West Bend
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Oct 16, 2026
Mark CampbellHOST
And, uh, what parish do you belong to, uh, there, Deacon?
David PentonGUEST
Yes, I belong to or minister at Divine Mercy Parish, uh, all of Kossuth County and West Bend, so we have seven churches in our parish.
Mark CampbellHOST
Wow.
David PentonGUEST
Along with being a deacon, I am the coordinator of diaconate formation here in the diocese.
Deacon David PentonGUEST
Parish.
Deacon David PentonGUEST
Yes, I belong to or minister at Divine Mercy Parish, uh, all of Kossuth County and West Bend.
Deacon David PentonGUEST
So we have seven churches in our parish.
Deacon Mark CampbellHOST
Wow.
Leisa FoxHOST
Darin Massner is the CEO of Country Maid, and there was a time in my life that there was a very little short time that I didn't have Country Maid in my freezer [laughs].
Leisa FoxHOST
I had people coming to my door all the time selling for fundraisers, and I got the great opportunity to come to West Bend, Iowa yesterday and tour your amazing facility.
Darin MassnerGUEST
We're very thankful to have you.
Leisa FoxHOST
It...
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Leisa FoxHOST
I love it.
Leisa FoxHOST
All right.
Leisa FoxHOST
How many employees do you have in West Bend?
Darin MassnerGUEST
We have about 95 full-time Country Maid employees, um, and that includes a- about seven or eight remote workers.
Leisa FoxHOST
I had people coming to my door all the time selling for fundraisers.
Leisa FoxHOST
And I got the great opportunity to come to West Bend, Iowa yesterday and tour your amazing facility.
Leisa FoxHOST
We're very thankful to have you.
Leisa FoxHOST
it first of all i love to bake and so the chemistry that goes into it and the complexity and perfectionism that you apply to the process is nothing short of amazing just a piece of cake pun intended yes as we sit here surrounded by this amazing product The fact that you are manufacturing at such a large scale to such high standards, I think is what surprised me the most yesterday.
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Leisa FoxHOST
it.
Darin MassnerGUEST
All right.
Darin MassnerGUEST
How many employees do you have in West Bend? We have about 95 full time country made employees, and that includes about seven or eight remote workers.
Leisa FoxHOST
And what's the population of West Bend? About 750.
Ann CharlsonGUEST
I love listening to Catholic radio, and that helps me to grow.
Deacon Mark CampbellHOST
Let's go back to the experience you had at the Grotto in West Bend.
Deacon Mark CampbellHOST
Oh, yeah, we didn't talk about that yet.
Deacon Mark CampbellHOST
Set the scene for us of when that was, maybe what was happening in life, and then the encounter you had with Father Grieving.
Ann CharlsonGUEST
And I was majoring in communications and radio broadcasting.
Ann CharlsonGUEST
And so I found myself up in Algona at KLGA radio as I was probably 19, 20 years old working at the radio station.
Ann CharlsonGUEST
And so I would commute from Fort Dodge to, And I met friends who lived in the West Bend area.
Ann CharlsonGUEST
They said, oh, you've got to go to the grotto.