The Hormel Institute is a biomedical research center located in Austin, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1942, the institute is a division of the University of Minnesota with scientists focusing primarily on cancer research. [1] The Hormel Institute receives significant support from nearby Mayo Clinic.[ citation needed ]
Mower County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,029. The county seat is Austin. Mower County comprises the Austin Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Rochester-Austin Combined Statistical Area. Lake Louise State Park is in southeastern Mower County, near Le Roy.
Austin is a city in and the county seat of Mower County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 26,174 at the 2020 census. The town was originally settled along the Cedar River and has two artificial lakes, East Side Lake and Mill Pond. It was named for Austin R. Nichols, the area's first European settler.
Hormel Foods Corporation, commonly known as Hormel Foods or simply Hormel, is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage and other pork, chicken, beef and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937. By the 1980s, Hormel began offering a wider range of packaged and refrigerated foods. The company changed its name to Hormel Foods Corporation in 1993 and uses the Hormel brand on many of its products; the company's other brands include Planters, Columbus Craft Meats, Dinty Moore, Jennie-O, and Skippy. The company's products are available in over 80 countries worldwide.
Riverland Community College is a public community college with three campuses in southeastern Minnesota: Albert Lea, Austin, and Owatonna. Founded in 1940, Riverland offers educational programs and courses to over 4,900 students annually through traditional, hybrid, and online delivery systems.
The Austin Daily Herald is an American, English language newspaper published Wednesday and Saturday mornings in Austin, Minnesota.
Ransom J. "Cy" Thomson is best known as the man who, between the years of 1911 and 1921, embezzled over $1,000,000 from Hormel Foods in Austin, Minnesota.
KJCY is a Christian radio station licensed to St. Ansgar, Iowa, broadcasting on 95.5 MHz FM. KJCY serves the areas of Mason City, Iowa and Austin, Minnesota. The station is owned by Minn-Iowa Christian Broadcasting, Inc.
Woodstock is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. The town had a population of 195 in 2021, up from 190 in the Canada 2016 Census.
KQAQ is a radio station broadcasting a religious format. Licensed to Austin, Minnesota, United States, the station serves the Austin-Albert Lea and Rochester, MN areas. The station is currently owned by Real Presence Radio of Grand Forks.
The Spam Museum is an admission-free museum in Austin, Minnesota, dedicated to Spam, a brand of canned precooked meat products made by Hormel Foods Corporation. The museum tells the history of the Hormel company, the origin of Spam, and its place in world culture.
Daniel D. Sparks is an American politician and former member of the Minnesota Senate. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), he represented District 27 which included all or portions of Dodge County, Faribault County, Freeborn County, Mower County, and Steele County in the southeastern part of Minnesota.
West Falls is a hamlet in the town of Aurora in Erie County, New York, United States.
Pavussu is a municipality in the state of Piauí in the Northeast region of Brazil.
Frank 'n Stuff was the brand name of a hot dog stuffed with either cheese or chili and sold in the United States from mid-1986 until the 1990s by Hormel, as a variation of the chili dog.
Jeffrey Martin Ettinger is an American corporate executive, businessman, philanthropist, politician, and attorney who served as the interim President of the University of Minnesota from 2023 to 2024.
The Hormel Historic Home, also known the Cook-Hormel House or simply The Hormel Home, is a historic Italianate style home with Classical Revival facade located in Austin, Minnesota. The home was built in 1871 and was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Youngstown is an unincorporated community in Adair County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Garner is an unincorporated community in northern Linn County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.
Oak Mound is an unincorporated community in eastern Ozark County, in the Ozarks of south-central Missouri, United States. The community was located on Bond Ridge and the Oak Mound Cemetery lies adjacent to the south side of Missouri Route KK. The North Fork of the White River lies just over one mile west of the site.
The 1985–1986 Hormel strike was a labor strike that involved approximately 1,500 workers of the Hormel meatpacking plant in Austin, Minnesota in the United States. The strike, beginning August 17, 1985 and lasting until September 13 of the following year, is considered one of the longest strikes in Minnesota history and ended in failure for the striking workers.
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