For Shannon Krekula of Byron, Friday’s Activity Day for students of the Zumbro Education District was a heartwarming time for her 12-year-old son, Jeffrey.
He took part in a variety of activities, including races, soccer, bowling, T-ball and even some tattoos. 

The two O names stole the show in 2017.
Oliver and Olivia were the most popular baby names in Minnesota, according to the Social Security Administration. 
I’m still agonizing over the fact that Rick didn’t come out on top. In fact, Rick didn’t even make the top five. 

Randall “Randy” Scott Moe, 58, of Owatonna, died Tuesday, May 15, 2018, while enjoying one of his favorite things, a run along Lake Kohlmeier.
He was born Sept. 15, 1959 in Owatonna, the son of Donald and Loretta (Rassman) Moe. As a young boy, his family moved to Bixby where he grew up. He graduated from Blooming Prairie High School, Class of 1977.  

Marlin E. Miner, 75 of Blooming Prairie, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2018, of respiratory failure, with his wife Jan and kids by his side, at Mayo Clinic Health System in Austin. 

In a solemn tribute to police officers who have died in the line of duty, families, survivors, current officers and others remembered our fallen heroes during a special ceremony Friday night in Rochester.

I was raised on Disney movies and still watch them to this day. You can never go wrong with a Disney movie and you learn a lot from them. 

The Kasson-Mantorville softball team has the talent necessary to make a run late into the section tournament. With an offense that can get runs across the plate and a pitching staff that is learning from each and every start, it only takes a 10-day hot stretch to go from a inconsistent team to one playing for a berth in the state tournament.

Since her husband was killed in the line of duty 30 years ago, Sue Lange has only missed two services at the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. 
Lange returned once again last week to honor her husband, Gregory Lange, police chief of Claremont, who was gunned down and beaten while responding to a domestic disturbance on July 5, 1988. 
“It is so moving,” Lange says. “It is on such a grand scale.”

The hard work had been already done when Nick Jurrens took over as principal at Triton Elementary last summer. His predecessor successfully coordinated all the grunt work for a top state honor, leaving Jurrens with the easy job of putting on a party to celebrate.