Call Me Maybe

If this May/June issue generates only half the excitement of our March/April 20th anniversary blockbuster featuring Tailwind Group co-owner Kyle Smith, we will be more than pleased as punch. It would seem no other issue in our publishing history grabbed our readers’ attention like that issue.

For the sake of providing more and not resting on our laurels, we move on.

Bill Otis makes our cover this issue and you can call him—maybe. He has been president of $40 million New Ulm Telecom more than 25 years and the business he leads helps nearly a quarter of our readers send and receive all manner of data. Otis has been a national telecommunications industry leader and was board chair of the former Mankato-based Midwest Wireless. Perhaps you still remember that little outfit.

For company profiles, we feature Seaver Company of Le Sueur and Knit & Sew World of St. Peter. The former has more than 100 employees and is a family business selling millions of i-gogs sunglasses into nearly 4,000 retail outlets in 30 states. The latter tweaks and trades sewing, knitting, and embroidery machines for customers all over the world.

So we have quite the variety of businesses, ones offering everything from cellular service and sunshades to sergers.

Sursum ad summum,

Daniel J. Vance
Editor