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Caitlin Miller (left) raises a lit flare, and rowing partner George Pagano holds up an American flag as the two enter the English Harbour in Antigua Feb. 16, the final destination for the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge. The pair completed rowing the 3,000-mile challenge in 58 days, 5 hours and 6 minutes, the fastest completion by a pair of American rowers.
After 58 days, 5 hours and 6 minutes rowing across the Atlantic Ocean, Caitlin Miller’s first steps on land were a little wobbly on Feb. 16. “That first step we all felt we were swaying,” said Miller during a phone interview a day after the race. Miller is the daughter of Alex and Karen Miller of...
A smiling Caitlin Miller talks with her rowing partner, George Pagano, Tuesday morning as a pair safely arrives in English Harbor, Antigua. The pair completed the 3,000-mile “Talisker Whiskey Challenge” in 58 days, 5 hours and 6 minutes, a new record for an American mixed pair team.
After nearly two months of non-stop rowing, Luverne High School graduate Caitlin Miller and her rowing partner, George Pagano, safely docked in Antigua Tuesday morning. Miller of Hardwick and Pagano of Media, Pennsylvania, competed in the “Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge,” a 90-day, 3,000-mile...
Jan Baustian is sworn in as the mayor of Hardwick. She will finish out the last year of the previous mayor John Javner’s two-year term. Javner resigned at last month’s meeting.
When Jan Baustian is sworn into office tonight (Thursday) as Hardwick’s newest mayor, she will be stepping back into a position she first served in almost 30 years ago. This time, however, Baustian said her role would be one of nurturing instead of trailblazing. “The council, bless their hearts,...
George Pagano and Caitlin Miller pose in front of their rowboat, “Washington’s Crossing,” the first U.S.-made boat to compete in the “Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge.”
As of Monday, Luverne High School graduate Caitlin Miller has rowed more than 1,100 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. Miller of Hardwick is competing in the “Talisker Whiskey Atlantic Challenge,” a 90-day, 3,000-mile journey from the Island of LaGomera (one of Spain’s Canary Islands just off the...
Bill Holling of Luverne is a 59-year member of the Arthur Moeller American Legion Post 478 and is the group’s last remaining World War II veteran.
The last of Hardwick’s World War II veterans received a special visit last week and a personal thank you for his 59 years of continuous membership to the Arthur Moeller American Legion Post 478. Bill Holling, at age 92 years and 8 months, has outlived his fellow soldiers, an accomplishment the...
Six remaining members of the Last Man’s Club gather for a toast Wednesday night, Nov. 11, during the Veterans Day program at the Blue Mound Banquet Center in Luverne. Warren Herreid II is pictured at the end of the table with Last Man’s Club members (from left) Warren Herreid Sr., LeRoy Luitjens, Helmer Haakenson, Earl Glaser, Bob Anderson and Ray Anderson. There were 24 original members in the Last Man’s Club that formed out of the group of local World War II veterans who regularly met for coffee at Glen’s
Nine members of the Arthur Moeller American Legion Post 478 were recognized for 50 or more years of continuous membership during their annual Veterans Day Program Wednesday night, Nov. 11, in Hardwick. Lowell Ahrendt (58 years), Donald Etrheim (58), Harold Etrheim (58), Harold Graphenteen (60),...
An Oct. 28 public hearing in Hardwick prompted residents and city leaders to re-examine ordinances and policies designed to promote positive city development. Darin Prins is requesting a city variance to move in a 28-by-15-foot building on his property located at 101 E. First St. (County Road 7)....
Hardwick native Bruce “Buzz” Anderson creates a miniature town in the spare bedroom of his Eagen home shared with his wife, Linda. He designed the businesses after the ones he remembers from growing up in Hardwick during the 1950s and ’60s.
Tucked inside a spare bedroom in Bruce “Buzz” Anderson’s Eagan home is a little remembrance of growing up in Hardwick during the 1950s and ’60s. Resting on top of a 4-by 8-foot antique table, the miniature town started with an N-scale train 18 months ago. “It sounds like a real diesel engine,” he...
Chris Pressler (left), Tony Edwards and Matt Eickhoff clean leaves and branches from the Hardwick Veterans Memorial Friday morning, Oct. 16, as part of Enel Green Energy’s Green Up Our Community Day.
Three Enel Green Power employees spent Friday morning, Oct. 16, sprucing up areas around the city of Hardwick. “Green Up Our Community Day” is a companywide effort to help clean up communities where Enel Green Power North America (EGP-NA) has its offices and where renewable energy plants are based...

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