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One year agoJackson-based New Fashion Pork celebrated the groundbreaking of its new $10 million state-of-the-art feed mill in Round Lake Wednesday. CEO Brad Freking and his wife, Meg, and sister Susan, gripped shovels and took celebratory scoops of black dirt. In addition to creating...

“Oh, that’s cute,” a co-worker said, looking out the window a couple of weeks ago on one of the first sunny days we had after our long, rainy spring.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoForbidden Barrel Brewery, a microbrewery, aimed to serve its first pint in Worthington in 2019. Brent Droll, a brewmaster from rural Okabena, was planning to set up shop in the former Rickbeil's building at the corner of Ninth Street and Third Avenue in downtown Worthington....

I’m sitting in my living room as I write this morning, but it’s hard to concentrate. Sure, I have other things on my mind, but that isn’t the problem. There are dishes to wash and clothes to fold, but they aren’t bothering me, either. It’s the lake that’s at fault. The...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

The Minnesota legislative session just ended. There were lots of things that happened and a few that didn’t when all the dust was settled. I really struggle with politics. It feels like no matter what I do or who I call, it makes no difference at all. It is this disconnect that...

One year agoRunnings celebrated the groundbreaking on its new 74,000 square-foot facility along Worthington's Oxford Street. Runnings' COO Dan Hermann said the company hoped for a grand opening in the spring of 2019, following the store's move to the new site in February or March...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

WORTHINGTON — Just when I thought I was ready to retire from writing, I had an unexpected urge to express some thoughts on a new subject. I'll bet you can never guess what's on my mind.

One year agoCalissa Lubben, Edgerton, was selected as one of 12 finalists for the 65th Princess Kay of the Milky Way contest. Lubben's nomination for the role marked the first time in the program's 65-year history that a finalist hailed from Rock County. Worthington's Pioneer Village...

It happened this past week. It wasn’t a day I was dreading, exactly, having never thought about it before, but when it came it felt a bit like a train had rushed past me, just a few feet away, and blown me off course. Like the world had shifted a little and I’d only just noticed....

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoA groundbreaking ceremony took place for the new $13.1 million facility that would serve as the new ISD 518 Area Learning Center and gymnastics center. A pair of rural Allendorf, Iowa, bachelor brothers — George and Cecil Loof — bequeathed more than $1.6 million...

Bob Barker would be proud of us. We turned our cat, Percy, into a eunuch. Poor kitty. She had no idea what was coming her way. One minute she’s innocently rolling around on the floor, chasing an intangible red laser dot, and the next she’s being shoved into a cat carrier and...