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Apetu Wat, students and staff
School announcements have sounded a bit different over the past month in Flandreau.For the first time ever, local students and Native leaders have taken the opportunity through Native American Heritage Month to offer the entire school, K-12, an Indigenous Word and Indigenous Person of the Day, both historically and currently.At…
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Eyeing redevelopment
By Carleen Wild Moody County Enterprise The only remaining grain elevator in downtown Flandreau will be demolished to make way for future development. What that might be remains to be seen. However the Flandreau City Council this past week voted in one of its last moves before adjourning from its…
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Dozens of entries in Looney Lights holiday parade
Organizers for the inaugural Looney Lights Christmas Parade were concerned this past week that few would come out for their first-ever event. They couldnt have been more thrilled with the 23 parade entries that took part last Friday night and a downtown filled with families excited to share in the…
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Not just one, but two moody birds take the prize
By Carleen WildMoody County Enterprise Despite being a painter nearly her entire life, Susan Brende says she has never entered a judged art event.Until now.The results could quite possibly inspire her to enter more shows.Brende, of Colman, recently took 1st place in the acrylics division at the Dakota Masterworks over…
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More local farmers custom strip tilling
With fall harvest primarily done now for weeks, farmers throughout the region are cleaning up their machinery, stowing it away for the winter, and getting back to the business of family and other work.But its this time of year that local farmer Jerry Houselog is actually the busiest, preparing for…
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Jensens to open The Filling Station in Flandreau
Shes taken care of people for a very long time as a CNA and an LPN.Tracy Jensen of Trent, however, has long dreamed of taking care of people through their tummies, serving up the best home-cooked meals they might ever have.So when she and her husband Jim saw the former…
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Little Mexico opens its doors
The first of two new restaurants in downtown Flandreau has opened its doors.Little Mexico is located on Wind Street just a block north of Pipestone Avenue and adjacent to JJs Coffee Spot. The building in the past was the home of the long time Flandreau Cafe and most recently it…
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FHS weightroom to be open to public in January
The weightroom at FHS will soon be open to the public, at a small fee, after 94 out of 99 taking the public surveyed said yes to utilizing the weightroom. Seventy-seven people surveyed also said they would pay a small fee for use. The Flandreau school board voted five to…
