MILROY It’s hard for Southwest Minnesota State alumnus Nicholas Schleif to describe his artwork. There are a lot of influences, he says, “pointillism,” for one since his art is composed of tiny dots. As in pointillism, the resulting picture can be appreciated from afar as well as up ...

Stefanie Slegers knows all about dental assisting, and after a 2019 mission trip she knows how much it can make a difference in one of the world’s impoverished countries. Slegers, a dental assistant in Tyler, took part in a week-long mission trip to Guatemala last winter. In that short ...

MINNEOTA - A major part of the Minneota area’s history is rooted in Iceland, and an entire overview of how Icelanders arrived in the local area was presented as part of the 2019 Boxelder Bug Days celebration. Cathy Josephson shared details of Icelandic immigration with an audience of about ...

MARSHALL It all started with stories, Marshall resident Alan Schuch said. When his children were younger, he used to make up stories for them before bedtime. “They would give me five minutes to tell a story,” Schuch said. The improvised tales weren’t always winners, he said, “But ...

Elwood Bakke has never seen an anvil he hasn’t liked, or that he hasn’t thought he could put to plenty of good use. Bakke, a resident of the Lincoln Lane assisted living center in Hendricks at age 96, has a collection of 26 anvils. He began collecting them by chance, and has kept all 26 ...

PORTER Dan Anderson sat in front of the steering wheel on his idling 1950 Ford 8N tractor when he spotted his grandson, Liam Wade. “You want to come on up?” Anderson asked. Seconds later, the 5 year old was on the tractor, his head barely seen over the steering wheel. “It was my ...