While Dylan Boerboom always liked welding, he didn’t know how to get his foot in the door until he started the Welding Certificate Program at Marshall Area Technical and Educational
Archives for 2017
DI Labs first in Minnesota to offer Multi Jet Fusion technology
SPICER, Minn. — The team at DI Labs is proud to announce the latest addition to their additive manufacturing testing and production lab – an HP Multi Jet Fusion (MJF). They are the
Bright Beginnings loan helps family child care open in rural Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Minn. — Rochelle Merkins has opened a home-based child care in rural Hutchinson with financial assistance from Southwest Initiative Foundation’s (SWIF) Bright Beginnings loan program. This is a return
Nena’s Cakes finds new home in Heron Lake
HERON LAKE, Minn. — Each of Yolanda Barahona’s creations is more beautiful than the last, and all of them are edible. The Worthington resident has been turning out intricate cakes
Real world experience for student entrepreneurs
Making smart career choices can help kids overcome the opportunity gap — lifting up the one in six children living in poverty in southwest Minnesota, and growing the economy. But
FBT Sawmill receives SWIF’s 1,000th loan
STEEN, Minn. – Southwest Initiative Foundation (SWIF) is celebrating its 1,000th loan since the community foundation formed in 1986. FBT Sawmill in Steen received the landmark loan, helping finance a
