Henderson RoadHaus Pub and Eatery
Darrell Eckblad became the owner of the Henderson RoadHaus Pub and Eatery in October 2021. While his tenure as owner
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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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Extreme Businesses of Southern Minnesota
As consumers finally start to emerge from the recent recession and loosen their financial belts, an interesting trend is coming to light: just how people spend their newly available money.
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Henderson Cycle Works
Jeff Eckerdt has been riding motorcycles since he was a kid, so it makes sense that he recently opened his own motorcycle parts and service business.
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East Henderson Farm
I grew up 800 feet from where we live now,” said 33-year-old Josh Reinitz in a telephone interview from his 40-acre, certified organic farm.
Read MoreClosing The Gap
“I’ve told the story of our business many times,” says Megan Turek, sales manager and managing editor of Henderson-based Closing The Gap, her animated dialogue somersaulting forward and off her pursed lips as an Olympic gymnast from a balance beam to a floor mat. “It’s a very personal story. It’s a family business.”
Read MoreHealthcare Academy
Healthcare Academy overlooks the city of Henderson. A homely, handmade sign showing the letters “HDD” leans into a window of this 114-year-old Historical Register site at the corner of Eighth and Minnesota. The sign faces Eighth Street, so most passersby driving up steep Minnesota Street hill never see it. Since “HDD” is no longer the company’s name, the sign, if seen, really wouldn’t help most first-time visitors anyway.
Read MoreDoug Thomas
Remember these educators. Fifty years from now their photos may appear in history books as distant reminders of a radical revolution, one proving for all-time that teachers, parents and students rather than state and federal bureaucracies can and should own public education.
Of course, it helps greatly that the generous hand of Microsoft’s Bill Gates has been assisting. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has granted these educators nearly $10 million since 2001 to replicate their EdVisions Cooperative education model throughout the United States. So far 23 public high schools have signed on and many more will follow. What this group has been doing can only be described as fomenting a radical revolution in public education—with the words “radical revolution” not a bit overstated.
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