Karli Broch goes eye to eye with a desert tortoise at the Brainerd Public Library Wednesday. Children and adults were treated to an interactive Lake Superior Zoomobile presentation from a staff member of the zoo in Duluth. (Brainerd Dispatch/Steve Kohls)
I was raised on a farm in western Minnesota where I participated in 4-H, high school sports, and everything that farm kids do for fun after chores. Graduated from Ridgewater Community College with an AA degree and my first taste of newspapering. I worked a summer on the Ortonville Independent as a reporter and photographer.
