Oronoco couple creates 'very energy-efficient home' on 74-acre family property

Oronoco couple creates 'very energy-efficient home' on 74-acre family property

ORONOCO, Minn. — In a land of blue skies and seas of green corn stalks growing, Dennis and Debra Siems say their family land is like “a piece of heaven out here” in Oronoco. The family farm, with a custom, energy-efficient home and swimming pool, rests on about 74 acres of the more than 240 acres of the Siems and Luban family farms. While looking out over the farms and gravel roads that create a view for miles, Debra Siems said sitting in the ba…