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How the radio industry came about

The radio industry all started from the discovery of electromagnetic waves and their potential. In 1830, Michael Faraday confirmed that Christian Oersted’s theory that a magnetic field is created around a wire that has a current running through it. This established the principle of ...

Ahrens Heating & Air Conditioning

The history of the HVAC industry is one of human dreams, ingenuity and well, necessity! While ancient Romans did use the first form of radiant heat, in most areas, many homes were heated with wood or coal burning stoves or fireplaces. As you can imagine they were labor intensive to use and not ...

Borth Memorials

On designing a memorial, times have changed. When Robert Borth started in 1988, if the customer wanted a drawing, it was done by hand in St. Cloud and mailed back and forth. It usually took up to a month to get back and show the customer. If they wanted changes, it was a slow process. Today, we ...

Anytime Fitness – Everything Wrong with Working Out

One of the greatest fails in the fitness industry has been allowing people to think that healthy living is this complicated process only meant for a small group of people. It’s always been a strong cultural belief that one of the scariest and most intimidating things you can do is step into a ...

Lions Club of New Ulm

The Lions Club of New Ulm was chartered in 1929. We are one of 49,000 clubs of the Lions Clubs International organization. We are the world’s largest service organization with 1.4 million members in more than 200 countries. Lions Clubs International was founded by Chicago business man, Melvin ...

River Creek Nursery

The emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive beetle native to Asia, has devastated ash tree populations across Minnesota in recent years. As communities deal with the loss of the Green Ash trees, it becomes crucial to explore alternative species for urban forestry. There are several trees that ...