,...

By Denise DePaolo Despite its location in the heart of Rapid City, Kol feels decidedly more “Vegas” than “Black Hills.” Taking in the ultramodern décor in a mix of cool greys and rich browns, plus the custom architectural touches in stone and natural wood, a...

By Denise DePaolo Photos by Liz Long On a peaceful, lilac-dotted property, just south of Brookings, is the 4,800 square-foot ranch-style home of Better Beer. Betty, a retired attorney-turned-painter, and husband Woody, a veterinarian with a practice in Brookings, moved to the area from Illinois in...

By Denise DePaolo Photos submitted Stunning strides in creativity exist in seemingly unlikely places. For example, a small city in South Dakota surrounded by farmland and gravel roads and vast blue skies. Home to South Dakota State University and industry-leading manufacturers, Brookings has the constant influx...

By Kara Sweet As a farm kid growing up outside Clark—population less than 1,300 when born in 1935—Jerry Lohr learned about value. At his German-born father’s knee and on his Swedish-born mother’s lap, Jerry learned to value land. He learned to value education. He learned to...

By Denise DePaolo When the snow began falling October 5, 2013, no one knew the damage it would cause to western South Dakota. Ranchers sustained devastating losses, and the pain was felt in town, too. Just hours after the flakes began to fly, Pat Handel...