They have the second largest water bill in the town of Frankenmuth after a big restaurant on Main Street known for serving thousands of chicken dinners to tourists. They are the Zeilinger Wool Company ...

Wool production is an agricultural activity that can serve as the basis for a small business in which growing high-quality wool is the focus or as a by-product of a meat production operation, in which ...

BROWNSVILLE — Wool that provides clothing to ward off a chill can do the same thing as a building insulation, Brownsville farmers Joel and Kay Pynch say. Along with partner Margaret Magruder of ...

FOSSTON, Minn. -- Stephenie Anderson's timing for starting a wool-processing plant here is spot-on. So says Bill Batchelder, president of Bemidji Woolen Mills, and Jim Stordahl, an extension agent in ...

The gears, belts and drums of the 65-year-old wool-processing machine began to turn, slowly at first, then faster and faster as it started singing its high-pitched song. "Ready!" Brad Strohm hollered, ...

ST. PETER — Does wool processing make you think of a beloved granny hunching over her spinning wheel by the light of a roaring fireplace? Think again. Founded in 1867, Minnesota’s only custom woolen ...

Suzanne had been a fiber hobbyist but never envisioned running a mill with Jay. The Horschler family, the former owners, ran the mill since the 1970s as a phone order business for wool hobbyists. They ...

This article was originally published in the April 20, 1961 Emmett Index. Raw wool, still an important Gem County livestock product, was loaded into rail cars at Emmett this week bound for the ...

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Shirley McMarlin Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. | Sunday, July 30, 2023 7:01 a.m. A pastime that puts you at risk of poking yourself with a sharp needle doesn’t sound all that appealing — but its ...