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‘South Dakota’s best bistro’: Krave Café serves up a variety of tasty crepes in Aberdeen

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3 months ago

March 17, 2025

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‘South Dakota’s best bistro’: Krave Café serves up a variety of tasty crepes in Aberdeen

True to its Sips, Eats, Sweets motto, Krave aims to bring joy with every bite

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| Special to the Aberdeen News

Krave Café, opened in August 2024 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, has been named the state’s best bistro by 605 magazine.
Owner Dominika Blum, inspired by her Polish heritage and extensive travels, has created a menu featuring European-style pastries and a variety of crêpes.
Beyond its food offerings, Krave Café hosts evening events including painting classes, etiquette lessons, and live music performances.

Krave Café opened in Aberdeen in August of 2024. They are currently ranked by 605 magazine as South Dakota’s best bistro.

Krave is also the only location for crêpes in about four hours’ travel time from their current location on Eisenhower Circle.

Dominika Blum, the owner of the café, was inspired to open Krave by her extensive travels and early life in Poland. She has over 20 years of restaurant experience as well as a degree in architecture.

Krave’s atmosphere is akin to a local bistro in Europe.

“We take pride in cultivating a family-friendly yet elegant environment, where thoughtful touches like creative menu names, purse holders and various seating arrangements set us apart,” Blum said. “For us, it’s more than running a restaurant; it’s about fostering meaningful connections, building a legacy of care and delivering outstanding service that keeps our guests craving Krave.”

Blum said her goal for her business is to inspire joy with every bite and sip, referencing its tagline “Sips, Eats, Sweets.”

The restaurant’s baker, Mary Collins, arrives at four in the morning and makes all of Krave’s pastries.

“As for baked goods,” Blum said, “our biscones, a divine marriage between a biscuit and a scone, are a hands-down favorite, followed by our lemon bread and crinkle bars. Guests rave about them every time, and for good reason — they’re simply irresistible.”

The experience in Krave Café doesn’t stop at the food.

“One of the things I’m most excited about is seeing our incredible team continue to thrive,” Blum said. “Watching them grow both professionally and personally has been incredibly rewarding.”

She said she is looking forward to new opportunities for growth with both the restaurant and its employees. But for now, she is excited about the menu — which includes its best seller — crepes.

Krave’s best seller as far as crêpes go is the Monte Cristo, which features ham, turkey, white cheddar, Dijon mustard, raspberry jam, and powdered sugar. When it comes to teas, however, the coconut green tea is the cafe’s most demanded drink.

“Krave After Dark Series” is what Krave Café becomes after hours. The café becomes an event space, which hosts everything from painting classes to lessons in etiquette. Blum also aims to offer live music with local musicians at least once a month. For a schedule of events, find Krave on Facebook or at www.welovekrave.com.

“Whether enjoying a café con miel while studying, sharing a pot of tea with a friend, or sparking human connection and conversation, Krave was designed to fill that need,” said Blum.

Krave Café is located at 1801 Eisenhower Circle, Aberdeen. Its hours are 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Friday, 8 a.m. – 8:30 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Sunday.

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Mitchell town hall to be held at Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday night

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June 10, 2025

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Mitchell town hall to be held at Dakota Wesleyan Wednesday night

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – Throughout April, South Dakota community leaders Nikki Gronli and Julian Beaudion hosted town halls across the state allowing people to raise the concerns they have with the Trump administration.

Now they are back by popular demand with the next one coming up Wednesday evening.

Gronli and Beaudion have previously held town halls in Rapid City, Aberdeen, Vermillion and Sioux Falls, and every one saw a massive crowd.

Now the tour heads to Mitchell.

The popularity of the town halls resulted in changes in venues and people having to stand at meetings as attendees.

Panelists Nikki Gronli and Julian Beaudion delivered the 40-page report to South Dakota’s congressional delegation but only received feedback from Representative Dusty Johnson.

But both Gronli and Beaudion share optimism in the participation in political discourse throughout the state.

“What we saw from the citizens who attended these town halls is that there is still a lot of fight left in them, a lot of fight left in us, folks had no problem talking through some of the concerns,” Beaudion, a US Senate candidate said.

In previous meetings, attendees addressed concerns they had regarding cuts to Medicaid, the Department of Education, and from DOGE, as well as the effects of tariffs.

Now they are prioritizing town halls being more focused on one issue, this starts Wednesday in Mitchell at Dakota Wesleyan University.

“There’s a great farm community, so we decided we would do this one focused as opposed to the last town halls which we allowed people to cover whatever topic they wanted to, we thought we would switch it up and see what the response is like,” Gronli said.

Gronli expects a lot of questions as to what the next farm bill will look like and when it will be passed, the current one has been extended twice and passed in 2018.

She will have the help of another former USDA staffer to answer questions throughout the night.

“I also expect having Marcia Bunger there on stage as the former risk management lead that there will be conversations about crop insurance, the importance to our ag producers and what policies are being made around crop insurance,” Gronli said.

Dates haven’t been announced but town halls are planned for Brookings and Rapid City so far.

Dakota News Now reached out for comment to Senators Thune and Rounds and Representative Johnson, but we did not get a response in time for publication.

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SD Lottery Powerball, Lucky For Life winning numbers for June 9, 2025

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2 days ago

June 10, 2025

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The South Dakota Lottery offers multiple draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at June 9, 2025, results for each game:

Winning Powerball numbers from June 9 drawing

30-33-40-43-52, Powerball: 25, Power Play: 4

Check Powerball payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Lucky For Life numbers from June 9 drawing

03-07-17-29-46, Lucky Ball: 15

Check Lucky For Life payouts and previous drawings here.

Winning Lotto America numbers from June 9 drawing

06-14-35-44-49, Star Ball: 05, ASB: 02

Check Lotto America payouts and previous drawings here.

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Are you a winner? Here’s how to claim your prize

Prizes of $100 or less: Can be claimed at any South Dakota Lottery retailer.
Prizes of $101 or more: Must be claimed from the Lottery. By mail, send a claim form and a signed winning ticket to the Lottery at 711 E. Wells Avenue, Pierre, SD 57501.
Any jackpot-winning ticket for Dakota Cash or Lotto America, top prize-winning ticket for Lucky for Life, or for the second prizes for Powerball and Mega Millions must be presented in person at a Lottery office. A jackpot-winning Powerball or Mega Millions ticket must be presented in person at the Lottery office in Pierre.

When are the South Dakota Lottery drawings held?

Powerball: 9:59 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday.
Mega Millions: 10 p.m. CT on Tuesday and Friday.
Lucky for Life: 9:38 p.m. CT daily.
Lotto America: 9:15 p.m. CT on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.
Dakota Cash: 9 p.m. CT on Wednesday and Saturday.

This results page was generated automatically using information from TinBu and a template written and reviewed by a South Dakota editor. You can send feedback using this form.

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Komet Caisen Thome Commits to South Dakota

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2 days ago

June 9, 2025

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Komet Caisen Thome Commits to South Dakota

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(ABC 6 News) — After a strong senior campaign with the Kasson-Mantorville Komets, Caisen Thome will continue to play football at the Division I level, joining the University of South Dakota.

Thome originally signed with Iowa Western, but switched to follow in his father’s footsteps as a coyote. Caisen was featured as a Prep Athelte of the Week this past football season, you can watch his story here.

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