Brenna Throndson, a junior at New Hampton High School, and Thor Mosdal, a sophomore at St. Charles High School, won an educational-filled week of adventure in Washington D.C. as MiEnergy Cooperative’s Youth Tour Contest winners. Brenna and Thor will be among a group of 1,900 students sponsored by electric cooperatives from across the country to take part in the Rural Electric Youth Tour in June.
The Youth Tour was inspired in 1957 by Lyndon Johnson, then a U.S. senator from Texas, when he called on electric cooperatives to send young people to Washington, “to see what the flag stands for and represents.”
The students will meet with state and federal legislators to get an up-close look at how our government works, along with experiencing the monuments, museums and history of our nation’s capital.
To qualify for MiEnergy’s contest, students must complete an online exam. Those who score 90% or greater become finalists. All finalists are interviewed to determine a winner and an alternate.
Iowa contestants
MiEnergy’s Iowa Youth Tour winner, Brenna Throndson, is the daughter of Sara and Tyler Throndson, of New Hampton, Iowa. Charlie Kriener, of New Hampton, was selected as an alternate. Courtney Ball, Lawler and Harley Fisher, Cresco, were also finalists.
Minnesota contestants
MiEnergy’s Minnesota Youth Tour winner, Thor Mosdal, is the son of Jared Mosdal of Lanesboro and Kathleen Mosdal of St. Charles. Gage Pronschinske, of Rollingstone, was selected as an alternate. Other finalists included Roland Bjerke of Spring Grove.
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Brenda Tesch
Manager of Marketing and Communications
507-864-9218
btesch@MiEnergy.coop