When Maddie Lind became the owner of Creative Signs and Graphics in the summer of 2017, she thought pretty hard about changing the name of the 20-year-old business. But Lind, who had worked for the previous owners Mike and Gina Cone since 2013, ultimately decided not to. “When I took ...
LYTTON — If a picture is worth a thousand words, then Ben Albright’s first grade school photo tells an entire story. While the “battle scar” on his head might have upset some kids, it didn’t bother this farmer-in-training. “I proudly displayed a goose egg from an ...
DES MOINES — With all the attractions and distractions at the Iowa State Fair, it seems unlikely — improbable even — that one of the most popular destinations for kids was a booth filled with wooden toy barns at the Walnut Center. There wasn’t a computer screen or a digital device in sight as kids and their parents explored the barns hand-crafted by John Kauffman, 48, of Eagle Grove. The kids weren’t easily distracted as they explored every door, gate and livestock pen in the barns. Creativity soared as young fairgoers imagined they were working in a real barn. ...
Three years ago when brothers Todd and Nate McCubbin looked out the front window of their newly opened brewery on Central Avenue near City Square Park, they saw a very different picture of main street in Fort Dodge. “We have been looking out this window for over three years,” said ...
Jen Sorenson has come a long way since her roots on a contract grower farm in Lee County near Donnellson. Sorenson, communications director for Iowa Select Farms and vice president of the National Pork Producers Council, grew up on a livestock farm raising pigs and cattle where her ...
MANSON — Luke and Lori Thoma have found a new home for their ever expanding business — Thoma Construction and Flooring. The Manson couple, married for 20 years, moved to a space in downtown Manson, 630 Main Street, during the summer. “Everything was based out of our home,” ...
