TALKING TRAIL

Accomplished executive and entrepreneur Dan Malmstrom’s expertise and knowledge paid off when he took on the challenge of bringing this trail...

Mary Williams and her husband moved to the area when she was in her 50s. It was then she began her career as a sculptor. The Ojibwe peoples that...

Visitors for years, Eric Dison and his wife Julie, purchased a home on West Battle Lake in 2021. Eric is the current Battle Lake Police Chief...

Jay Johnson is the great-grandson of “Cap” Colehour, the man who started the Prospect Inn. The house is now a museum on the National Register...

Son of a Baptist minister, Terry Christopherson and his family started visiting First Baptist as early as the 1960s when in Battle Lake on summer vacations...

Annette Hochstein is a mosaic artist and has led many community mosaic projects. This piece was the earliest. It was created during the summer...

John Mehl and his wife Ann came to the lakes area almost thirty years ago from the Twin Cities. I was one of 133 people...

Kristi Kuder is the current president of Art of the Lakes. Art of the Lakes, Battle Lake’s premier Arts organization and gallery, has a sixty-year history...

Craig Haukebo grew up in Battle Lake, left for school and work, and moved back in retirement. He tells of his experience helping create the mosaics on...

Sandy Thimgan and her husband Dan are long-time Battle Lake residents, moving here originally for teaching jobs. They commissioned this...

Sue Seeger, an artist from Elk River near the Twin Cities, created this entry into Art Alley. She tells the story of the big, beautiful fish she created...

Jonathan Hartman teaches art at the Underwood Public School and lives in Battle Lake. He spearheaded the paint-the-pavement initiative...

Patrick Hollister tells the story of his role in Battle Lake’s Public Art through his position with Partnership 4 Health. His work has been...

Val Martin began as Battle Lake’s City Clerk in 2015. That was the year she started dreaming about the redevelopment of this block of Henning...

The Christensen Family has owned the grain elevators adjacent to this land for years. Fourth-generation Jake tells the story of the railroad...

John Everts of Everts Lumber tells the story of how his family came to be in the lumber business and how their business came to be neighbors...

Originally a farmer, Paul Boyum has worked in metal most of his life. He turned that expertise into a business, Paul’s Metal Petals, and creates...

Richard Hochstein has had his own construction business for years and has built many lovely homes in the area. He tells the story of the concrete...

The Christensen family has been part of the agricultural economy for years. Fourth-generation Jake Christensen talks about farming through...

Annette Hochstein is a mosaic artist and has been instrumental in the creation of all the mosaics in town. She tells the...

Bonnie Pfeffer moved to Battle Lake in 1970 with her family for a teaching job. The move placed them in a region known for lakes and fishing...

This park is Reba Gilliand and husband Craig Haukebo’s neighborhood park, and they love its rich history. This charming piece of land...