Community and camaraderie

Melisa Goss
Jan 14, 2025
Jan 14, 2025

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Cattle from Gunsolus Angus in Pemberton, Minn., are groomed before a show in 2024.

Tri-State Neighbor photos by Janelle Atyeo

The 2024 Champion Hereford Bull from Voegele Show Cattle in Lennox, S.D., rests in the stalls. The Voegeles also had the champion Angus bull last year.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Cattle are sold at the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show with the help of ring man and Tri-State Neighbor Rep Jeff Kapperman.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Cattle are sold at the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show with the help of ring man and Tri-State Neighbor Rep Jeff Kapperman.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

Cattle are sold at the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.

Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Melisa Goss

The 2025 Sioux Empire Livestock Show will introduce new entertainment and expanded competition opportunities when it returns to Sioux Falls Jan. 21-25.

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SELS 2024 (32) - worked.jpg — A hog is guided to the show ring at the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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SELS 2024 (28) - worked.jpg — Good natured Tri-State Neighbor Livestock Rep Jeff Kapperman is the center of attention, and possibly the butt of a joke on the show ring sidelines.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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SELS 2024 (71) - worked.jpg — Cattle are sold at the 2024 Sioux Empire Livestock Show with the help of ring man and Tri-State Neighbor Rep Jeff Kapperman.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Sioux Empire Livestock Show 2023-32.jpg — A young exhibitor holds his reserve champion market goat at the Mayor’s Round Up and Sale of Champions in 2023.
Tri-State Neighbor photo by Janelle Atyeo

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Melisa Goss, Assistant Editor for the Tri-State Neighbor, is a South Dakota farm girl whose love of travel has allowed her to see ag’s vital impact around the world, from America’s heartland to the rice paddies of Southeast Asia and many places in between. She makes her home in Hartford with her husband, daughter and miniature schnauzer. You can reach her at mgoss@lee.net.