Dan Krueger has expanded his business to include Ideal Landscape Design and DK Buildings in Worthington. 7:00 am, Mar. 31, 2021 ×
Worthington businessman Dan Krueger began a landscaping business that has grown into housing development in the community. (Tim Middagh / The Globe)
WORTHINGTON Growing up on a farm southwest of Worthington, Dan Krueger knew he wanted to work outside, but he also knew he needed a career that involved more than raising corn and soybeans. His dream was to create outdoor living spaces that were as inviting as the interior of people’s homes.
The 2006 graduate of Worthington High School earned his bachelor’s degree in landscape architecture from SDSU, and the decision to return to his hometown was an easy one since he’d already established a business here during his summers off from college.
Worthington couple invested in building of Ecumen Meadows, where they now reside 6:30 am, Feb. 12, 2021 ×
Russell and Jan Rickers, who invested in 1990 in the Worthington facility that s now home to Ecumen Meadows, became residents of the assisted living complex in September 2020. (Special to The Globe)
WORTHINGTON As a nearly lifelong Wortington resident, Russell and Jan Rickers were interested in investing in his community’s future.
Russell, who moved to Worthington at the age of 3, and his brother, Don, sold Rickers Photography Studio in August 1981. “Russ” then worked with Client Community Services Inc. from 1982 until his retirement in 1994.
It was about 1990, he recalled, when he learned about an effort to build a new living facility for seniors.