Column: The bumpy road to the home office

Janelle Atyeo
Dec 5, 2019
Dec 5, 2019 Updated Nov 3, 2020

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When the boss announced that the Tri-State Neighbor’s Sioux Falls office would be closing and we’d soon be working from home, I may have been the only employee enthused about the idea.

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Janelle is editor of the Tri-State Neighbor, covering South Dakota, southwestern Minnesota, northwestern Iowa and northeastern Nebraska. Reach her at jatyeo@tristateneighbor.com or follow on Twitter @JLNeighbor.