Minnesota River

Scott Walker is the current Governor of the state of Wisconsin. He was first elected governor in 2010. In 2012 he became the first United States governor to win a recall election. He was then reelected governor of Wisconsin in 2014. His career began through his service in the Wisconsin State Assembly and as the Milwaukee County Executive. Walker was born in Colorado and grew up in Iowa and Wisconsin. He attended Marquette University. Walker was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1992…

Umar Malick 2SW, IWA, Q2 In her memoir Debra Marquart writes about her heartfelt and sincere love for the upper Midwest even though this region is often critically stereotyped in the media; the people, the land and even fictional characters hailing from that region. The area is described as "uninhabitable" and yet Ms. Marquart still avers that the upper Midwest is not as second-rate as it seems to be. Throughout the passage Ms. Marquart uses multiple rhetorical strategies to profess her…

The Midwest, a place in the world where communities are closely aligned to one another. These small, rural communities rely on every person in order to create that community. It seems as though that knowing everyone around the small communities was what made a person successful in life. Additionally, these communities valued hard-work and honesty when it came with almost everything they did in their lives; whether it was working in the farmlands or spreading information throughout the…

Reflection Two Things I Didn’t Know The first thing I learned about the social work practice while at Mille Lacs County is that not all situations will play out how you want them to. Of course I knew that in a general sense; however, there were many situations that I was a part of and/or heard about at the county where things didn’t go down how they were expected to, wanted to, or maybe even should have. This job can be unpredictable with clients as well as with judges and that is something that…

the standards we set for ourselves, trends we follow, and our behavior are derived from our culture. In this way, the misunderstood Minnesotan culture has impacted my perception, personality, and habits. For anyone unaccustomed to the weather of Minnesota, my perception of snow and cold weather must seem quite bizarre. While non-natives bury themselves beneath layers of blankets when the temperature drops below freezing, I pull on my jean shorts and flip flops in an attempt to wring every last…

Early German and English immigrants arrived in North America during the 18th century and settled the lands north and west of Philadelphia bringing their knowledge of wagons with. The Conestoga wagon derived its name from the Conestoga River Valley of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The first known use of a wagon in North America was recorded by James Logan, a Philadelphia fur merchant and trader, in 1716. By 1720, the necessity of horse-drawn wagons rose as people settled farther from…

Let's "Make It In Mankato" ! ! Mankato, Minnesota is truly a wonderland. Tucked into the Emerald Green Valley in Southern Minnesota, it is the hidden vacation Mecca of scores of knowing Midwesterners. Mankato has everything thanks to a freak of nature: the Sclare/Far Fissure. This fissure in the earth's crust takes water seeping through the earth, heats it to well over 165 degrees, and sends it back up to the surface in steam pits and boil holes. The heat from these pits and holes heats the…

boasts being a champion for the social liberal ideals of “full civil rights, LGBT, medicare, [and] earning an ‘F’ grade by the National Rifle Association (Website). Furthermore, being the second woman in Minnesota history to serve Congress after Amy Klobuchar illustrates the left-leaning current Minnesota…

we come from different cultures and races we all believe in different ideas and beliefs. For example, the Native Americans have a very different culture than some one who was born in Bemidji, Minnesota. There is a huge tension between some of the Native Americans and Caucasians people throughout Minnesota and the United States as a whole. The tension between the Native Americans and the Caucasians reminds me of what the African Americans might have felt in the 1800’s until 1900’s and even today…

2012 a friend of mine said “there were 10 people that went missing in the summer of 1988 here in Kanabec county.” Kanabec county, Minnesota is the county I grew up in. I will not name the town I grew up in to protect my identity. I talked to a deputy at the Kanabec county sheriff 's office about the disappearance 's of 1988. The deputy told me I should talk to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. I called the BCA and asked them and they refuse to talk about it. I sent them a Freedom…