In the late 1990s, Somali immigrants fleeing war and famine came to the United States seeking a stable life and knowing anything was better than what they had left behind. Some of them settled into small towns across the country like Barron, Wisconsin. What followed was a culture shock for a town that is nearly […]
How a Former Minister helps the Somali Community
At the Barron Public Library a heavyset gentlemen wearing a gray shirt and blue jeans, with glasses hanging from his face, sat at a table between three Somali immigrants. Dean Freimund was helping the immigrants study for their upcoming citizenship test to become legal residents in America. Even though some citizens in Barron still struggle […]