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    March 27, 2013
    submitted photo This photo of Poplar Creek in Luverne shows the space available to put a trail in alongside it.
    VerMeer sees a diamond in the rough
    LUVERNE -- As Preston VerMeer hikes, bikes, walks and runs along city streets and off the beaten path, he sees things to which most people would...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:39pm
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe Angie Hokey holds a piece of her homemade pecan pie at The Recipe, the Westbrook restaurant she owns.
    Westbrook woman has 'The Recipe' for success
    WESTBROOK -- When a new café, The Recipe, opened its doors in January in Westbrook, it fulfilled both a community need and its owner's dream...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:37pm
    veasey conway/daily globe Catherine Koppen, Vice President of PAWS, holds an orphaned cat while Natalie Shelhamer, 7 (from left), Morgan Price, 11, and Tirzah Price, 7, all of Jackson, pet it March 16 during the Farm and Home Show at Jackson County Central High School.
    Jackson's PAWS a friend of animals
    JACKSON -- "They give the best hugs," Janice Lepinski says. Lepinski is referring to animals, and in her life she comes across quite a few....
    March 27, 2013 - 12:34pm
    submitted photo This sign marks one of the several properties purchased over the years by the Round Lake Sportsman's Club.
    Round Lake Sportsman's Club still making difference
    WORTHINGTON -- Even though the Round Lake Sportsman's Club doesn't have the same numbers and financial backing of some of the larger clubs, that...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:31pm
    Julie Buntjer/Daily Globe Members of the Hilltop Project Group include Kathryn Schmidt (front, from left), Audrey Slone, Kathy Harberts and Bonnie Rogers. Row two: Lois Rogers, Dolores Kingery, Lyla Hieronimus and Lois Harberts.
    Hilltop Project Group: 63 years of learning, friendships
    RUSHMORE -- The days of Extension educators leading Project groups for local women may be a thing of the past, but for a group of ladies in Wilmont,...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:28pm
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe The exterior of the Edgerton Bakery.
    No shortage of Dutch treats
    EDGERTON -- When Scott Landin quit his job of 12 years at Bayliner in Pipestone to start working at the Edgerton Bakery, he admits he wasn't...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:26pm
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe The exterior of Lange's Café, located along U.S. 75 in Pipestone.
    Lange's: Always open since 1956
    PIPESTONE -- They may say you need a college degree to get ahead these days, but the owner of Lange's Café, Steve Lange, proves that isn't always...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:18pm
    Two rows of grave markers -- 26 in all -- fill the 1888 Mennonite Cemetery east of May City, Iowa. (Brian Korthals/Daily Globe)
    A forgotten piece of history
    MAY CITY, Iowa -- Standing at the entrance to the 1888 Mennonite Cemetery near the intersection of two Iowa crossroads, a visitor can see for...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:15pm
    Brian Korthals/Daily Globe Class instructor Stacy Grunow (from left) leads students Marcia Oldenkamp and Callie Erickson in exercises at the Wellness Center in Sibley, Iowa.
    Doing 'well' in Sibley: Activities are plentiful at Osceola Community Wellness and Rehab Center
    SIBLEY, Iowa -- The hum of ellipticals, bikes and a high-tech "Skywall" fill the air as you enter the Osceola Community Wellness and Rehab Center,...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:11pm
    Photo courtesy Jim Brandenburg.
    Enjoy the prairie, but leave only footprints
    LUVERNE -- Home to the western fringed prairie orchid, Wol's spike rush, tumble grass, pygmy plants and even water starworts, the Touch the Sky...
    March 27, 2013 - 12:05pm
    Dinehart-Holt House has sparkled in Slayton since 1890s
    SLAYTON -- In 1891, Slayton was a budding town in a sea of prairie grass and home to the brand new Murray County Courthouse. Inspired and...
    March 27, 2013 - 11:58am
    submitted photo John Donaldson won 378 games as a pitcher during his illustrious baseball career.
    Take me out the ballgame! Lismore -- and the region -- has storied baseball past
    LISMORE -- Minnesota has always been baseball crazy. There was a Minnesota town named Nininger. Nininger doesn't even exist any longer. In...
    March 27, 2013 - 11:56am
    brian korthals/daily globe MinnTex Citrus vice president Matt Johnson shows off some of the fruit his firm handles at the company's warehouse in Windom.
    A fruitful business
    WINDOM -- Access to fresh citrus products -- and a wholesome fundraising opportunity to boot -- is as close as MinnTex Citrus of Windom. Family...
    March 27, 2013 - 11:47am
    Alyson Buschena/Daily Globe Volunteer Rich Boehnke works with a Karen Fulda resident.
    Welcoming their new neighbors: Fulda group steps up to assist community's Karen residents
    FULDA -- Founded in 1881, the city of Fulda tends to be populated with Western European descendents.
    March 27, 2013 - 11:42am
    ryan mcgaughey/daily globe Doug Bullerman (left) does what he's done for more than 40 years -- coach young wrestlers -- during a practice last week at Adrian High School.
    An investment for the decades
    ADRIAN -- Doug Bullerman freely admits he has never wrestled a match in his life, but that doesn't mean he isn't a wrestling expert. Indeed,...
    March 27, 2013 - 11:39am
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