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BY NATASHA BARBER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – In an attempt to slow the spread of COVID-19, the cities of Sauk Rapids and Rice closed their doors to the public this week. “Everybody needs to remain calm; stay home if you can, make sure to wash your hands and all the things that keep your family safe,” said Ross Olson, Sauk Rapids City Administrator. “If you do need city services, city professionals and employees are here to serve. Make sure to reach out, look on our website and social media for contact information. We are at the government center, and we are ready to serve.” The Sauk Rapids Government Center and the city’s buildings will be closed to the public through April 1. The March 23 city council meeting is canceled,

Lunch, coffee, childcare being offered BY ANNA HINKEMEYER | STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – The COVID-19 outbreak is evident in the Sauk Rapids and Rice communities. Restaurants have closed, schools are no longer in session, and large gatherings and church services have been canceled. As people heed warnings and begin to distance themselves from others, those who can are stepping up to services now void in the community. In addition to the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District, Manea’s Meats decided to offer free lunches for children after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed Executive Order 2002 ordering public schools to close from March 18 through March 27. The lunches include turkey and cheese sand-

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Megan Tomford makes sandwiches March 17 at Manea’s Meats in Sauk Rapids. The sandwiches are included in free bag lunches for children whose schools have closed due to Gov. Tim Walz’s executive order regarding the spread of COVID-19.

Responding to COVID-19, Benton County approves emergency declaration Confirms first coronavirus case BY JAKOB KOUNKEL STAFF WRITER

FOLEY – Benton County commissioners approved an emergency declaration at its board meeting March 17 in response to COVID-19, the

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ing the school district to close its doors to students until further notice. Heck said the novel coronavirus. The first and only confirmed first case was confirmed case in Benton County in the county March 15. resulted in other indiCommissioners also viduals, who are high to voted to temporarily close medium risk of having its Department of Mocontracted the virus, to be tor Vehicles, which saw tested too. Ruhoff said the more than 1,000 customMinnesota Department of ers in the last two weeks; Health is in contact with the at-risk people, getGRAPHIC COURTESY OF BENTON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH ting recommendations for A graph shows the impact of protective measures, such as social distancing, amid the onset of COVID-19 in the United States. testing and quarantine. Ruhoff said Gov. Tim Protective measures are recommended to prevent the disease from Walz’s move to close bars, overrunning health care resources. restaurants, health clubs and entertainment venues March 16 was an effort to “flatten the curve” – a reference to a now widelyspread graphic stemming from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing the contrast between the results of taking preventative measures and not. According to the graph, if successful preventative measures are taken it will expand the • Mortgage Foreclosures (5) - pg. 12,13 and 14 amount of time the virus • Benton County Ditch Authority Public Notice - pg. 14 spreads to the population • Watab Township Advertisement for Bids - pg. 14 but will not overwhelm • Benton County Request for Proposals - pg. 14 the health care system’s • Benton County Board of Commissioners Reg. Meeting Minutes, March 3, 2020 - pg. 12 Benton County • Benton County Deliquent Tax List - pg. 8B, 9B and 10B waived its remote work policies; discussed furloughing the least violent offenders in the Benton County Jail system; and discussed temporarily cutting services from the human services department. “Anyone released from jail will be a non-violent, low-risk offender,”

Benton County Sheriff Troy Heck said. Benton County Public Health Supervisor Nicole Ruhoff told the Benton County Board that the person who tested positive for the coronavirus is in their 50s and at home in isolation. The person had an affiliation with Foley Public Schools, prompt-

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Jimmy’s Pour House hoping to reschedule festivities BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – The luck of the Irish was in the air at Jimmy’s Pour House March 17 as employees came dressed in green. Green beer was pouring from the taps and the corned beef and cabbage was the special of the day. However, festivities for St. Patrick’s Day were cut short due to an executive order from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz which required all bars and restaurants to close their dining areas and move to take-out, drive-thru and delivery only by 5 p.m. “We are disappointed (St. Patrick’s Day) could not go as we planned,” said Dena Hagberg, owner of Jimmy’s Pour House. “We hope to have a summer St. Patrick’s party when things get back up and running.”

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(Above) LeeAnn Hockert (from left), Karlee Burrows, Patrick Gosz and Jenny Denney stand together dressed in green March 17 at Jimmy’s Pour House in Sauk Rapids. Jimmy’s celebrated its shortened St. Patrick’s Day with staff dressed in green attire, corned beef and cabbage and green beer. (Right) Mitch Eickhoff pours green beer out of the tap March 17 at Jimmy’s Pour House in Sauk Rapids. The green beer is a part of Jimmy’s annual St. Patrick’s celebration, along with corned beef and cabbage.

