Arlo Dockter, age 92, of Milbank, SD, died on December 27, 2019, at Milbank Area Hospital – Avera Health. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 2, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 1, from 5:00 to... Read more

Ellen Athey, age 81, of Ortonville, MN, died on December 27, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 3, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church in Clinton. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the funeral service at the church. Burial will be at... Read more

Robert “Bob” Swigerd, age 78, of Ortonville, MN, died on December 28, 2019, at Essentia Health Grace Home in Graceville, MN. A private family gathering to be held at a later date. Robert Clarence Swigerd was born on October 19, 1941, in Ortonville, MN, to Joseph and Elsie (Wedemeyer)... Read more

Jeanne E. Vangsness, age 86, of Glenwood, MN, passed away on December 27, 2019, at Country Manor Health Care in Sartell, MN. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 4, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at the Congregational UCC in Ortonville, MN. Pastor Lynn Thomas will officiate. Visitation will... Read more

Darlene Marie (Arndt) Colvin was born on May 5, 1930, near Beardsley, Minnesota, and died on December 27, 2019, in St. Anthony, Minnesota, at the age of 89. Darlene grew up on a farm near Beardsley in western Minnesota (Big Stone County) near the South Dakota border. She was... Read more

Gary Roland Deal, age 76, of Odessa, MN, passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2019, at St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud, MN, succumbing to complications brought about by his long battle with frontotemporal dementia. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 3, 2020, at 3:30 p.m. at... Read more

Genrose Wieser, age 89, of Graceville, MN, formerly of Dumont, MN, died on December 26, 2019, at Grace Home surrounded by her family. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, December 30, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. at Holy Rosary Catholic Church in Graceville. Visitation will be held... Read more

Charles L. “Charlie” Benting, age 79, of Milbank, SD died on December 17, 2019, at the Milbank Area Hospital-Avera Health. Funeral services will be held on Friday, December 20, at 2:30 p.m. at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Milbank. The Reverend Timothy Koch will officiate. Interment will be in the... Read more

CAPT Merilys Porter Brown, USHS (Ret), 101, passed away Tuesday, December 17, 2019, at the Wilmot Care Center. A private family burial will take place at a later date. Merilys Porter was born on May 25, 1918, in Wilmot, South Dakota to Clement and Florence (Hill) Porter. After graduating... Read more