Joel Hicks is the owner of Encore Electric, a premier electrical company that provides integrated solutions to residential and commercial clients across the Twin Cities. A native Iowan, Hicks grew up in the small town of Oskaloosa, which is located an hour southeast of Des Moines. For Hicks, life in the 641 was simple. As... Continue Reading →
John Kukowski is the owner of Thunder Drains, a residential and commercial drain cleaning company. Growing up, Kukowski spent a lot of time in Grand Forks, North Dakota, a place where the winters are equally as harsh as Minnesota’s. “Cold. Isolating,” Kukowski says of North Dakota, which is all too apropos because while typing this... Continue Reading →
Cary Griffith is an award-winning Minnesota author who has written eight books. Raised in eastern Iowa on the edge of Cedar Rapids, Griffith had a Huck Finn-like childhood, his youth a throwback to the innocence of yesteryear, a time when life wasn’t so complicated. “I spent most of my summers without shoes on, fishing and... Continue Reading →
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