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Month: September 2012

Editor's Letter 

Nominations Open

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments

Vroom. Vroom. Here we go years without featuring a stock car driver and this issue we have two. It was coincidental and completely fun, if for no other reasons for the latter than being able to experience with the drivers their circular tales of glory and vicariously feeling their bumps and bruises.

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Hot Startz! 

Tandem Bagels

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments

Co-owners Tony and Anne Frentz went back into the bagel business earlier this year, opening Tandem Bagels at Walnut and Second. Tony had helped build Bagel Brothers into five successful locations before selling out to a relative.

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Off-The-Cuff 

Off-The-Cuff

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments

Often times, after considering a bill’s many pros and cons and neutrals, they end up voting for the lesser of two evils. It’s not an easy job to have. For illustrative purposes, let’s use marijuana—not literally, of course….

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Feature Story 

Compart Family Farms

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Carlienne Frisch 0 Comments nicollet

“It’s the Black Angus of pork, well known for superior quality,” said Jim Compart, president of Compart Family Farms in Nicollet, referring to the custom meat his family’s hogs produce. Our Compart Duroc branded pork is served at ‘white tablecloth’ restaurants like the Radisson in Minneapolis and Caesar’s Palace and Bellagio in Las Vegas.

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Cover Story 

Kevin and Kathy Finstad

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments new ulm

Entrepreneurs Kevin and Kathy Finstad of New Ulm engage and encapture business opportunity, not unlike the way their River View Sanitation trucks engage and encapture residential New Ulm garbage. They came, they saw, and they conquer—opportunity.

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Feature Story 

Powder Werks

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments lake crystal

You could make a classic movie about his life. In it, he could be like tough-and-rough Riff of the Jets in West Side Story or maybe combative Billy riding a chopper to New Orleans in Easy Rider.

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Hot Startz! 

Sommer Outdoors

September 1, 2012September 4, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments fairmont

Justin and Mary Sommer began Sommer Outdoors in Fairmont this March. Their business likely wouldn’t exist today without Justin’s love for art, a job offer for Mary, and their desire to return home.

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Good Times Manufacturing

September 1, 2012August 28, 2012 Daniel Vance 0 Comments mankato

Though technically beginning in 2004, this business didn’t move out of Angela and Terry Beenken’s home to a facility at 1420 North Riverfront until about a year ago.

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