NEW ULM — Ruth Klossner has logged 44 regional parade appearances behind the wheel of her cow-spotted 1950 Ford 8N tractor since purchasing and restoring the machine in 2012. The tractor serves as a mobile extension of Klossner’s regional cow collection and museum, bringing her ...
GILFILLAN ESTATE — The Minnesota Department of Agriculture recently provided mental health and farm safety resources to producers at Farmfest. The outreach focuses on farm families dealing with high commodity, input, and fuel costs, Sue Knott, a representative with the department, said. ...
GILFILLAN ESTATE — Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison talked to farmers at Farmfest Aug. 5 about how he helped Minnesota and several other states reach a settlement with John Deere to help farmers save on repair costs. Ellison sued John Deere to end their unlawful repair monopoly ...
It was June 19, 1937 when violence erupted outside Republic Steel's Stop 5 plant on Poland Avenue. Workers had picketed for weeks as part of the nationwide Little Steel Strike, a bitter battle over union recognition. Republic Steel and Youngstown Sheet & Tube refused to follow industry ...
The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United States were planted many years before the Civil War would tear the country apart. "For the newly independent United States, the first order of business was to establish a national government," explained Roger Micker, president of the ...
NEW ULM — In 1852, a number of young men and women of Wurttemberg, Germany, decided to devote their futures to aiding the development of a new world they called America. The group emigrated from Germany to New York City, but didn’t like it much, so they moved west to Chicago. Attending ...
