We have been learning about Minneota’s Royal Hettling, who grew up with four siblings on the family farm north of Minneota. Royal attended Minneota Public Schools where his class grew significantly as they entered high school, augmented by students from St. Edward School in Minneota and the ...

Somehow I got started reading books about railroads, and I couldn’t stop. The photo you see with this review shows my sister sitting by the railroad tracks in Ferguson, Iowa, the town I grew up in. My father’s grain elevator would fill boxcars with corn or soybeans or oats during the ...

With pheasant season underway, more and more great opportunities for these birds are opening up as agricultural fields come down. As harvest rolls along, birds begin to pile into hiding places from the grasses of early autumn to heavier cover like sloughs and stands of brush as things get ...

I’m always impressed by people’s artistic abilities. It’s awesome for me to view the art work of others because I do not possess that creative gene in my DNA. At a recent local fall art festival, it was inspiring to view the paintings, clay work, woodwork, metal and stone wares and ...

Charitable giving is often a key pillar of estate and legacy planning for many investors. If philanthropy is important to you, consider the following details of donor advised funds and evaluate if they make sense for your plans to support causes that matter most to you. What is a donor ...

Irwin Alfred Stellmacher was born May 1, 1896, in Renville to Henry and Louise Yunker Stellmacher. In 1906, he moved with his parents to Marshall where he finished school. In 1917, he went to the Rahe Automobile Training School in Kansas City and received his diploma on June 15, 1917. On April ...