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A Unique Business Brining Big Dollars to Local Causes
Many organizations work to raise money for local causes. That is the case for the Kiwanis Club in Granite Falls, Minnesota. However, you may be…
A Business Born in 1919
The folks here can tell you the exact date two brothers started, what to them, must have seemed to simply be a side business to…
Escape from the Squirrel Cage Jail
Prisoners have used many different methods to escape from their cells. A man in this jail crawled through pipes of raw sewage, not once but…
Hamsters in a Prison Wheel
If you seem to be busy, but going nowhere in life, you might be said to be a “hamster in a wheel.” The prisoners of…
A Drink That Was Good for You
There are a lot of studies that show high consumption of sugary drinks is bad for your waistline and your health. But one study actually…
Shoot Me a Waco
If someone walked into a restaurant and said, “Shoot me a Waco,” no one would probably know what they meant. They’d actually be asking for…
The McGloflin House
Today it is just a historic site overlooking the Oregon’s Wilamette River…yet the man who lived here is regarded to have saved the lives of…
Turkey Red & the Liberty Bell
Perhaps you’ve seen the Liberty Bell in Philadelphia. But have you see the Liberty Bell in Goessel, Kansas? The version that was crafted by 200…
The Mennonites Meet the Tsar
This community in central Kansas traces their lineage to the Netherlands, Poland and the Ukraine. During their journey it was a chance meeting with one…
Liberation from a POW Camp
Life inside a POW camp in Germany was a struggle for survival. Yet inside the barbed wire and the horrific experiences Sy Brenner encountered, there…
