1+ week, 4+ day ago   (732+ words) MITCHELL — Puetz Construction Superintendent Chad Weber’s favorite part of building LifeQuest’s Cottage Bend mini-home village was seeing LifeQuest clients’ smiles every other week. “That was priceless,” Weber said. Before moving in, future Cottage Bend residents were able to provide feedback…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (538+ words) Mitchell Republic Woster: The simple pleasure of a porch, a swing and the rain "Sitting on a front porch in a gentle rain is a sensory experience, not an intellectual exercise," columnist Terry Woster writes. I knew we built a…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (1669+ words) CANISTOTA, S.D. – The success story unfolding in this eastern South Dakota city shows how a commitment to housing development can break the pattern of decline afflicting many rural communities across the state. Long known as home of the renowned Ortman Chiropractic…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (439+ words) My family lived in a compact, single-story house during our farm years, so when we moved to Chamberlain as I was starting third grade, the two-story home Dad found for us fascinated me. I know for sure that a neighborhood…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (669+ words) BURKE, S.D. — A former assisted living facility in Burke is being converted into eight independent senior apartments, a redevelopment project organizers say could ease the community’s workforce housing shortage. The Burke Friendship Village Rehab Project was among developments approved for funding…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago   (594+ words) MITCHELL — A short commute for employees who work near Lake Mitchell is a hope of a local developer. Thiesse told the Mitchell Republic the apartment complex will give an option for the roughly 40 employees at the senior living center to…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (566+ words) MITCHELL — Local developers believe offering free lots for building housing will negatively affect home values and house prices in Mitchell and disagree with the city’s plan to transfer public property for $1. Local developer Justin Thiesse believes the city offering free…...

5+ mon, 1+ day ago   (717+ words) HERREID, S.D. – Dick Werner drives his pickup through the streets of this northern South Dakota town and can hardly go a block before stopping to point out new houses or apartments that have popped up in the past few years. To…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (570+ words) MITCHELL — The Mitchell City Council, during its regular meeting on Monday, March 16, will have a discussion with local developer Jeremy Jensen on housing in Mitchell and the discussion will be open for public input. “These are things that need to…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (710+ words) FORT PIERRE, S.D. – With the picturesque Missouri River flowing only a block behind him, Dave Bonde stood in a vacant lot in a residential neighborhood in Fort Pierre and shook his head in exasperation. As the executive director of the Fort…...