Should Jamestown be accepted into the NSIC?

[oldyellaHer69]

to suggest that Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, and the Black Hills are not absolutely booming is not true. You can go there and see the progress.

Exactly and I thought politics were off limits on this board SW_Mustang, must be a troll, go Jimmies!

[SW_Mustang]

to suggest that Sioux Falls, Watertown, Brookings, and the Black Hills are not absolutely booming is not true. You can go there and see the progress.

To suggest it's anything near Minnesota is hilarious - I can tell you don't work in business haha.

Marshall's business community beats the breaks off of Brookings alone - and you know what I think about Marshall.

Sioux Falls is okay for a smaller town thanks to the banking and trust industries.

[SW_Mustang]

Exactly and I thought politics were off limits on this board SW_Mustang, must be a troll, go Jimmies!

I never said they were off limits. I love openly punching down on the poor states.

[SW_Mustang]

South Dakota is bottom of the barrel in the US when it comes to teacher pay. I should know, my mom taught there for 40 years. The beginning pay might be OK, but the top end in most districts doesn't come close to Minnesota. There's about 10 other points that I can make about Minnesota being better, but I'll save those for when we're trying to get this thread to 300 pages

well my Dad taught in Minnesota for 35 years and the pay was not great -- I will agree that if you are in a bigger school in the Metro you make solid money as a teacher but you have to buy a $400,000 starter house.

I cited facts -- good teacher pay that a new teacher got.[/QUOTE]

That's an anecdotal at best, not a "fact"

I wish SMSU did a better job teaching about that stuff - lot of people confuse the two.

[vikingfaithful]

To suggest it's anything near Minnesota is hilarious - I can tell you don't work in business haha.

Marshall's business community beats the breaks off of Brookings alone - and you know what I think about Marshall.

Sioux Falls is okay for a smaller town thanks to the banking and trust industries.

MrMustang was not comparing SD to MN, he was simply stating several cities were doing well in SD. You're an excellent poster on this forum, but at times can be hostile for no apparent reason. Not a single S. Dakotan made this a rock fight with the great state of Minnesota. If you to compare use WI. as MN has more in common with that state.

I like Marshall, it's been 37 years ago since I made sales calls there. I would ride with a fast peddling bicycle club in the evening and have a cold one afterwords, good memories. Give me the facts on the business advantage in Marshall over Brookings?

[oldyellaHer69]

I never said they were off limits. I love openly punching down on the poor states.

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  07-02-2026, 10:22 PM
  Originally posted by oldyellaHer69 View Post
  Minnesota talk will kill this thread, nobody wants to hear about Tampon Tim and gang.
  Making fun of the poor states doesn't make me a lot of friends around here but I'm also not above punching down from time to time either, so I'm down to change the subject.
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  07-03-2026, 07:59 AM
  Originally posted by oldyellaHer69 View Post
  Minnesota talk will kill this thread, nobody wants to hear about Tampon Tim and gang.
  I knew you were a troll, but you just keep digging deeper.
  
  Political speech is not for this board. Sorry wrong person, as they say in my native Ojibwe:Chi miigwech

[34blast]

This thread is like an accident on the freeway. It has nothing to do with me or what I care about, but I can't help looking.

Should be changed to anything goes thread.

[laker]

This thread is like an accident on the freeway. It has nothing to do with me or what I care about, but I can't help looking.

Should be changed to anything goes thread.

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[SW_Mustang]

MrMustang was not comparing SD to MN, he was simply stating several cities were doing well in SD. You're an excellent poster on this forum, but at times can be hostile for no apparent reason. Not a single S. Dakotan made this a rock fight with the great state of Minnesota. If you to compare use WI. as MN has more in common with that state.

I like Marshall, it's been 37 years ago since I made sales calls there. I would ride with a fast peddling bicycle club in the evening and have a cold one afterwords, good memories. Give me the facts on the business advantage in Marshall over Brookings?

That's fair - I come off harsh sometimes I'm sure. MrMustang takes a lot of shots at his home state. I mean, he was just taking shots at Minnesota for having worse wages than South Dakota - I was just highlighting the very obvious resource gap between the two states. If I've learned anything, it's okay to punch in one direction but not the other on this board.

Based on the numbers I looked at - Schwan's, Runnings, and the nearby Northstar Mutual do about 4X the annual revenue of Daktronics and Larson. To Brookings' credit, they do have a solid manufacturing base with Solventum (formerly 3M), TCF, and Babybel, but those companies are HQ'd elsewhere (ironically, two of which are in Minnesota). I can't speak on the agriculture side of things, maybe Brookings has enough there to tip the scale in their direction? SDSU also does a lot more output than SMSU and also oversees the business park near campus.

It's not state politics - Marshall is a regional hub whereas Brookings is a functional suburb of Sioux Falls. I knew a lot of people that lived in one and worked in the other in both directions. Some people had a better opportunity in Sioux Falls, but wanted a small town life. Some had a better opportunity in Brookings, but preferred the city. Nothing wrong with either. Marshall is the support for much of Southwest Minnesota - split with Worthington.

I can't speak as much on Watertown - I had an office up there once and would visit. Nicest downtown of the three - seemed like they had a ton of money for a small South Dakota town, more than similar populations of Aberdeen and Brookings, but I don't know much about their business community beyond what I did and who we supported locally. Exquisite Godfather's though.

[WSUWarriorFan]

This thread is like an accident on the freeway. It has nothing to do with me or what I care about, but I can't help looking.

Should be changed to anything goes thread.

Several pages ago I dubbed it the junk drawer. I'm afraid at this point its lost contain and effected the entire house. Might be on an episode of hoarders soon enough.

[oldyellaHer69]

Nice to see future NSIC member Dakota State is projected to have a nice season. 2026 Frontier Conference East Division Football Coaches' Preseason Poll

Rank	Team	Points	First-Place Votes
1.	Montana Tech	36	6
2.	Dakota State (S.D.)	31	1
3.	Rocky Mountain (Mont.)	23	—
4.	Dickinson State (N.D.)	22	—
5.	Valley City State (N.D.)	17	—
6.	Mayville State (N.D.)	12	—
7.	MSU-Northern	6	—

[MrMustang]

To suggest it's anything near Minnesota is hilarious - I can tell you don't work in business haha.

Marshall's business community beats the breaks off of Brookings alone - and you know what I think about Marshall.

Sioux Falls is okay for a smaller town thanks to the banking and trust industries.

Nope. I'm an idiot. small business owner for 25 years. But i don't know squat about running a business or the business climate.

[MrMustang]

This thread is like an accident on the freeway. It has nothing to do with me or what I care about, but I can't help looking.

Should be changed to anything goes thread.

It is a glorious thread

[MrMustang]

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fantastic

[SW_Mustang]

But i don't know squat about the business climate.

Agreed.

If South Dakota is so wonderful, why aren't you there? Seems weird to live/work in a place you hate so much.