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Guest column by Mike Moen, Greater Dakota News Service
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota’s new governor is making an active pitch regarding economic opportunities for the state. The renewable-energy sector says it continues to build a strong case, including manufacturing jobs.
Governor Larry Rhoden spent much of March crisscrossing South Dakota on his “Open for Opportunity” tour to hear about promising development, workforce needs and trade issues. It hasn’t received a visit yet, but officials with the Marmen Energy plant in Brandon say they’re keeping busy.
Nearly 300 people there construct towers that hold turbines for wind energy. Plant manager Dan Lueders says this is the very definition of “American-made” products.
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