Rural North Dakota grocery stores struggle against competition
Small town grocery stores struggle, leading to concerns about rural life
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Small town grocery stores struggle, leading to concerns about rural life
South Dakota prosecutors have charged the former manager of the McIntosh-Watauga Equity Exchange with embezzling nearly $50,000 from 2016 to 2020. They say the former manager of the small grain elevator co-op also violated requirements for reporting financial condition to the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission.
Jan Banghart of Banghart Properties LLC of Gettysburg, South Dakota, on Jan. 5 admitted to Nebraska’s Public Service Commission that her company traded Nebraska grain without a license in 2021, but her lawyers balked at the staff’s recommended fine of $870,000.
Oct. 3-9 is National 4-H Week.
Napoleon, North Dakota, cattle buyer Brian Gader faces numerous legal challenges, including a theft charge in a cattle deal, has lost his license to purchase cattle and is accused of failing to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in some cases. With debts in the millions, Gader, 65, says he is "working on" his issues.