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With colder temps coming, time to winterize perennial gardens

Some gardening material best left in place until spring

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Dorene Weinstein
Oct 20, 2025
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Dr. Sara Malchow loves flowers.

Blossoms decorate the outside of her Brandon home from spring until frost.

When fall rolls around and the summer containers become scraggly Malchow switches out the faded plants for mums and pansies or anything that strikes her fancy. “I must have flowers,” she says.

But this year was different.

Rail industry bullish as South Dakota track hits market

Jonathan Ellis
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Oct 19
Rail industry bullish as South Dakota track hits market

South Dakota’s bid to sell an 80-mile rail line has not gone unnoticed, industry insiders say, and they predict strong interest in it.

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