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Emily Braun of the Brookings Convention & Visitors Bureau (a.k.a. Visit Brookings) is part of the team who are “tourism and event enthusiasts.” They’re also pretty big fans of Brookings, and show the community through images on Instagram or day-to-day updates on their Facebook (along with plenty of...

MAY FEATURED BREWERFernson Brewing Fernson Brewing Company beers are for sharing. "It's a concept we try to bring through in multiple ways," said Fernson marketing manager Evan Richards. The Sioux Falls company, which has a brewery and a downtown taproom, does this with collaborations with other breweries...

Peering through the window of Nonna's Kitchen, which opened on New Year's Day in Spearfish's historic John Wolzmuth building on the corner of Main Street, you'd think the place ought to have a doorbell. Darren and Nancy Manzari spent months converting the 125-year- old sandstone building from a...

While the “Wild West” and Wild Bill Hikock tend to go hand-in-hand with Deadwood, Deadwood Mountain Grand (DMG) took a different approach with its branding. “We focus on the music. It’s what we’re known for best with our event center,” said chef and food and beverage director Aaron Richards. When visitors...

Chandeliers, bean bag chairs, and fresh-cut flowers. These aren’t the usual tenets of camping, but with the glamping experts at Beneath the Pines in Spearfish, this is all part of the aesthetic. Beneath the Pines started with owner Katie Hobson’s love of camping. “We have three kids, and it gets to...

Twenty-eighteen was a year of change for Maddie Peschong of Maddie Peschong Photography. After six years of “side hustling” with her photography business, she left her marketing career and went full-time. The next year was full of growth and expansion, including launching her business podcast, Take it Personally,...

Kasi Haberman has been with Visit Yankton for almost four years, promoting the town's many amenities, such as its vast outdoor recreational sites and the NFAA Easton Yankton Archery Complex, which is the world's largest archery complex. She's so passionate about the state (and...

As we planned our trip, I did my typical check in with locals to see if there were any new restaurants to stop by. Assuming there weren’t, I about lost it when I found out that not only was there a new restaurant in...

While many businesses are closed and events have been cancelled or postponed, some attractions and events are going virtual. Here are a few things to experience while social distancing. 1.) Children’s Museum of South Dakota  Brookings Experience the Children’s Museum of South Dakota at home with entertaining,...

Every business is made of people, and every person has a story. Writing freelancer Andrea Van Essen helps tell those stories with her business, from founders to CEOs to assembly line workers to chefs. Van Essen works full time crafting pieces like press releases,...