Salvaging history, one step at a time

Retired Washington D.C. police officer Joe Schwartz wanted to install an antique staircase in his Maryland home. He finally found one for sale...in Redwood Falls.

Tie one on in Redwood Falls

 

Farmfest brings tens of thousands of folks in the ag business to the area every year. In evenings, or when they’re waiting for their spouses, they need something to do.
In honor of Farmfest coming up next week, and of the thousands of women who will attend, many local merchants are teaming up for a special, three-day promotion with an apron theme.
“Tie One On in Redwood Falls” is described as an “Apron/Art Crawl” in the ads and posters.

Redwood farmers market opens for the season

Another growing season is here, and with that comes the opening of the Redwood Falls Farmers Market.

Disability: The mother of inventions

Minnesota Inventors Congress exhibitors created products this year for a variety of reasons. The most important: to help improve quality of life for others.

Secret garden

 

One of the most popular childrens books of all time is Frances Hodgson Burnett’s “The Secret Garden.” 
As it happens, Redwood Falls is full of secret gardens - ones hidden away in back yards, where hardly anyone gets to see them.
Next week, some of the town’s secret gardeners will be open their gardens to visitors as part of a fundraiser for the Redwood Area Library Foundation (RALF)

Ideas, inventions, and more at the Minnesota Inventors Congress

This coming weekend is one of the busiest in Redwood Falls, and most residents don’t even know everything that happens during it.
The Minnesota Inventors Congress is a focus, but it’s only one event everyone is invited to visit.
 

County demolishes old Masonic Lodge/ First English Church

To make space, the county tore down the old First English Church, later known as the Masonic Lodge, originally built in 1930.

Business Profile - Homes for the Community

Real estate agencies don’t just sell homes anymore.
Sometimes they have to build them, first.
“We’re the only ones in town who have been building spec homes for the last 10 years,” said Daryll Rice, of Continental Real Estate in Redwood Falls last week.
 

Eating the trees

Tent caterpillars are back this year, enjoying their short visit in Ramsey Park.

County e-waste collection this week

 

 

The Redwood County Environmental Office is hosting an e-waste collection Wednesday from 9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Redwood County fairgrounds in Redwood Falls.

E-waste, or electronic waste, includes a variety of items, such as TVs, computer CPUs, computer monitors and copy machines, which can be dropped off that day by residents of Redwood County for $5 each.

 

Pop up to Redwood

 

According to the Recreational Vehicle Heritage Museum in Elkhart, Indiana, 2010 is the 100th anniversary of the recreational vehicle.

Most people don’t know one of the most popular developments in RVs got its start at the very first Minnesota Inventors Congress in 1958.

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