WINCO Summer 2023

As Minnesotans, we have to take advantage of the warm weather. This summer has brought on some fun activities.


Le Sueur County Golf Classic

At the end of July, we are happy to sponsor a hole and send out a team for a round of golf. This was the 18th year Le Sueur County Veterans Service Office coordinated the golf outing. All of the proceeds from the event went towards the Veterans Vans/Veterans in Need Fund. Dale Riebel, Clint Korteum, Ryan Prososki, and Brandon DePolis enjoyed a beautiful day of 4 person scramble. They may not have won the tournament, just happy to be able to play for a great cause.


WINCO’s Big Dog Challenge

On August third, we had our first annual Big Dog Challenge. Departments competed against each other in team building challenges. The afternoon started with lunch from a local food truck, speakers from each department with quarterly updates, and a drawing for prizes. Then it was game time. We had a Jenga challenge, yard pong, and human bumper balls, the winning team won the most games. Our giant maze had participants blindfolded and their department lead standing on the outskirts giving directions. It was a pretty warm day, so the dunk tank was a hit for those that were dunked. The winners received two tickets to Valleyfair and a plaque to display in their department for bragging rights. We can’t wait for next year’s challenge!


Le Sueur County Fair

This year marked the second time we had a booth at our local county fair. The fair always has great food, rides, local vendors, and animal barns. We enjoyed meeting everyone who stopped by for games and prizes! Big Dog was especially happy that it didn’t rain this year!


Dozinky Days Parade

The Dozinky Days Parade in New Prague, MN is the largest parade we participate in. The weather was perfect, not too hot and not snowing. This year, we brought one of our RP35s to the parade. We are excited about the RP line up, which we are working on expanding to bigger power nodes. It is always a great time to get out and meet our surrounding communities!


Next Event

November 30th – Torchlight Parade, Montgomery, MN


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See you soon!

– BIG DOG

Big Dog’s Big Adventures

2022 has been a big year for me! Starting out with local parades and going for car rides around Minnesota attending trade shows. Although the year isn’t done yet, I thought I’d share some highlights!

PARADES

Starting in June, I made my debut appearance at two parades. Cherry Creek Days and the Le Center Fire Department 125th Anniversary celebration. I recently was at the Dozinky Days Parade and have one more left to attend in December. My WINCO friends and I have enjoyed handing out candy and can coozies!

SHOWS

I also hit the road to attend a few fairs and expos around Minnesota, including Nicollet County Fair, Le Sueur County Fair, FarmFest, and a Spray Foam World Wide event. Mother Nature also made a guest appearance; two of the shows were hit by tornadoes. Don’t worry, I was safe!


I had a great summer and I hope you did too! See you soon!

– BIG DOG

Our First Parade!


This year we are going to participate in local parades. Our first parade was on Saturday, March 12th. Our hometown, Le Center, had their 40th St. Patrick’s Day Celebration! We showed off our RP180 and tossed out can koozies and a lot of candy! The weather was nice – remember, we are in Minnesota, 25 degrees and sunny is wonderful.

CLICK TO PLAY!!



A big thank you to the city of Le Center and

to our crew for making it a memorable time!


I am getting excited for our upcoming parades in July!! There will be a BIG surprise showing up!

See you soon!

– Big Dog

WINCO Summer Fun


Spending what seemed to be an eternity of social distancing at our facility, we thought this summer would be a great time to spend an afternoon filled with great food and fun activities.


The Food

Keeping with our Speak & Eat traditions, some of the guys in charge serve up the food. This quarter we enjoyed pulled pork and beef tacos were catered by N8’s Pl8s.

After we enjoy our delicious food, Dan Call, owner and CEO of WINCO, introduces our new employees and keeps us up to date on current WINCO news.

Fun Fact: As an award for sitting through Dan’s speech, we have a drawing for awesome prizes!


Bean Bag Tournament

A bracketed style tournament brought together teams with one goal: crush the opponents.

Congrats to Noah and Jake for being the bean bag champions!


WINCO Survivor

The Ropes

All 3 team members had to get through the ropes before going onto the next challenge.

Chicken Wire Challenge

The goal was for two teammates to get two golf balls up the chicken wire.

Plank Walk

It isn’t as easy as it looks!

Sling Shot

Hit the target to move onto the puzzle.

We decided Brandyn would be the target from then on!

Puzzle Challenge

The Big Dog Puzzle was a bit of a challenge! Especially getting the teeth in the right spot!

Congratulations to the fastest team through the obstacle course: Caz, Arturo, and Josie!


As you can see, it was a great time and definitely one for the books! Shout out to all of our employees, we appreciate everyone for their hard work and dedication to making WINCO a great company.

– Big Dog

Great Things Are Happening in our Service Department!

As we grow, we want to ensure that we can have the right support for our customers.

Our main focus is to provide faster response times and add more depth to our after sales support, through cross training and increased capacity.

Starting January 1st, 2021, we will be adding Dan Curran to our full time After Sales Support Team.

Let’s meet Dan.

Dan worked for 20 years in the marine and overhead hoist/crane industry. 6 of those years as a technician and a service advisor in the marine industry. In the crane world, he was a technician, service manager, and a licensed crane operator.

He has been with WINCO for almost 2 years now. Adding his knowledge of generators to his extensive field service experience, made him the right person to add to our After Sales Support Team.

Working along with Dan is Dale Riebel and Dwight Kramer. Dale’s primary focus is part support, while Dwight will be focusing on warranty support.


Stay posted for other exciting changes WINCO will be implementing in 2021!

-BIG DOG