Someone You Should Know

Mitch Bonestroo is a woodworker and CEO of FBT Sawmill located in Steen, Minnesota. The non-profit, Wings of Valor, reached out to Mitch, to create and donate plaques and other wooden pieces to auction off at events. The proceeds go to helping wounded veterans.

A Huron man has been collecting and donating the proceeds from a massive can and scrap metal collection for a cause.

This week’s Someone You Should Know is someone we all know well here at Dakota News Now.

A Brookings man has overcome an obstacle in life to build a business. We think he’s Someone You Should Know.

A Watertown woman recently retired from a job she'd had for more than half a century, we think she's Someone You Should Know.

This Sioux Falls woman is making the company she works for better every day and she recently received a big national award for it.

The Chief Technology Officer and President of AVPro Global Holdings, Matt Murray, started the company in 2013 with his parents.

One of the residents at Prairie Creek assisted living in Sioux Falls is well-known around the facility and it’s all because of how much he tries to give back.

If you’ve tuned into any Sioux Falls Canaries baseball games on the radio this summer you’ve heard the voice of Molly McIntyre, who’s making some history with the club.

She started the Black Expo in 2020 to highlight black-owned businesses in the community. That's helped her make the leap to open a storefront for her boutique.

The Porter Sculpture Park has been hosting tourists for more than 20 years.

A theater kid from Madison, South Dakota grew up and eventually found her place in the business she loves.

Terry Liggins is the founder and CEO of The Hurdle Life Coach Foundation, a non-profit he created in the past few years.

A member of the Sioux Falls Storm’s front office has overcome obstacles in life to make her dream come true of working for the team.

It’s now easier for some kids to get books from Siouxland Libraries, thanks to a new program run by one of the libraries’ staff members. We think she's Someone You Should Know.

Nancy Kirstein used the pandemic as an opportunity to take some time and pursue new opportunities for her farm, The Good Earth, which is just south of Lennox.

A South Dakota family is helping feed the community with their egg business.

A Sioux Falls woman has a passion for helping kids reach their full potential and started a new mentoring program in the Sioux Falls School District.

Gabe Gitzen was named Sanford Children's Miracle Network Champion for 2021 and he has quite the story on why he was considered for this.

The Sioux Empire Boys & Girls Club recently named their youth of the year, a young man who grew up in the club and now is an employee. We think he's Someone You Should Know.

Meet this week's Someone You Should Know

Bryan Moscatello has run restaurants in Denver, the Napa Valley, Aspen, Chicago, Washington D.C., and Panama City.

A Sioux Falls man used his career in the food business to help others and we think he's Someone You Should Know.

Meet Dell Rapids woman who helps run Sioux Falls-based nonprofit

The idea started when Kim Bartling gave her granddaughter a book for her birthday called "Lady Legends Alphabet."

Travis Robinson joined the Sioux Falls Composite of the South Dakota Civil Air Patrol four years ago. He was recently named its new commander and we think he's Someone You Should Know.

Sioux Falls woman doing her part to get word out about MS

Chief Matt McAreavey started in his new position February 15th, and he's still adjusting to the role.

A college professor in Yankton has a special connection to a dinosaur that was on the earth 160-million years ago.

Meet one city employee who's been very involved with the new Amazon project.