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and the next scheduled council meeting is April 13. The Rice City Council approved closure through April 13. Their council will reevaluate the decision at that time. Should the councils need to meet in an emergency situation, the councils will consider telephone or electronic means in accordance with open meeting laws. All events inside the rentable public facilities have been canceled or postponed. In each city, employees will continue to conduct city business, limiting non-essential interaction with the public and other city personnel. Police and fire departments will continue to respond, and public works will function as normal. “They still have a job to do, and they are going

to do it,” Olson said, noting that departments continue to take precautions to maintain health and safety. Building permits and administrative matters can be submitted electronically or by mail. Both municipalities have utility bill dropoff boxes outside of city hall. As the outbreak unfolded, rumors circulated in Sauk Rapids regarding city operations should a novel coronavirus case be confirmed within city limits. Some speculated the city’s water supply would be affected but Sauk Rapids Director of Utilities, Craig Nelson, said that is not the case. “Our water system is automated,” Nelson said. “It won’t be shut off. … Everything that I read is that the virus is not waterborne. I have an email from the Minnesota Department of Health that it is not a waterborne disease. They don’t foresee that being an issue.” Nelson also said a

majority of the water system can be operated remotely, and members of the public works department are cross-trained to assist as needed. One concern the public works department does have as a result of the frenzy caused by the coronavirus is the damage that could be done to city infrastructure if people begin flushing nontoilet paper products. “People need to not flush anything other than toilet paper down the toilet because that will create much more work and potentially plug their sewer lines, our sewer lines, plug pumps – create much more maintenance on everybody’s end,” Nelson said. People should not flush facial tissue, paper towels, napkins, wipes, diapers, feminine hygiene products, gauze or bandages. Wipes labeled with the word flushable are also problematic. “They are flushable,

but they don’t break down,” Nelson said. “They plug lines and plug pumps constantly. We’re pulling pumps all the time because of them.” Residents are encouraged to monitor updates at the cities’ websites or contact the cities with questions. Sauk Rapids can be reached at 320-258-5300; Rice can be contacted at 320-3932280. Benton County followed suit and limited public access to its facilities one-by-one over the course of the week. Jail visits were still permitted Thursday, but all other interaction with the sheriff’s office was to be made by appointment. The Department of Motor Vehicles office is closed and other departments, including human services in Foley and St. Cloud, are entertaining appointments on a case by case basis.

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wiches, chips and bottled water or milk, which was provided by Tom Fish, an employee of Kemps. Those in need must notify the store an evening ahead by placing an order online or contacting the market. Working in partnership, the Sauk Rapids Police Department has offered to deliver these meals within city limits. “Being we are a family business and looking at it from a family perspective, we know there will be children who won’t receive a lunch because they are dependent on the schools,” said Sofia Radzak, sales and marketing representative for Manea’s Meats. “We want to give back to the community that has supported us so much over the years, and the idea of children going without food breaks all of our hearts here.” Manea’s Meats assembled an average of 60 lunches per day through Thursday. A daily average of 16 were delivered by law enforcement. “There’s usually a smile on their face when they answer the door,” said Tim Sigler, Sauk Rapids police officer. “It

feels great to help the community in whatever way we can in these difficult times.” Another Sauk Rapids’ business is donating coffee to healthcare professionals and first responders. Adventure Coffee, owned Ryan and Sharon Voeller, is a beverage truck. The vehicle has traveled to area medical facilities such as the St. Cloud Hospital in St. Cloud and the Center for Diagnostic Imaging in Sartell. The Voellers started with these facilities because of their previous background. Sharon is a registered nurse with the St. Cloud Surgical Center, and Ryan has a background in military and law enforcement. “We understand what’s coming for these folks,” Ryan said. “It’s a lot, and small bits of appreciation and humanity is what drives them. Plus, a dose of delicious caffeine tops it all off very well.” The Voellers hope to reach others such as semitruck drivers and logistical staff. Adventure Coffee

What is COVID-19? COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) is a viral respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus which has previously gone undetected in humans. There is currently no vaccine to prevent COVID-19. The illness can range from mild to severe. Symptoms appear two to 14 days after a person has contracted the virus and include fever, cough and shortness of breath.

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Tim Sigler, Sauk Rapids police officer, delivers four lunches to a home in Sauk Rapids March 19. Sigler and the Sauk Rapids Police Department have partnered with Manea’s Meats to deliver free bag lunches to children within the Sauk Rapids city limits.

