605 Magazine

In an effort to create and offer more sustainable options for everyday items to the world, Callee Ackland started Bestowed Essentials. “Our Bestowed Essentials products are in over 200 stores in the U.S. and in Canada,” said Ackland.  After noticing a need for an eco-friendly business...

Ngoc Thach never dreamed that she would have her own business.  “I’m not the typical entrepreneur in that I never envisioned myself starting a business. It was never a pipe dream or a goal I was working toward,” said Thach. “I was a company woman...

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"I created the idea in my head," said Travis Klinghagen, owner and designer of Climberz. The 605 team arrived at the 4,000-square-foot facility in Tea as part of our annual company retreat. Klinghagen greeted us with professional trainer and marketing manager Johnny Monroe, who they...

“There is nothing more satisfying than starting with an idea, building it with your hands, and then sitting back into it once it’s finished,” said Luke Leischner, owner of Oak Hollow Custom Woodworks in Rapid City.   Leischner’s interest in woodworking began when he was 14....

“The amazing thing about this book is that it just happened,” said young author Emerson Weber. “We never planned to write a book, but when HarperCollins reached out we just couldn’t say no.”   Back in May of 2020, 11-year-old Weber went viral on countless...

Carter Weiland and fellow Icon Lounge + Event Hall partners wanted to “reopen right.”  “Obviously it’s a weird time to reopen something, which caused us to make sure we’re thinking through everything and adjust to how we wanted to see it,” he explained. Closing last spring...

In 2018, The Goss Opera House in downtown Watertown sat vacant with locked doors and blacked-out windows, cast in darkness.  What once was a popular place for entertainment, fun, and laughter nearly 130 years prior seemed dreary and hopeless. Former executive director Missy Sinner says that...

“InsideOutMoz is what we are, what we represent in this world, what we want to present the world, how we express ourselves,” said Nádia Muando-Jacomet, owner of InsideOutMoz Design on Etsy.  While Nádia says that she went to school for music, that’s not what she...

FEBRUARY FEATURED BREWERMINER BREWING COMPANY “You would be hard pressed to find any other brewery-winery combo with a fifth generation winemaker that’s also the brewmaster,” said Casey Nordine, taproom hospitality manager at Miner Brewing Company.  Over 20 years ago, Sandi Vojta was sitting at her kitchen...