McALISTERVILLE — Before the first Christmas at the Barn community event on Christmas Eve in 2024, barn owner Christa Mummah worked to clean up the stalls as quickly as possible, before people arrived.

WILLMAR -- James Dykema said he doesn't consider himself an artist when he's making his handcrafted wooden furniture. But there's little doubt that he looks at wood with an artist's eye when he's ...