Kimball firefighter Mike Schindler gets under the rear axle of the trailer to hose down the overheated metal as another firefighter measures the temperature. Staff photo by Jean Doran Matua. By Jean D…
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Forest City Stockade Rendezvous
The Stockade in Forest City today is a 1976 restoration of the original 1862 stockade. Built 157 years ago to provide safe haven for local settlers during the Sioux Indian Uprising, dedicated voluntee…
Forest City Threshers Show
The 31st annual Threshers Show in Forest City was held this past weekend, Aug. 17-18. This year’s featured tractor was J.I. Case. The tractor parade, at 11 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, is a big fe…
Kimball Library groundbreaking ceremony
By Jean Doran Matua, Editor Capping off a busy weekend of Kimball Days was a ceremonial groundbreaking for the new Kimball Library on Sunday afternoon. Mayor Tammy Konz, Margaret Arnold, Karen Pundsac…
Accused retired priests cleared of criminal charges, returned to limited ministry
By Kristine Goodrich, Mankato Free Press, Reprinted by permission. Originally published Jan. 16, 2019 NEW ULM — Two retired priests in the Diocese of New Ulm have been cleared of decades-old sexual ab…
‘Thank you’ to 5K and 1K runners
On Saturday, Aug. 10, we held our 13th Annual Kimball Days 5K/1K. This was our third run benefiting the American Cancer Society in memory of Sam Rossman. Our first runner in was Noah Young with a time…
Little Miss Watkins and princesses crowned
Nine girls entered the Little Miss Watkins pageant this year. Their tea was held July 17, and the girls began rehearsing for the pageant. All their hard work culminated in the pageant itself Friday ev…
Little Miss Kimball Ambassadors crowned
The Little Miss Kimball coronation was held Sunday afternoon at the Kimball Area High School. Historically, it has been held Friday evening during Kimball Days. This year it was a separate event, so t…
Gregory is grand marshal
By Jean Doran Matua, Editor The Kimball Library has been part of the Great River Regional Library system for 50 years now, and Lorraine Gregory was a big part of that early on. You might say she was t…
Little Miss Kimball pageant is Sunday, Aug. 4
Little Miss Watkins pageant is Friday evening, Aug. 2: 7:30 p.m. at the Watkins Park. (Candidates are in last week’s TCN.)…