SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - On this edition of Throwback Thursday, Lori Kent with the Local Lou Podcast tells us about the history of the village of Renner.

“In 1866, two families show up around what is now Sioux Falls, and they are going to start a farm. Except, there is currently a military reservation, Fort Dakota, and the fort is like, ‘Yeah, you can’t do that.’ So then, they have to figure it out. So they go north, right outside of where the military reservation ends, and they start farming there. This is going to become Mapleton Township, and that is kind of the beginning of what will eventually become Renner,” said Kent.

The town’s namesake, Leonard Renner, was born in Germany, moved to the United States, and fought for the Union in the Civil War. After the war, he moved

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