Friedell Middle School sits right in downtown Rochester, not too far from the things that make this southern Minnesota city famous and loved. Designed to be a smaller setting for those wild, crazy, mixed-up junior high years, the goal is to inspire, challenge, and empower. A noble quest, for sure. For Jordan and Austin, who […]

Three years ago, Jenna said goodbye to her home state of Texas. Nearly 1,500 miles and six states later, she found herself in her new home of southern Minnesota. She traded in the warmth of the Lone Star state for northern winters, and she sees maroon with more gold than the white of her precious […]

“Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away. For we know in part and we prophesy in part, but when the perfect comes, the partial will pass […]

  “I keep my gratitude in my smileA glistening waterfall in the sun Gently splashing at that personWho made me happy for some reason” -Sanobar Kahn   From the minute I met Adam and Kaitlynn for the first time amidst of the mist of Minnehaha Falls, two things became very clear despite the cool fuzzy air: […]

   Joe hated her laugh. Annette thought he was nothing but a jerk. So at the end of their would-be first and last date when she turned her face at just the right moment and cheeked him, Joe viewed it one way: Challenge accepted.   And by the first week of March when they shared […]