Lou Ann Marks of Alexandria holds a print of the winning entry in the Reader’s Digest America’s Road Trip Photo Contest. Marks was awarded $500 for submitted the grand prize photo. Contributed photo Lou Ann Marks of Alexandria loves to take photos. Since retiring about five years ago, she has been taking many photos with her iPhone. “I have always been interested in photography but having a camera on my phone has given me more flexibility,” she said. “They say that the best c

Greenwald farmer has more than 50 plowing trophies “This is the seed,” said Bernie Nietfeld. He was referring to a photograph of himself and three other local farmers who competed in a 1954 Stearns County plowing contest. It is an apt analogy for a Greenwald farmer whose family has been in the seed business for four generations. Bernie, who incidentally won that 1954 contest, is largely responsible for restoring the official plowing contests on state, national and worldwide l

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