I’ve lived in Faribault my entire life but my wife and I enjoy traveling all around Minnesota as well as the surrounding states. When I’m not at work I’m usually spending time with my grandchildren and my grown children. I enjoy going to watch the Vikings, especially at US Bank Stadium, concerts, taking my wife to various musicals and going out to eat… I really enjoy that, as my bathroom scale can attest. I love music and spend a lot of time on the weekends looking for CDs of big hair bands that I don’t currently have in my collection.
Mike Eiler
Thursday is Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day
It's hard to believe that it's been a year already, but Give to the Max Day begins at midnight tonight. According to their website, GiveMN.org, “GiveMN launched in 2009 as a collaborative venture led by Minnesota Community Foundation and many other organizations committed to helping make our state a better place” and their mission statement is, "We ignite generosity and grow giving...
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Will You Step Up and Give Blood at an Area Blood Drive?
We mention American Red Cross Blood Drives quite often because it's an easy way to help others without costing you anything but a little time. With the donation of blood, you could save someone's life. As a matter of fact, you could be saving several people's lives...
Top 10 Minnesota Bands
Minnesota-born Bob Dylan recently turned up in the news because he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He's the first songwriter to receive this honor and it got me thinking about the different artists from Minnesota who have made an impact on the music world and, more specifically, bands that have managed to escape the definition of popular local Minnesota band and broke onto the charts wi
Autumn in Owatonna
I woke up pretty early Sunday morning and started taking care of some things around the house. Our washer had given up the ghost on Friday night and I had replaced it on Saturday morning. After that was done I went to the landfill with my brother and sister to dispose of all the roofing tear-off materials from my parents' house...
Red Cross Offers Assistance for Flood Recovery
The American Red Cross has joined forces with other local nonprofits, public agencies and private organizations to help out people that have been affected by the recent flooding in southern Minnesota, especially those in Waseca and Freeborn counties...
Sleeping Naked Is Illegal, and Other Dumb Minnesota Laws
Everybody has heard of one stupid law or another that's still on the books and they were usually implemented back in the "old days." Recently while I was surfing the web I came across several laws that just kind of made me shake my head.
Did you know that in Minnesota it's illegal to stand around any building without a good reason to be there...
Political Campaign Signs Aren’t Allowed on Highway Rights of Way
As the political season winds its way toward its climax on Tuesday, November 8, people are becoming more vocal about the candidates that they support. You see posts on Facebook about how they feel about their candidate and their candidate's opponent, you hear them on talk radio or at rallies, or read their opinions in the newspaper...
Check Out Flooding in Medford and Owatonna
Friday night some of my family stopped by to help me pull up the wet carpeting and carpet pad from my flooded basement. Thankfully we were able to find a dry indoor space to hang up my carpet and let it dry out over the weekend. The carpet pad wasn't worth salvaging, so that went into the trash...
Will Your Favorite Toy Make It Into the National Toy Hall of Fame
Remember playing with toys like the View-Master, Little Green Army Men, Mr. Potato Head, Candyland, Easy Bake Oven, Hot Wheels, Raggedy Ann and Andy, Slinky and more when you were growing up? You might even still play with some of these toys with your kids or grandkids...
Family Fun at RecoveryFest this Saturday
Did you know that September is National Recovery Month? According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Adminstration's (or SAMHSA) Facebook page, "Every September, SAMHSA sponsors Recovery Month to increase awareness and understanding of mental and substance use disorders and celebrate the people who recover...