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    Straight River Farm owners to retire after 22 years 'where they should be'

    By By COLTON KEMP,

    1 day ago

    On March 1, 1977, a mother and child boarded a Greyhound bus headed toward the East Coast. Nearly every seat was full, except one on either side of a man and woman in one row.

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    Bill Hein talks about the weight of the apples being too much for the trees in his orchard at Straight River Farm Monday afternoon. Hein is selling the property, and plans to retire after 22 years in rural Faribault. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    A dark blue blueberry sits among less mature blueberries, many of which are still in a light green stage. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    Monday afternoon, Straight River Farm Owner Bill Hein inspects one of his orchard’s sweet tangos, an apple variety from the University of Minnesota. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    Bill Hein lifts a branch out of his way as he walks through his apple orchard on Straight River Farm, which he has owned and worked on for 22 years. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)
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    A bright red raspberry sits among the rows of berry bushes at the Straight River Farm in the late afternoon Friday. (Colton Kemp/southernminn.com)

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