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Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoPrairie Elementary students and staff raised $7,230.47 in the school's annual Pennies for Patients fundraiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The goal of $6,000 was easily surpassed, and students had the fun of throwing whipped cream pies into the faces of assistant...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoEmployees of Worthington's First State Bank Southwest recently contributed $5,000 toward the fund for a new splash pad in Worthington.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoAt the 88th annual Worthington Area Chamber of Commerce and Convention and Visitors Bureau banquet, awards were presented. The 45th annual Community Service award went to Ken and Zuby Jansen, while Bernice Camery received the Friend of Education award. The Worthington...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoMother Nature packed a heavy punch on Monday, Jan. 22, with heavy snow (11 inches in Worthington) and high winds bringing traffic to a standstill across portions of southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoScott Hain, general manager of Worthington Public Utilities, received the annual City of Worthington Excellence of Leadership award. Hain began working for the city of Worthington's wastewater department in 1985, was hired full-time as WPU coordinator in 1996 and was named...

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoThe Twin Cities-based Americana folk pop band Rogue Valley, headed by musician Chris Koza, headlined at Memorial Auditorium Performing Arts Center, Worthington.

Editor’s note: Former longtime Daily Globe Editor Ray Crippen died Dec. 27, 2015. We will continue to publish previously run “Isn’t That Something” columns on Saturdays, until further notice, as a tribute to Crippen and his knowledge of local and regional history. The following...

One year agoA large granite rock unearthed from a rural Brewster farm three years earlier was to be relocated to Fury's Island, a Nobles County park in Graham Lake Township. The boulder measured approximately 15 feet long, 10 feet wide and 10 feet tall. Years earlier, former Globe...