 Steve,
his wife, Laura, and daughter, Kinsey, live in Wabasha
County's Greenfield Township. Greenfield Township is located
between Wabasha and Kellogg - and is home to both the
Zumbro and the Mississippi River. Laura works for the
United States Postal Service as a city mail carrier. Kinsey will be a junior in high school this fall.
Born on November 27, 1964 in Winona, Steve grew up
with four younger brothers on a family beef and crop
farm in Bluff Siding, WI (just 2 miles east of Winona
- across the Mississippi River). During his years growing
up, Steve learned a great deal about hard work, family,
and faith. The farm brought on many long days loading
and unloading hay bales, filling silo, making fence,
and doing fieldwork. It was from these experiences,
as a farm boy, that Steve formed the foundational structure
for his values. His family still owns and operates the
same farm today.
 Steve
graduated from Cochrane-Fountain City High School. During
his high school years, he served as senior class president,
was elected as a Wisconsin
State FFA officer, and participated as a member of
the National FFA Chorus. After high school, Steve enrolled
in college at the University
of Wisconsin - River Falls, where he served for two
years as the student senate president and earned a Bachelor
of Science degree in agriculture, graduating in 1989.
Steve worked for 6 months as a temporary Extension
4-H Agent with the University
of Minnesota Extension Service in Buffalo, Minnesota.
Shortly after, in 1990, he was hired for the position
of County Extension Agriculture Agent in Hinckley. In
1994, while working full time and raising a young daughter,
he earned a Master of Education Degree from the University
of Minnesota. Steve worked in Pine County until late
1997, when he decided to move back to his home territory,
landing a position as a regional extension agriculture
educator in Wabasha County. He continued to work as
a regional agricultural educator for the University
of Minnesota Extension Service up until March of 2004. Subsequently, Steve directed Minnesota field operations for Whitetails
Unlimited for two years. He is also co-owner of Décor
& Gift Shopping, an online retail business that
markets products from southeastern Minnesota manufacturers.
Steve volunteers regularly. He is a DNR Firearms Safety
Instructor, Wabasha County 4-H volunteer, and has served
in numerous positions within the Republican Party in
Wabasha County - and district and state levels. He is
the past president of the Minnesota Forage and Grassland
Council, served many years as Kinsey’s Girl Scout
troop's cookie sales coordinator, and has judged numerous
FFA and 4-H youth events throughout southeastern Minnesota.
Steve is an avid outdoorsman, enjoying fishing and hunting
whenever he gets the chance, and he maintains membership
in the National Rifle Association, Whitetails Unlimited,
Ducks Unlimited, and both the Lake City and Frontenac
Sportsmens Clubs. The Drazkowski family attends church
at St. Felix Parish in Wabasha.
More details regarding Steve’s involvement in community and background are available by clicking here!
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