605 Magazine

Due to the possibility of cancellations, please check events’ websites/postings before attending. 1.) 605 Day Party + 605 Magazine Summer Issue Beer Collab Launch Fernson Downtown | Sioux Falls | 4 P.M. | June 5+ Lost Cabin Beer Co. | Rapid City | 4 P.M. |...

After owning GYST Fermentation Bar in Minneapolis since 2014, Mel Guse found herself back in her hometown of Sioux Falls to rebrand and reopen as Gist Wine Shop.  “The concept has always been in the back of my mind from my previous experience,” said the...

Witnessing firsthand what IVs could do as a registered nurse in Denver, Jenny Haiar wanted to start a specialized clinic.  “I’m not the first nurse to know this, but I would see what just a bag of fluids would do,” she said. “It would snap...

Sioux Falls entrepreneur Ron Heiman has helped put out fires in many ways—physically and metaphorically—during his career. The president of Sioux Falls-based Heiman Fire Equipment has dabbled in a handful of businesses, and is now officially in the tumbler industry.  “I’m an engineer by trade,...

When Ramiro Nino opened the sports-themed restaurant he’d been dreaming about for years this February, he didn’t know what to expect. But he says Bro Brgr Bar in downtown Yankton has received a lot of love from the community despite every obstacle he’d been running...

It began with fireworks.  “We started with Fourth of July apparel because we saw a need for classy patriotic items that we actually wanted to wear,” said Lindsay Willers.  She and her best friend Amber Blom started selling apparel for the holiday on Etsy, and they...

“Winter always gets to be long in South Dakota, and I believe everyone is ready to go outside and soak in nice weather,” said Karla Hjellming, social media marketing manager of Tinner’s Public House. In the midst of various plants and trees, guests can relax...

“My music is the kind of music you play when it’s late at night and you’re nostalgic for last summer,” said musician Lucas Olson.  Olson says he is most strongly influenced by Mk.gee, Sam Cooke, Khruangbin, Nick Hakim, and Frank Ocean.      His interest in music started...

With about 1,400 bison, miles and miles of hiking trails, and 71,000 acres of wildlife and scenic terrain, Custer State Park has many things to offer nature lovers.  As the park’s visitor services program manager, a position he has held for the last three and...

What began as a showroom in his grandpa’s basement is now Austad’s Golf. Current president Ryan Austad has worked on and off with the family business that started in 1963 since he was 14, and he has watched the now-10 brick and mortar locations...