Dusty Farm Co-op marks diamond anniversary

Rodney Ochs, Ardella Poffenroth, Harry Poffenroth, Earl Rupp and Red Engelman, from left, stand inside the original Dusty Co-op store in this 1948 picture.

It is the unofficial city hall of Dusty - The place for information on happenings around the community, the place to find out if an old name is still in the area, and a near-the-finish pit stop for college students traveling across the state.

“We get to laughing about being Dusty central,” said Janet Hedlund, office manager of the Dusty Farm Co-op. “If people see smoke, they call the Co-op.”

For 75 years, the Dusty Farm Cooperative has been...