Concordia alumni and broadcast journalist Cory Hepola announced his run for Minnesota governor in early March. Hepola, a Perham native, worked for KARE 11 as a news anchor before joining WCCO Radio in 2019.  Hepola is running as an independent candidate under the Forward Party, a new third party createdContinue Reading

Erika Izaguirre stumbled upon the trumpet by chance. She was born and raised in Austin, Texas. She had two older sisters that were both in choir, but she chose to play in the band.  Professor Izaguirre’s trumpet career started before sixth grade band. She missed the initial testing of instrumentsContinue Reading