Longtime local business owners Harry “Chip” Beadell, Ron Haslip, and John Scholljegerdes have been named the grand marshals of Waterville’s 2022 Bullhead Days celebration. All three men have recently retired.
Scholljegerdes and his wife, Patricia, owned and operated Feed Store and More in town for 23 years and Sakatah Bay Resort on Lake Sakatah for 15 years. The couple sold the resort in 2020 and the mill property in December 2021 and have since retired, but remain active in the Waterville Lions Club and the Waterville Chamber.

For more than half a century, the second full weekend in June is dedicated to the annual Waterville Bullhead Days celebration.
There are a number of new events this year and some of the regular events have been super-sized for the June 10 thru 12 festival.
One of the new events is the Borderline Pulling Series Tractor Pull. This will be held Saturday, June 11 at 1 p.m. directly south of the city/county shop. There will be five different classes and possibly some local pullers involved.

Milton (Milt) Albert Kuball, 78, of Dodge Center, MN, entered the presence of his Lord and Savior on May 23, 2022. Milt passed away peacefully at Season’s Hospice House in Rochester with family by his side. Milt was born on October 9th, 1943 in Morristown, MN to Martin and Agnes (Guerke) Kuball.

Robert A. (Bob) Jacobson, age 69, of Waterville died at his home on June 4th, 2022. Bob was born on August 9th, 1952, to George and Helen (Kuckenbecker) Jacobson. He attended school in New Richland and joined the US Marine Corps serving from 1969 to 1972.
Bob owned and operated a semi truck hauling over the road and then became a heavy equipment operator/ foreman. He retired from Heselton Construction in Faribault in 2015. After retiring he enjoyed working for area farmers assisting with field work.

Gary P Mager, age 75 of Burnsville, MN died Wednesday, May 18, 2022 at home.
Gary, the son of Leon and Dorothy Mager of Waterville, was born February 24, 1947, grew up in Waterville, graduated from Waterville High School in 1965 and from the University of Minnesota with honors in 1983. Gary was employed by the State of MN Department of Human Services as I.S. Director for 20 yrs.
He is survived by wife Karen, mother Dorothy Mager; two children; Suzette Bojanowski and Melissa Mager; brother Leon Mager, four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.

Eleanor “Elie” Mae Stangler, age 89 of Waterville, passed away at her home on the afternoon of Sunday, June 5, 2022.

John Clifford Renken, age 93, of Fridley, passed away on May 20, 2022, two days shy of his 94th birthday. He was a devout Christian, husband, father, grandfather, outdoorsman, inventor, and army sergeant.
He was born in Green Isle, MN on May 22, 1928, graduated from Waterville MN High School and Gustavus Adolphus College and was a CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter). He lived in Waterville, MN and Fridley, MN. John served his country in both World War II and the Korean War.

Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason reports Tuesday, May 24, that the investigators have determined the March 26, 2022, fire at the Funky Munky Bar in Waterville started in the plastic dumpsters, located on the exterior of the south or back side of the building, and spread to a wooden over hang above the dumpsters, and then into the roof/attic area and into the bar building itself.

Joan M. Glende, age 89 of Waterville, died on Thursday, May 19, 2022 at Traditions of Waterville.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Canice Catholic Church, Kilkenny on Friday, May 27, 2022 at 11 a.m. with the Reverend Tom Niehaus officiating. Interment will be at Concordia Cemetery, North Morristown.
Visitation will be at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Thursday, May 26th from 4 to 7 p.m. and also at church for one hour prior to the service on Friday.

Carl Fridrik Wilhelm Krueger, Jr., age 89 of North Morristown, died on Saturday, May 21, 2022, at his earthly home before entering his heavenly home to spend eternity with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
  Funeral Services will be held at Trinity Lutheran Church, North Morristown on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Juan Palm officiating. Interment will be at Meadow Ridge Memorial Park, Faribault with military rites by American Legion Post #149, Morristown.

New Prague City Administrator Josh Tetzlaff, left, and Mayor Duane Jirik visit with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on Tuesday, May 24, during the Congressional District 1 Special Primary. New Prague was among six polling locations Secretary of State Simon visited to highlight the work of election judges during the special primary election.

The WEM baseball team is still looking for its first win this season after dropping a pair of games to the top teams in the Gopher Conference last week.
Maple River defeated the Bucs, 11-1 in five innings and Randolph downed the Bucs Friday 11-0 in five innings. Those two teams are fighting for the conference title along with defending State Champion Hayfield, who Randolph beat two weeks ago.
WEM also dropped a 12-1 five inning decision to JWP and lost 10-0 in five innings against Waseca Saturday, May 7.

Michael Loren Hecht, age 67 of Waseca, died on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 at Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center in Mankato.
Born on April 3, 1955 in Waseca, Minnesota, he was the son of Loren and Sigri (Gunderson) Hecht.  Michael graduated from Waseca High School in 1973 and later graduated from Gustavus Adolphus College.   He was employed with Birds Eye and the E.F. Johnson Co. in Waseca before moving to Houston, TX in 1988.  While in Houston, he was employed with SOREP Technology until his return to Waseca in 2009.

A benefit for Ann (Sutter) Rozanski of Waterville will be held this Saturday, May 14 from noon until 4 p.m. at the Waterville Evangelical United Methodist Church. The event will include a lunch, a bake sale, a soup/chili/cookie sale, and a silent auction.
Rozanski, who works at Walmart in Waseca, was diagnosed with Stage 2 Clear Cell Uterine Cancer in August 2021. Since then, she has completed chemotherapy and radiation.
All proceeds from the benefit will be used to help cover Rozanski’s medical expenses.

Mary M. Nordmeier, age 74 of Morristown, died on Saturday May 7, 2022, at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis.
Funeral services will be held at Peace United Methodist Church, Morristown on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Elden Eklund officiating. Interment will be at Riverside Cemetery, Morristown.
Visitation will be at Boldt Funeral Home, Faribault on Wednesday, May 18th from 4 to 7 p.m. and also at church for one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

The Minnesota State Patrol is investigating the death of a 23-year-old male construction worker who was run over by a skid loader on Highway 99 Tuesday morning.
The incident occurred near the intersection of Highway 99 and 181st Street in Montgomery Township where the Minnesota Valley Electric Company/MVEC was working in the Electrical Power Line System.