“That’s the Latest” by Emery Kleven

Emery is a 1959 graduate of kindergarten at West Concord Elementary and a 1971 graduate of West Concord High School. He’s been a farm broadcaster since 1987 when he started at KDHL Radio in Faribault, MN. Other stops in his farm broadcasting career include Sioux City, IA; West Point, NE, Yankton SD; Omaha, NE and Minneapolis, MN at the Minnesota Farm Network. He just recently ended his 33 year farm broadcast career with the last 5 years at the Iowa Agri-Business Radio Network You can email him at emery@roadfarming.com

I started writing this monthly column for Terry Campbell’s West Concord Messenger newspaper in March, 2017. The columns are centered mostly on my remembrances of farm and small town living in southern Minnesota. Some are on my radio career that dates back to radio school in 1971 and my first actual paying radio job at KOWO in Waseca, MN in 1974. There’s been a lot of water under and over the bridge since then but the memories are as fresh as day old bread. The names were not changed to protect the innocent or guilty. I simply leave names out if it’s questionable. I have added more pictures than what can be published in the Messenger. Thanks for stopping by. Click on the title of the column to read the full article.

• “That’s the Latest” Introduction
  
• March, 2017 – How My Column Got Its Name
  
• April 2017 – Six Strikeouts in One Inning
  
• May 2017 – Memorial Day Memories
  
• June 2017 – Reminiscing West Concord
  
• July 2017 – Sudsers vs Longhairs Softball
  
• August 2017 – Touring the Old High School
  
• September 2017 – Hegre Cookbook
  
• October 2017 – You Know You’re a Farmer
  
• November 2017 – The ‘Oliver 40’ Combine
  
• December 2017 – Christmas Memories of Norwegian Delicacies
  
• January 2018 – Watering the Hoghouse
  
• February 2018 – The ‘West Wind’ school newspaper
  
• March 2018 – Triton High School Hall of Fame
  
• April 2018 – Mrs Moreland and the falling icicle
  
• May 2018 – Class Trips and Class Reunions
  
• June 2018 – All School Reunion and a Moose Skowron Story
  
• July 2018 – The Mighty 920 KDHL
  
• August 2018 – A Search for Family by Jerry Nelson
  
• September 2018 – A Search for Family Part Two by Jerry Nelson
  
• October 2018 – Remembering Tornadoes and Snowstorms
  
• November 2018 – Triton Hall of Fame Class 2018
  
• December 2018 – Pete Boe and the West Concord Firemen
  
• January 2019 – Grinding Trees After the Storm
  
• February 2019 – Email from Uncle Earl
  
• March 2019 – Grade School Memories
  
• April 2019 – Radio Memories
  
• May 2019 – Radio School Memories
  
• June 2019 – Firecrackers and the Oliver 660
  
• July 2019 – Gophers
  
• August 2019 – Remembering Pete and Darrel
  
• September 2019 – 1961 Homecoming Game
  
• October 2019 – Triton Hall of Fame
  
• November 2019 – Radio Funnies
  
• December 2019 – Lefse
  
• January 2020 – Remembering Aunt Bet
  
• February 2020 – Million Dollar WC High School
  
• March 2020 – Road Farming
  
• April 2020 – Old Pictures
  
• May 2020 – End of a Radio Career
  
• June 2020 – Looking Back at Radio Career
  
• July 2020 – Hayfield Basketball 1968
  
• August 2020 – Famous People
  
• September 2020 – Good Old Days
  
• October 2020 – Myrnyce Steberg
  
• November 2020 – Old Woodshed
  
• December 2020 – Scan of Old Pics
  
• January 2021 – Bale Forks
  
• February 2021 – Vintage Aerial Farm Pictures
  
• March 2021 – Nighttime Speed Limit
  
• April 2021 – Streakers
  
• May 2021 – Heartland Heroes
  
• May 2021 SPECIAL EDITION – Memories of WCHS School
  
• June 2021 – The West Concord Railroad Depot
  
• July 2021 – Tractor Colors
  
• August 2021 – Wrestling and Race Cars
  
• September 2021 – Top Ten Lists
  
• October 2021 – Tool Box
  
• November 2021 – Col Jon Phillips
  
• December 2021 – Plowville
  
• January 2022 – Snowstorms
  
• February 2022 – Triton HOF 2022
  
• March 2022 – So Long Corky
  
• April 2022 – Spring Weather
  
• May 2022 – Hospital Receipt
  
• June 2022 – Farmwork
• July 2022 – The Silo
• August 2022 – On the Field
• September 2022 – Septembers Past
• October 2022 – David Kunst
• November 2022 – Gunsmoke
• December 2022 – Saigon Marine
• January 2023 – Quilting
• February 2023 – Triton HOF
• March 2023 – Old Neighbors
• April 2023 – Pets
• May 2023 – Horseshoes
• June 2023 – Australia
• July 2023 – Top Ten Lists
• August 2023 – Cousins
• September 2023 – Big Tractors
• October 2023 – Weather
• November 2023 – Fishing
• December 2023 – Farmwork
• January 2024 – Tommy Kramer
• February 2024 – Music
• March 2024 – Skyberg
• April 2024 – Eclipsed