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children to go,” Rockenbach said. “I figured I could help with childcare. I like hanging out with kids, and it makes me feel useful.” Rockenbach said she has two younger siblings but hopes to use this experience to expand her knowledge of children. “As a 12-year-old in Minnesota, it’s kind of hard to help out now a days but not impossible, and I wanted to help,” Rockenbach said. “I enjoy taking care of children, and it means a lot that people can depend on others to help watch their children.” From city to city, the community has banded together (while apart) to spread cheer in the wake of the novel coronavirus.

capacity. Ruhoff compared the nation’s response of flattening the curve to the influx of customers buying things like toilet paper, bottled water and nonperishable food. When everybody is rushing to purchase goods at the same time, she said, stores are unable to keep up with demand. Flattening the curve is about keeping enough beds open so the health care system can handle demand. Ruhoff also said there are too many tests being administered for the state to keep up with, so she is unable to know how many people are being tested here. The MDH only updates the county if a new case is confirmed. “This is snowballing every day,” said James McDermott, director of Benton County Emergency Management, while criticizing media response as inciting undue hysteria and encouraging people to look to the positives. McDermott said the disaster declaration allows for different arms of the county to work together. McDermott, serving as the director, is responsible for getting everybody in the county to “sing on the same sheet of music.” “(The disaster declaration) gives our staff some flexibility in extraordinary times,” said Spencer Buerkle, Benton County Commissioner and board chair. For the most updated information regarding the novel coronavirus locally, the Benton County Public Health Facebook account is being updated regularly, and a local hotline number was established to answer questions. Stearns and Benton counties established the joint ho-

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Alberta Township results in tie, Winkelman chosen by lot FOLEY – Townships across Benton County hosted their annual elections March 10, many voting for three-year supervisor and two-year clerk terms. One race for supervisor was chosen in an unconventional way. Alberta Township had 92 constituents split their vote in half, resulting in a tie between incumbent Mike Walcheski and Mike Winkelman. Pursuant of Minnesota Statute 204C.34, the township chose the position by lot – cutting a deck of cards to determine the winner. Winkelman was named supervisor as a result. Incumbent clerk Robert Thaler will remain clerk of Alberta Township; he received 82 votes. Winkelman and Thaler will join supervisors Mike Moulzolf and Ray Novak and treasurer Kevin Szafranski on the town board. Other township election results: - In Gilmanton Township, Scott Baron won the supervisor position, receiving 10 of 17 write in votes. Pat Lezer won the clerk position with nine of 17 write in votes. Neither Baron or Lezer filed for the position, so it is undetermined whether they will accept the oath of office. The remaining board members are supervisors Mark Hess and Doug Lezer and treasurer Beth Kipka. In Glendorado Township, incumbent David Horvath won the title of supervisor. Horvath received 53 votes over candidate Jennifer

Selander-Carlson’s eight. JoDee Kampa will remain clerk after receiving all 59 votes. The two join supervisors Gary Nelson and Ted Fernholz and treasurer Melissa Christensen. - In Graham Township, supervisor Charles Popp and clerk Deborah Scott remain in their roles. Charles Popp received eight votes and was challenged by two votes for write-in Dylan Popp. Scott received nine votes. The two join supervisors Duane Brenny and Jesse Sobania and treasurer Michele Petron. - In Granite Ledge Township, incumbent supervisor Mary Jo Holewa remains in her role after receiving 12 votes. Kathy Gorecki won the clerk’s term with 12 votes after former clerk Dorothy Gruba did not seek reelection. They join supervisors Arnold Evensen and Troy Lupke and treasurer Marlene Hunt. - In Langola Township, supervisor Mark Petron and clerk Anita Seviola will serve another term. Petron received 15 unopposed votes while Seviola received 16 unopposed votes. The two serve with supervisors Greg Bruestle and Dan Schlichting and treasurer Frank Hard. - In Mayhew Lake Township, the board will remain unchanged. Supervisor John Bemboom was reelected to another term with 33 votes, and clerk Lawrence Thell won the seat with 32 votes. A lone write-in opposed Lawrence Thell’s seat. Renee Thell, who has been serving as a treasurer appointee, won the one-year seat

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William “Bill” Little takes the oath of office March 18 at Watab Town Hall in Sauk Rapids. Little will serve a threeyear supervisor term for Watab Township.

