Angels

In the first of our in-plant manager profiles, we talk to Jim Puppe, supervisor of the prize-winning Minnkota Power Cooperative print shop. In Jim Puppe's mind, the beaches and sunshine of Los Angeles pale against the crisp country air of North Dakota. So after spending seven years perfecting his press skills in the City of Angels, Puppe and his wife packed up and headed back home. That was more than 20 years ago, and he hasn't looked back. Today Jim Puppe is print shop supervisor at Minnkota Power Cooperative, in Grand Forks, right on the Minnesota border. In recent years this small