Open Door Health Center
Annette McBeth, Doug Jaeger and Mandy Houk (Photo by Jonathan Smith) Health Care Home Open Door Celebrates 25 Years of
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Artisan Restoration
Mark Johnson and faithful companion, Buddy Number Two. (Photo by Jonathan Smith) Encore Entrepreneur A Kasota Man Reinvents Himself by
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Kerfoot Canopy Tour
Lee Kerfoot is owner of Kerfoot Canopy Tour. (Photo by Jonathan Smith) Brave Business Adventurers Kerfoot Family Continues Legacy of
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Farmamerica
Jessica Rollins is executive director of Farmamerica near Waseca. (Photo by Kris Kathmann) Growing Ag Awareness Farmamerica is telling the
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Aqualogical Resources
Photo by Kris Kathmann Aqua Man Seth Yokum takes care of business, by taking care of the environment. Seth Yocum
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Connect Business Magazine 25th Anniversary
In 1994, local businessman Jeffry Irish decided to finally pursue an idea he’d been considering for a while: starting a business magazine. Irish couldn’t have known how much of an impact publishing Connect Business Magazine would have on the business community in the Minnesota River Valley. Two key reasons motivated Irish to create the magazine. First, he believed area companies needed a magazine that would be delivered directly to business leaders, which would allow them to advertise specifically to a regional audience, according to the publisher’s note at the beginning of the first issue.
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Mankato Golf Club 100th Anniversary
There are many business tools available today that weren’t around 100, 40 or even 10 years ago: smart phone apps, Skype meetings, and super high-speed internet just to name a few. Nowadays there are a LOT of high-tech ways business gets done. However, there is a more traditional business tool that is still thriving, a good old-fashioned way to get business deals made. It’s not in a conference room or an office building…but on a golf course.
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Action Company
You might as well call Jim Swenson of Marshall “The Action Man.” Anchored by Action Sports, a complete motor sports and marine servicing and selling dealer located near the intersections of Minnesota Highways 23 and 59, Swenson has several businesses – from landscaping and design to storage and automobiles – all operating under the “Action” name. It all started in 1979 when his father, Tim Swenson, purchased Marshall Small Engine and Repair in downtown Marshall.
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