Tom Brand, a Hopkins native and farm broadcaster, has released “Welts on Your Butt a Calf Could Suck,” a book born from his “That Hopkins Kid” column in the Nodaway News Leader. The collection of humorous and heartfelt stories about rural Northwest Missouri life has resonated with readers, even reaching #1 on Amazon’s Rural Life Humor list. Brand credits Nodaway News Leader editor Kay Wilson for providing the platform that “unlocked memories” and allowed these “real, and sometimes a little ridiculous” stories to come to life.
