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Cory Hepola [right] speaks with Kevin Leier of Heartland Bison Ranch. Photo by The Brookshire Company.
Attracting younger adults, building infrastructure keys to success
Like many young rural people, broadcast journalist Cory Hepola left his small hometown of Perham, Minn., looking for bigger city success. He landed in Fargo and then bounced around the country with broadcasting gigs in Montana, New York and Texas. An out-of-the-blue cold call in 2019 brought him back home to Otter Tail County to dev…