The DeVries family
The deserving family is Dirk and Susan DeVries of Hayward Township. Read about the announcement online. They have three children: April, 17, Derik, 15, and Hanna, 12. They say thank you to everyone for everything they have received.
On the far left, Al Larson, owner of Larson Contracting, stands next to the DeVries family. To the left of Larson is the DeVries home. The family is, from left, Dirk, Susan, April, Derik and Hanna.
Read updates about the TV show's presence in Freeborn County and about the family at AlbertLeaTribune.com. This special site has only stories about the "Extreme Homes" effort in Freeborn County.
How to get to the house from Albert Lea:
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There are rules about who can enter the site. People must have access passes.
Do not approach the site going east on gravel 200th Street. That is the exit from the site. You must enter by coming on County Road 30 and turn west on 200th Street. County Road 30 is the north-south road highlighted on this map. Google Maps mistakenly calls the east-west road highlighted on this map County Road 116, but it really is County Road 46. People also can get to the site from Exit 166 of Interstate 90, then heading east on County 46 and then south on County 30. The site's address is 84588 200th St.