MANKATO — Former Mankato West football star Philip Nelson has been arrested after police say he assaulted a former Minnesota State University football player early Sunday morning. Officers on patrol ...

Holdingford, in the heart of Minnesota’s dairy country, is a remarkable little town. Nearly a quarter of a century ago, the town’s service clubs and residents raised the funds necessary to build ...

In a time when mass production can easily become the norm, Millerville Co-op Creamery has chosen to stick to its heritage. “At one point, there were little co-op creameries dotted all across the state ...

Grant, Minn. — Sarah Kramer likes the three cats. Chad Bracewell favors the goats. And Molly Thompson enjoys the sheep. The three farmers, as they’re known at 21 Roots Farm in Grant, Minn., have ...

Spring often just burst onto the southern Illinois farm of my youth. One morning you'd see a green blade of something peeking through the bare ground by the mailbox and by the time you got off the ...

When outputs are not enough to offset inputs, or the number of families a farm needs to support increases, many farmers look for ways to diversify. Whether it be custom farming, trucking in the ...

When Sophia Wuebker heard about a program called Bacon Buddies® at the Iowa State Fair a few years ago, she wasn’t sure what it was all about. Once she attended the Bacon Buddies show at the Swine ...

Nestled within the east end of downtown Springfield, Minnesota is the only smokehouse this side of the Twin Cities. James and April Bigelow are the proprietors of the 6 East Coffee and Smokehouse, a ...

Rake, Iowa — Without Goette Farms, the signature lamb linguine wouldn't be possible at Bacio in Minnetonka, Minnesota. The lamb and beef distributor, based in Rake, Iowa, distributes to the popular ...

Currently serving as the First Vice President for the Minnesota Corn Growers Association, Wes Beck is working hard to step into the role of president next. A lifetime spent on a farm north of St.

If you like history, the small town of Fulda has a lot to offer, and finding it all is like going on a scavenger hunt. Cindy Meier, current president of the Fulda Heritage Society, said that while ...

While there are few structures on the rural landscape as iconic as a silo, it’s likely that Hanson Companies would have gone out of business decades ago if they’d only stuck with them. “The silo ...