Mary Teresa Rose Koester passed away peacefully at home February 21, 2022, a few short hours shy of her eighty-second birthday.
Born to Henry and Rose Laxen in Winsted, MN on February 22, 1940. She grew up on the family farm and moved to Green Lake, MN in 1964, where she enjoyed the next 57 years on the lake.
Mary worked several years for Barton Sand and Gravel as a Weigh-Master and she ultimately retired from the Cambridge State Hospital in 1997 where she worked in food services.
She and her partner, Gene, spent more than twenty years wintering at their Englewood, FL home.
Mary is survived by her son: Kurt and grandchildren: Jacob and Megan; brother: Vincent (Cecile) Laxen; several nieces, nephews and many friends.
She was preceded in death by her son: Scott; parents; four brothers: Raymond, Herman, Mickey, Tom; and one sister: Marcella Weibel
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Funeral notice: Emmert Schroeder, 100
Emmert F. Schroeder, age 100, of New Germany, Minnesota, passed away Monday, May 9, 2022, at his home in New Germany, Minnesota.
Funeral Service was held Monday, May 16, 2022, 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie, Minnesota, with interment following at the church cemetery.
Visitation was held Monday, May 16, 2022, from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m., one hour prior to the service at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lester Prairie, Minnesota.
As summer approaches projects are heating up in Howard Lake
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Budding artists to show off their talent at Winsted Arts Council’s Youth Art Show this weekend
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The Lester Prairie City Council clears up land ownership issue at its meeting
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Kimball man killed in car and motorcycle crash in Maple Lake Township
Wright County deputies were dispatched to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of County Rd. 12 NW and County Rd. 37 NW in Maple Lake Township May 9 at approximately 4:11 p.m. Deputies were assisted at the scene by the Minnesota State Patrol (MSP) and Maple Lake Fire and Rescue.
Evidence from the scene as well as interviews with involved persons indicated a 2013 Nissan Altima being driven by a juvenile male (16-year-old from Monticello) was traveling north on County Rd. 12. The Nissan Altima stopped at the stop sign and then turned west on County Rd. 37 in front of a 2003 Harley Davidson motorcycle traveling eastbound on County Rd. 37 NW. The motorcycle was being driven by William Schwandt (39-year-old from Kimball). Schwandt’s motorcycle hit the driver side of the Nissan Altima.
Schwandt was transported by ambulance to the Buffalo Hospital by Allina Ambulance where he was pronounced deceased by medical personnel.
