A Flandreau business investor is offering a reward after two of his properties have been broken into in less than a month.
Kyle Haug, who owns Wind Street Liquor, said he will pay $2,500 to anyone with information that leads to the arrest and conviction of someone who burglarized the store late last month. It is the second time the store has been burglarized since Haug closed it and has it on the market as a turn-key operation.
A house he is working on across the street south of the Rescue Church also was broken into and tools were taken.
At the Wind Street business, a stairway door was left open by a contractor, and someone entered and smashed through lathe, plaster and plywood walls with a bolt cutter to gain access to the liquor store, where Haug said $2,000 in merchandise was taken. The cost of the damage to the building is higher at $3,000 to $4,000, he said.

“They did more damage than theft, actually,” he said. The person slipped through the studs in the wall and left out the front door.
Police Chief Zach Weber said the burglary is believed to have happened about 4 a.m. Feb. 27, based on video footage of the street and area. At this point, a suspect still is under investigation and no one has been arrested. The video shows one person who was wearing a dark jacket, blue jeans and dark shoes, but it doesn’t provide a view of the person’s face. The person walked south when leaving the building.
A second video about an hour later shows two people walking, and it appears one of the people is the same as in the first video, Weber said.
He said while the burglary is unusual because the person went in through a wall, it’s a good reminder to residents to keep their vehicles and homes locked and to remove any guns from vehicles.
“I’ve never seen anybody get into the building through a wall before,” he said.
Cash rewards can help solve cases, he said.
Haug said he is offering it because he hopes it brings someone forward to talk. Anyone with information should contact the Flandreau Police Department.
“I’m sick of damage there,” Haug said. “It’s all part of doing business. (But) it’s getting frustrating.”