CP Internet purchases Prairie Lakes
CP Internet, an Internet service provider based in Duluth, has purchased the assets of Prairie Lakes Internet.
Prairie Lakes serves about 13,000 residential and business customers in southwestern Minnesota communities including Albert Lea, Austin, Detroit Lakes, Fairmont, Faribault, Little Falls, Mankato, Northfield, Owatonna and Windom, as well as Luverne.
According to CP Internet president Chad Braafladt, the new company will oversee the operations of Prairie Lakes Internet as Prairie Lakes Internet with current staff in Mankato for the foreseeable future.
An upgrade and expansion of services in the region are also in the plans, according to Braafladt.
One of the first changes made was the addition of a toll-free number for technical support.
24X7 technical support and an upgraded Web-based e-mail service are also expected in the coming weeks.
CP Internet is the largest privately owned dialup Internet Service Provider in Minnesota and was named the 100th fastest growing privately held company in the October 2000 issue of Inc. Magazine.
The company serves more than 38,000 customers in Minnesota, North Dakota and Wisconsin.
The acquisition of Prairie Lakes is the fifth for CP Internet since it was founded in 1994.
You could be the next dairy princess
The American Dairy Association of Rock County is seeking candidates to vie for this yearÕs Dairy Princess crown.
Dairy princesses are goodwill ambassadors for the dairy industry and make appearances in their behalf at various promotional events, participate in parades, as well as speaking to consumers and media.
To qualify, candidates must be between the ages of 16 and 24 as of July 1, 2002.
She, her parents, or legal guardian must be actively engaged in the production of milk for sale to a licensed plant during the current year.
A candidate also qualifies if she or her parents are employed on a dairy farm in a dairy-related capacity.
If you would like to participate or would like more information, contact Elwin or Norma Brands at 507-442-3352 or Philip or Theresa Raak at 507-348-4850.
Minnesota rules for the Segway
Have you heard of the Segway Human Transporter? The two-wheel invention of Dean Kamen received a lot of hype a few month ago when it was announced at press conferences.
Sales of the new transportation invention are supposed to be dramatic, and Minnesota doesnÕt want to get caught behind the wave with no rule for the device on the road.
So in an effort to have things in place if the Segway's popularity plays out, the Minnesota Legislature is considering whether to allow the 15-mile-per-hour motorized vehicle on sidewalks.
A House committee last week gave its approval to the bill, which allows the scooter to be used on sidewalks and bike paths at reasonable speeds and on roads with speed limits below 35 miles per hour where there are no sidewalks.
A Fighter Pilot has a Web page
Quentin C. Aanenson, a member of the Rock County Hall of Fame for his contributions during World War II, now has a Web page.
"A Fighter Pilot's Story" chronicles Aanenson's wartime history.
The intro to the site reads:
This Web site is dedicated to preserving some of the personal history of World War II. Some of my own experiences that do not appear in my film, "A Fighter Pilot's Story," will be told here, as well as stories of other fighter pilots of World War II. We hope you will find this site to be of interest, and that you will share it with your friends. We encourage you to visit our sub sites, as well as these new first-page stories. Just click on the links to these sites at the bottom of this page.
If you would like to check it out, you can find it at http://pages.prodigy.com/fighterpilot/
Publisher Roger Tollefson can be contacted by e-mail at
tolly@star-herald.com