58 firms look for workers

Joe Barbknecht, left, a Ridgewater College Farm Operations Management student from Waseca, and Joe Rigotti, a welding student from Rochester, check out literature at the Centra Sota table at the West Central Minnesota Job Fair Wednesday at Willmar Conference Center. Fifty-eight vendors participated in the semi-annual worker search presented by KDJS, Ridgewater College and the local Economic Development Commission. Seated at the Centra Sota table are Agronomy Manager Cory Detloff, far right, and Operation’s Manager Kenny Schmitz, both of St. Martin. (RAND MIDDLETON | TRIBUNE)