Photos by Ann Marie Grocholski, AMG Photography
Becoming Lost
When you grow up in a town as small as Pelican Rapids, Minnesota (population 2502), everyone knows your name, your business, and pretty much everything else about you. Ben Hovland experienced this...
A continuation on how the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting small local businesses.
2020 and the pandemic have rocked Medina Entertainment Center’s world
Due to Governor Tim Walz's executive order all in-restaurant dining, indoor recreational activities and indoor events including wedding and...
Our community lost a long standing, loyal member and generous soul just as Covid-19 was overwhelming our psyches. Slight in stature, her size didn’t take away from the impact she created - Phyllis was the matriarch of the Doboszenski...
Health and fitness have been a way of life for Suzann Yue since she was very young. At 18 years of age she was first introduced to the martial arts, discovered she had a natural talent for it, then...
A CONTINUATION ON HOW THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS AFFECTING LOCAL BUSINESSES
Providence Academy
At the beginning of 2021 Dr. Todd Flanders of Providence Academy shared with LocalTies how COVID-19 is impacting this area’s private school. We started by asking for his...
Connie Fortin, whose great grandfather started Fortin Hardware in Hamel, launched her successful business, Fortin Consulting, in 1996 with more passion than knowledge. “My mission was to protect water,” said Connie, but her training was in computers, her experience,...
Hi Neighbors,
Kyle and our boys have built an Igloo in our front yard. You might notice reflective blankets on it the next couple days to preserve it through these warmer temps. The boys have decided they'd like to do...
(NOT FINANCIAL ADVICE)
VOLUME 1
As I write this, it is late January, the stock market is still trading near all-time highs, a Reddit army just blew up Wall Street short sellers on Game Stop (GME), the Biden-Harris administration is trying...
In the past year many families have joined Medina Golf & Country Club (MGCC) either as social (sport) members to enjoy the offerings like the pool and award winning dining or as full golf members to hit the links...
Phillip Kopischke, President and Chief Executive Officer of SharePoint Credit Union, sat down with me via a ZOOM call one sunny, brisk day early this 2021. We were both meeting from our home offices in an atmosphere of familiarity...