Jerome “Jerry” Joseph Kubista, 93, of Owatonna, died
Friday, Aug. 30, 2019 at Whispering Oak Assisted Living in Ellendale.
He was born Feb. 11, 1926 in Owatonna, the son of Wal- ter and Agnes (Skalicky) Kubista. Jerome graduated from Owatonna High School. He attended Mankato Vocational School for two years and Boiler Engineering School in Owatonna for six months.

Take time to pause this next
weekend during the 19th An- nual Blooming Prairie Cancer Auctions and think about how cancer has affected you, your family and friends.
Cancer has indeed touched all of us in one way or another. Our hope to finding a cure and for protecting our loved ones in the future lies with our survi- vors. Our increasing number
of survivors shows proof that research is leading to more

Part of my enjoyment with
the Minnesota State Fair is to go work at the fair doing, what else, newspaper work.
Besides doing stories and taking photos of local people at the fair, I also volunteer at the Minnesota Newspaper Museum, which is operated by the Minneso- ta Newspaper Foundation of which I serve on the board.

A rural Kasson woman has died in a single-vehicle crash in Dodge County.Sheriff Scott Rose identified the victim of the Labor Day crash as Lorie Alwes, 59.The crash near the intersection of County Road 15 and 265 th Avenue was reported tothe sheriff’s office at about 4:10 p.m. Monday.

For almost all of her life Kelli Jax has been in or around the world of childcare.
That’s why it’s fitting that she now owns her own childcare center in Hayfield.

Peter “Pete” Otto Peterson, 74, of Mantorville, passed away surrounded by his family after a lengthy battle with cancer on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019.Pete was born on Sept. 4, 1944 to Otto and Novia (Larson) Peterson in Fairmont, Minn.  He graduated from Trimont High School in 1962 and then attended Gustavus Adolphus College, earning a B.S.

The funeral service for Carol A.  Meyer, 85, of Byron, was held on Saturday Aug.  24, 2019 at South Zumbro Lutheran Church in rural Kasson. Mrs. Meyer died on Monday Aug. 19, 2019 of natural causes at Madonna Towers Skilled Care in Rochester,Minn. where she had been a resident since March.

For the past several years as the top prosecutor handling what will likely go down as one of the greatest crimes ever in Minnesota’s history, Janelle Kendall has needed a stress reliever more than ever. She has found one through a love of music and sharing that passion as the lead singer for a band.

It could have been a scene from
summers-gone-by earlier this month as vintage and classic cars, hula hoops and pin-up girls were at the Dodge Center American Legion Post.
The evening was the latest in a series of summer car shows at the Legion Post.
According to Steve Peterson of Hay-