Photo by Samantha Davis. Marshall's Grace Rokeh showcases her business, Inner Grace Jewelry, where she sells an assortment of jewelry at the 2025 Lyon and Murray County CEO Trade Show at the Tyler Golf Course Wednesday evening.

TYLER — A group of 18 local students showcased their personal business ventures at the third annual Class of 2025 Lyon and Murray County CEO Trade Show at the Tyler Golf Course Wednesday evening.

Students from Marshall High School, Murray County Central, Russell-Tyler-Ruthton and Tracy-Milroy-Balaton came up with ideas throughout the year to create their own businesses open to the community, which carried over a range of services.

Jenna Kremin from RTR started 3 Wooden Crosses, creating rustic home furniture including mirrors and accessories.

“They [mirrors] have hooks on them and a mirror, and they are also really pretty,” Kremin said. “I see all the time, even in my house, I have one little door standup mirror and I have to run back and forth to get my hats, jewelry and clothes … I decided to put hooks on it myself, so that you don’t have to run anywhere. You can just look at the mirror and you can just try on whatever you want.”

Kremin’s station was set up with various mirrors she made that included hooks, picture framed mirrors, bird feeders and other household items.

Olivia Lange from RTR created a baking business named Front Porch Pantry, supplying homemade baking mixes like cookies, muffins and brownies. She also said she home makes the brown sugar included in her recipes.

Ada Moua from TMB had her station filled with an array of crochet flowers, with a business idea, called Bloom Kraft, stemming from a hobby she had growing up.

“My business is crotchet flower bouquets … I started crocheting when I was 12, my mom taught me, and then I’ve kind of been on and off about it,” Moua said. “Ever since I joined the CEO program, there was a couple croquet stuffed animals, and I was telling my buddies ‘I could make that for you.'”

There was also a pair of breeding businesses, with Sam Deutz running Heritage Breed Feeder for Pigs and Braelyn Wing with Legacy Pointing Labs.

Both Duetz and Wing attend Marshall, and came up with their business plans from family inspiration.

“I sell feeder pigs to just distributors … I raise them to about 50 pounds,” Deutz said. “My dad sold pigs for a while, and when I was thinking of things to do, I was trying to think of something I could do on our farm [located just outside of Marshall].”

“I’ve got pure-bred pointing lab retrievers … They’re eight weeks when they go home,” Wing said. “When I was little, my parents had two labs … They had puppies, so I grew up getting to see puppies raised. When I was 10 years old, I decided I wanted my own dog, and I’m going to be a dog breeder.”

There also were a few woodworking or construction businesses.

Adam Hippe from TMB started Hippie’s Woodworking and Epoxy, specializing in making cutting boards and epoxy coaster sets. He also sources all of his wood for the projects from local trees.

Gabriel Gleis from MCC created Gabriel Gleis Handyman, handling projects similar to contractors like metal fabrication, woodworking, carpentry and general labor.

Elijah Determan out of RTR runs a dual-business of Determan Gutter Armor and Mobile Mayhem.

“I do gutter cleaning, but I do gutter guard installation as well,” Determan said. “I did it to my grandparents house last year and took a picture last weekend, and it turns out to be really good.”

There also were a few cleaning services, like McCoy Guenther from Marshall creating Guenther Cleaning Services.

“I do commercial cleaning and regular cleaning,” Guenther said. “I was working at Lynd Public Schools as a janitor, so I did a lot of cleaning and knew how to do it … A lot of people told me they want cleaners.”

Sydney Seiler from RTR started Sydney Seiler Babysitting Services, offering both babysitting and cleaning services, inspired from having two younger sisters that she helped babysit growing up.

Easton Larsen and Kason Dybdahl, from Marshall and RTR respectively, specialize in residential window cleaning services at Pristine Panes, where they both co-own the business.

Dawson DeCamp from Marshall does interior car detailing in his business, Inside Out Car Detailing, and Andrew Holm from MCC created Holm Engraving.

“I do a laser engraving business … We have laser engraved tumblers or crosses [or more],” Holm said. “Initially, I didn’t know what I wanted to do. Looking at what gives you a lot of opportunity, and custom laser engraving is kind of whatever you can think of … Endless opportunities.”

Seth Cowell from RTR created Cowell Old Car Removal to buy and sell older cars, remove them from a property or works to restore and sell for parts as well.

Jade Williams from RTR started up an inflatable business, named Inflatafun Rentals, and showcased one of her rentals outside the golf course.

“I buy inflatables and I rent them out to people’s birthday parties, baby showers, wedding showers or anything,” Williams said. “I feel like in the Pipestone or Slayton area and all around there, you have to go very far [for rentals].”

Ben Brandl from Marshall started Cutting Edge Lawn Service, a lawn care servicing business.

Grace Rokeh, also from Marshall, created Inner Grace Jewelry, where she makes and sells a wide assortment of jewelry.

The CEO program was initially created in recent years, with the support of local business partners and mentors, to allow students to develop business skills and experience through team work, problem solving and professionalism.