Worthington
October 22, 2025Gary Heikes, age 76, of Starbuck, formerly of Montevideo, died of natural causes unexpectedly at home on Oct. 13, 2025. A memorial service celebrating Gary will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 25, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Montevideo with Pastor Jeff Fitzkappes officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Arrangements are with the Hoplin-Hitchcock Funeral…
August 27, 2025Vernon Jay “Dutch” Verbrugge, age 83, of Luverne, died Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. He was born October 12, 1941, in Slayton, to Cornelius and Elizabeth (Gunnink) Verbrugge. Vernon attended Leota Christian Elementary School in Leota and graduated from Southwest Christian High School in Edgerton. He attended Nettleton Business College in Sioux Falls, South…- June 18, 2025Gerald Dean Bruxvoort, age 92, of Worthington, died Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at the Minnesota Veterans Home in Luverne. A graveside service with full military honors provided by the Lake Wilson American Legion will be at 11 a.m. Friday, June 20, at the Chandler Memorial Cemetery in Chandler. Dingmann Funeral Home in Worthington is assisting the family with arrangements.
May 07, 2025David Robert Kellen, age 68, of Worthington, died Thursday, May 1, 2025, at the Shores Nursing Home in Worthington. He was born on February 25, 1957, to Leander and Frona (Serie) Kellen in Adrian, Minnesota. He was born with cerebral palsy and was physically handicapped. David’s parents were told by his doctors that he would not live past the age of 15. He certainly proved them wrong. David…
April 23, 2025Douglas “Doug” James Scholtes, age 49, of Wilmont, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 17, 2025, at the Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington, Minnesota, surrounded by his family. Doug was born on August 21, 1975, in Worthington to Lowell and Cynthia (Synder) Scholtes. As a young boy, he and his mother moved to Oregon. But he later returned to the Wilmont, Minnesota, area in…
December 13, 2023Sandra Joy Noerenberg was born May 12, 1941, to Earl and Evelyn (Christensen) Clark in Worthington, Minnesota, where she was raised and received her education. In 1957 Sandy married the love of her life, Donald Noerenberg, at American Lutheran Church in Worthington. Sandy worked at Campbell’s Soup. In 1966 the couple moved to Anaheim, California, where Sandy worked several retail jobs while…- September 06, 2023Vernon Walsh, age 90, of Worthington, died with his family by his side Sunday, Sept. 3, 2023, at Sunset Hospice Cottage in Worthington. Visitation will be Saturday, Sept. 9, from 9:30-11 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church, in Sioux Valley, Minnesota. Funeral will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church in Sioux Valley, with Pastor Jacobsen officiating. Military honors will be held…
By Scott Rall, outdoor columnistApril 21, 2020Snow in April is just a bummer, but it is better than last year when we had over 20 inches in the month of April. The month is not over yet so we will just have to see how the weather pans out. The snow came early enough that I have no reason to believe it will have any effect on pheasant nesting or the majority of the waterfowl that are trying their best at a reproductive effort this spring.…- June 20, 2016To the Editor: I attended the meeting with Governor Dayton last Thursday at the Worthington Fire Hall. I was very impressed with him. Several in the room thanked him for his stand on education and the Lewis and Clark project. Also in attendance was local legislator Senator Bill Weber. I was very embarrassed as Senator Weber stood up and started lecturing the governor on how to do his job,…
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