Steven Henry Sexton, age 70, of Janesville, died on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.

Charlet Hasner Allen Oser, age 95 of Waseca died on Thursday, August 6, 2020 at LakeShore Inn in Waseca.
Charlet was born in a log cabin in Montana on February 5, 1925 to Frank and Elma (Cadwell) Hasner. Her parents moved to Waseca in 1927 where Frank was employed by the State of Minnesota at the University farm in Waseca.

Janette Helen Byrne, age 93 of Waterville passed away surrounded by family on August 7, 2020 at the Lakeshore Inn in Waseca.

Alice Annie Seibel, age 86 of Morristown, died at her home on Tuesday, August 4, 2020.

The Waterville Indians and Morristown Morries amateur baseball teams will begin their quests to make a repeat appearance in the Class C State Tournament this weekend. After finishing up an abbreviated 13-60 League schedule, the two teams will open Region 6C Playoff action Sunday, August 2. Waterville, the No. 3 seed from the 13-60 League, will host Arlington, the No. 7 seed from the River Valley League. Game time in Waterville will be 2 p.m. Morristown, the No. 7 seed, will play at No. 2 seed Minnesota Lake at 6 p.m. Sunday. Minn. Lake edged the Morries, 1-0, last weekend.

No one was injured in an early morning fire in Montgomery that damaged two buildings on Wednesday, July 29.
The Montgomery Fire Department was called to a fire at 104 First Street at 3:45 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they observed flames engulfing the second floor of a vacant building.
City Administrator Brian Heck said the fire was under control in about 5½ hours. Montgomery firefighters continue to remain on the scene.

Due to the heavy rains on July 25th and 26th, the following lakes have now reached water levels that have ascended past the threshold concerning a "No Wake". The three lakes listed below have a "No Wake" restriction effective immediately:
Lake Tetonka, Lake Sakatah, Lake Washington
See PDF of complete press release regarding the "No Wake" restrictions.

Elizabeth "Betty" Claire (Frodl) Molva, age 78, of Glencoe,
Minnesota, passed away on Wednesday, July 22, 2020, at GlenFields
Living with Care in Glencoe, Minnesota, after a courageous battle
with cancer. Mass of Christian Burial was held on
Monday, July 27, 2020, 11 a.m. at Church of St. Pius X in Glencoe,
Minnesota, with interment following at the Glencoe Catholic Cemetery
in Glencoe.
Elizabeth "Betty" Claire Molva was born on August 13, 1941,
in Faribault, Minnesota. She was the daughter of John and Cyrilla

Darlene Alice Elizabeth Wendelschafer, age 88 of Cannon Falls and formerly of Waterville, passed away on Thursday morning, May 28, 2020 at Norris Square Care Center in Cottage Grove, where she has been residing since February.
Darlene was born on July 25, 1931 in Washington Township in Le Sueur County, the daughter of Arthur W. and Alice E. (Hager) Wendelschafer. She graduated from Waterville High School in 1949 and went on to Le Center Teachers Training in 1950. She graduated from Mankato State University with degrees in Elementary Education, Social Studies, and Science.

The Le Sueur County Board recently approved a pair of independent contractors to a number of projects.
But the decision to approve these individuals came with questions about their rate of pay, which will come from the CARES Act dollars which was recently approved by the federal government.
Barbara Droher Kline was approved to work with townships, cities, and Le Sueur County on COVID related planning. Her rate of pay is $75/hour.

The Baker family of Cleveland has been named Le Sueur County's "2020 Farm Family of the Year" by the University of Minnesota.

With the announcement of how the 2020-21 school year will be handled in less than two weeks, the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) released survey results of how families feel about sending their kids back to school.
The MDE conducted an informal survey of Minnesota families between June 15 and July 6.
The survey included questions about how they felt about distance learning and their thoughts on the 2020-21 school year.
More than $130,000 surveys were completed and they were offered in English, Hmong, Spanish, and Somali.

Waterville Indians fans were treated to gorgeous weather and a fantastic baseball game Sunday, July 12.
Waterville scored two runs in the bottom of the 10th inning to defeat Blue Earth, 10-9 in 13-60 League action.
The Indians, 2-1 overall, scored single runs in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game at 8-all after the Pirates exploded for five seventh inning runs to take an 8-6 lead.
In the eighth inning, Nolan Grose led off with a line drive home run to right field.

Gregg Alan "Bubba" Bauer, age 56, of Faribault passed away unexpectedly at his home on July 10, 2020.
Gregg was born in Faribault on the windy morning of January 25, 1964, to Dennis and Karen (Conklin) Bauer. He married the love of his life, Catherine Mensing, on June 23, 1984.
He graduated from Faribault High School in 1982 and continued his education at Faribault Vocational School where he graduated in 1984 in Small Engine Mechanics. He worked at Ahlman’s Marine before starting his dream of owning his own business, Quality Marine.

LeRoy “Pete” Wolff, was born on November 22, 1932 in rural Madison Lake to Clarence and Kathleen (Smith) Wolff. He attended school in Janesville and graduated in 1952 and then enlisted in the service following high school and was honorably discharged two years later. Pete married the love of his life, Mary Jean Phillips, on September 3, 1955 at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Clair, MN and they were blessed with six children.

Bernard “Benny” Hinderscheid Jr., age 67, of Faribault, MN, passed away Saturday, July 4, 2020 at his home.
Memorial services will be held on Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 11 a.m. at the Parker Kohl Funeral Home, 1725 Lyndale Ave. N., Faribault, with Bernadette Tatge, pastoral minister of Divine Mercy Catholic Church, officiating. For those unable to attend, you can view the service through a link on Benny’s obituary page.
Memorial visitation will be held on Wednesday from 10 – 11 a.m. the funeral home.