Sew Boutique
When Kay Brandt was 10 and growing up in Tyler, Minnesota, her mother wasn’t making Barbie doll clothing fast enough and that made Brandt anxious.
Marcia Bahr
Seasoned Mankato marketing and communications professional shares wealth of wisdom from radio, franchise restaurant, telecommunications, and healthcare industries.
L&S Electric
Years later, a physician said he should have died. In 1980, then 25-year-old Tim Lipetzky was an electrician working inside a Lakefield hospital when he felt an ache arcing through his stomach. He told a registered nurse about the pain, but would wave it off before leaving that night.
Jarraff Industries
Stepping through the door of the Jarraff Industries office on the north side of St. Peter, the reporter first sees a four-foot-high stuffed giraffe. Too big to be a child’s toy, the giraffe wears a kerchief proclaiming the name of the business. It doesn’t take much imagination to make the connection between the long-necked animal and the tree-cutting equipment George Boyum began producing 35 years ago.
Lawson Media And Publishing
Change has been 27-year-old Rob Lawson’s life. Born in Arkansas, he has lived there and in Mississippi, New Mexico, Wyoming, South Dakota, and multiple cities in Minnesota—and probably other states he doesn’t remember.
Editor's Letter, Insights, Publisher Perspective
5,000-Watt Spotlight
Some people crave limelight and neon; others prefer backlight or no light. Our cover story, 46-year-old Marcia Bahr, Mankato Clinic director of marketing and communications and Jersey Mike’s Subs co-owner, feels more comfortable with the latter.
La Plaza F!esta
You won’t find many people outworking 23-year-old Krystal Spinler, who purchased the Mexican restaurant in Madelia in January and renamed it La Plaza F!esta.
Insights, Off-The-Cuff, Opinion
Off-The-Cuff
Here, in this issue, I feature a slam-dunk of a column that examines the effect personal state income taxes could be having on—of all things—National Basketball Association team records and top-tier Minnesota corporations acquiring the best talent.
Riverside Aesthetics
Dr. Robin Ballina opened Riverside Aesthetics at 500 N. Main last July as a side business as she transitions into semi-retirement while also working as a part-time psychiatrist.