• Many Red Wing employees collected hygiene items to donate for our local Youth Outreach center whose supplies were low.
• Janet (Sales) enjoyed horseback riding in Tucson, AZ. She was very happy they didn’t see a snake.
• Mike (QA Manager) traveled to Iowa for his daughter Kadence's dance competition.
• Tony (Programming) shared a photo of his home in Pennsylvania after the January blizzard went by.
• Connie's (Technical Writing) youngest daughter danced in the Minnesota State Dance Competition at the Target Center on both the Jazz and High Kick dance teams.
• Stephanie (Marketing) was appointed as a board member for the Port Authority in Red Wing, Minnesota. The Port Authority helps promote economic growth in the city of Red Wing.

• Mark (Sales) welcomed a new granddaughter Hazel just before Christmas.
• Katrina (Admin) was happily surprised on Christmas Eve when her husband Josh who is in the Air Force and stationed in Rapid City, SD unexpectedly pulled in the driveway.
• Chad, (Sales) his wife Rachel and son Brik announced they are expecting and due in July.
• Mark (Support) son Jacob (6 yrs old) hit the slopes for the first time.
• Julie (Sales Engineer) was voted President-Elect of the American Society of Agricultural Consultants.

The Vold Family and Dorrich Dairy Honored for Conservation Efforts in The Farmer.

Red Wing Software customer Dorrich Dairy was featured in the January 2016 issue of The Farmer magazine, in a section honoring their conservation efforts. The Volds became the first Minnesota Ag Water Quality Certified Farm in Pope County. Read the whole story in the January issue of The Farmer.

Iott Seed Farms, Inc. Featured Story about Success in Seed Potatoes

Red Wing Software customer Iott Seed Farms, Inc. was featured in the December 2015 issue of Vegetable Growers News. The story details the history behind the Iott’s seed business.

Greentown Farmer and Businessman Pens Autobiography

Red Wing Software customer Bryan Dee Kirkpatrick has published the book “Faith of a Farmer: God, Family and Life in America’s Heartland.” In this autobiography, the Indiana farmer, businessman and community leader shares with readers the joys and struggles of raising a family, expanding his farm and facing love and loss. Click here to learn more or purchase a copy of his book.

Annette Schalla Interview in Progressive Dairyman

Red Wing Software customer Annette Schalla of Bomaz Farms in Hammond, Wisconsin, was interviewed for the Progressive Dairyman story “What Makes a Good Female Leader in Dairy?” Click here to read the entire story.

• Stephanie (Marketing) will be teaching a TechovationMN class - to teach high school students how to develop and build an app. Winners could compete on a national level.
• Many Red Wing Software employees and their significant others from our Red Wing location enjoyed a fun company Christmas party that included dinner and a play at The Sheldon Theatre.
• Ryan (Marketing) and Cori (QA) took their son, Liam, on the North Pole Express. Liam is obsessed with Thomas the Tank Engine, and was so excited to ride on a real life steam train.

• Chad (Sales) was a successful bow hunter on his birthday.
• Carole (Finance) and her daughter Zoe won championship belt buckles in their local horse show circuit.
• Leah (Support) attended a Managerial Accounting Training class.
• Katrina (Admin) and her husband Josh are first time home owners.
• Roxie (Admin) headed up a drop-off location for collecting shoebox gifts for Operation Christmas Child - helpers include her grandsons Ezra and Ashton.
• Dan's (Design) daughter Tiffany graduated from the Adler School of Professional Psychology in Chicago with a doctorate degree on his birthday.
• Mike (QA) received a surprise gift for his 40th birthday - a weekend trip to Seattle.
• Mark (Business Development) was visited at work by his grandsons. Ronan may have found a future; he seemed pretty happy.