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A Community Effort

A $6 million renovation of Moccasin Creek Country Club is all but finished. Final touches such as landscaping are the ... Read the full story »

By Aberdeen Magazine

Tags: Golf, Moccasin Creek Country Club


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Designing on Main Street

The business that would one day become Interior Design Concepts (IDC) started in 1973 when Dave Arlt and a partner ... Read the full story »

March/April 2022
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Three Generations…and Counting?

One of the oldest family businesses in Aberdeen might not be around today if the second and third generation owners ... Read the full story »

January/February 2022
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Manufacturing Opportunities

"I never imagined that I would work at DemKota,” recalled Marketing and Customer Service Manager Richelle Braun.  “Then, I went ... Read the full story »

March/April 2021
By Aberdeen Magazine


Palm Garden

The Heart of Palm Garden

Situated on the corner of Third Street and Sixth Avenue South West is the Palm Garden Cafe and Chocolate Shoppe. ... Read the full story »

May/June 2020
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How John Zietlow built a multimillion-dollar telecommunication company in Aberdeen John L.W. Zietlow was born in Greotzien, Germany, on December ... Read the full story »

March/April 2019
By Aberdeen Magazine


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A Slice of History; Lu’s Pizza

Viva! Lu's Pizza Twenty-four years ago, a restaurant in Aberdeen closed that still so tantalizes its patrons they’ve flocked to ... Read the full story »

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In the Crosshairs

For 32 years, BAE Systems has been outfitting US battleships stationed around the world with high-quality missile canisters. If you ... Read the full story »

May/June 2017
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Gone But Not Forgotten; Virginia Café

Aberdeen’s Virginia Café first opened in the original Alonzo Ward Hotel in 1917. After that hotel burned in 1926, the ... Read the full story »

March/April 2017
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Gone But Not Forgotten

Virginia Café Aberdeen's Virginia Café first opened in the original Alonzo Ward Hotel in 1917.  After that hotel burned in ... Read the full story »

March/April 2017
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