30 Years Ago...The first issue of Midwest Pumper is mailed from Three Lakes, Wis., in June 1979, with eight pages of tabloid-size newsprint. A front-page mission statement notes that 85 percent of pumpers surveyed said there was a need for a trade publication. Pete Lawonn pledges to provide small business and industry news, a question and answer column and pertinent industry advertising. Each one-year subscription to the new publication includes a free classified ad. A small group of classified ads includes a new rotary vacuum pressure pump for $1,200 and an excavation business, including a furnished home, equipment, a repair