by special election. She received 32 votes. The three will serve with supervisors Joe Scapanski and Jerome Molitor. - In Maywood Township, incumbent supervisor Gary Grundahl and incumbent clerk Richard Murray were reelected. Grundahl received four votes and Murray three. The two will serve with supervisors James Aman and Dave Dumonceaux and treasurer Rosie Emslander. - In Minden Township, incumbent supervisor Pam Benoit and incumbent clerk Cynthia Abraham won the seats. Benoit received 16 of 18 votes and Abraham 18 with no contested votes. The two will serve with supervisors Stephen Simones and Mark Ebnet and treasurer Esther Ebnet. - In St. George Township, incumbent supervisor Patrick Herbst won his seat with 16 unopposed votes. Supervisor appointee Brad Chmielewski was voted into a one-year term with 15 votes. Incumbent

clerk Christine Scherbing remains in her position after receiving 16 votes. The three join supervisor Donald Martin and treasurer Jeremy Johnson. - In Sauk Rapids Township, incumbent Alan Montag won the supervisor seat over Eric Witt, 184. Incumbent clerk Daryl Sheetz received 21 unopposed votes to claim the office. Montag and Sheetz will serve with supervisors Dan Zwick and John Kothenbeutel and treasurer Becky Molitor. - In Watab Township, William “Bill” Little won the supervisor seat over incumbent Todd Waytashek. Little received 186 votes to Waytashek’s 74. A ballot question asking residents to approve an appointed clerk’s position succeeded 124-121 and nullified the election of clerk write-in candidate Kathy Sauer. Sauer had received 42 of 54 votes. Watab Township met March 18 and interviewed Sauer and Erin Wallington for the appointed clerk’s position. Sauer was appointed clerk.

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Businesses, employees impacted by emergency executive orders

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SAUK RAPIDS – When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced additional emergency precautions to slow the spread of COVID-19 this week, the impact was felt throughout the community. As of 5 p.m. March 17, on a day where community members typically celebrate their Irish cheer, parking lots sat empty, doors were locked and employees were sent home uncertain of their return. Emergency Executive Orders 20-04 and 2008 dictated occupancy of rfood and beverage establishments, entertainment venues, fitness facilities and all businesses associated with the cosmetology industry cease in-person business through 5 p.m. March 27. “I was heartbroken, and I miss my coworkers and customers,” said Jolene Zimmer, a server at Old Capital Tavern. “I understand it is necessary

but it sucks. I rely on this income.” For Zimmer, two weeks off is the difference between making her mortgage payment and not. Zimmer is eligible to receive unemployment insurance benefits through the State of Minnesota under an additional emergency executive order, 2005. Walz’s order allows those whose work has been directly or indirectly affected by the coronavirus outbreak to apply for benefits. But for Zimmer, unemployment is not enough. According to the Minnesota Unemployment Insurance website, weekly benefits are about 50% of a person’s average weekly wage up to a state maximum of $740. “I am hoping it is not going to be any longer than this,” Zimmer said. “It really teaches you that saving for something like this is important.” Including Old Capital Tavern, many Sauk Rapids and Rice restaurants reduced offerings to take-out or curbside pickup. Danny’s Dugout, El Loro, Benton Station, Rock Creek Coffeehouse, The Old Creamery Café, O’Brien’s Pub and Shady’s Railside were among those who altered

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Hannah Reemts holds a take-out box and a roll of toilet paper March 19 at Old Capital Tavern in Sauk Rapids. Old Capital Tavern is open for take-out orders, in which people can get a complimentary roll of toilet paper with their order.

their operations. Others such as Jimmy’s Pour House, VFW Post No. 6992 and Corner Pocket Saloon-n-Eatery opted to completely shut their doors until the order is lifted. “It would probably cost us more to try to do take-out than it would be worth,” said Dena Hagberg, owner of Jimmy’s Pour House. “We have 54 employees out of work. Luckily, we are in a stronger financial position than most other restaurants. It is going to have a huge impact on us, on the community.” The economic effect is widespread but creativity is apparent. Via social media accounts, Anytime Fitness of Sauk

Rapids began posting virtual work-outs, and North Crest Kids Activity Center ignited an at-home splits challenge. Yet the spa and salon industry, which relies on person-to-person contact, is left without options until next Friday – at the earliest. The COVID-19 pandemic leaves uncertainly for many in central Minnesota. “It’s hard to know what to expect because it’s something none of us have ever been through,” Hagberg said. “The most important thing is taking care of my staff and making sure they have what they need for now. I hope my staff will get through it.”

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Ernest L. Popp

Due to the spread of the COVID-19 virus, the family of Ernest Popp has decided to hold services for immediate family only. There will be no visitation services at the church Friday evening. The safety of others and the community is of great importance. Thank you for your continued support and prayers. Arrangements have been entrusted to Williams Dingmann Family Funeral Home, Sauk Rapids. Ernest Lawrence Popp was born Sept. 25, 1935, in Little Falls to Leo and Rose (Gottwalt) Popp. He served in the Army National Guard for two years. Ernie met the love of his life, Dolores Marstein at the Falls Ballroom and they married July 6, 1959, at St. Edward’s Church in Elmdale. From this union they were blessed with nine children. The couple enjoyed dancing and frequented the ballrooms in their early years together. He served in active duty at Ft. Lewis during the Berlin Crisis. When he returned from duty he worked at Polar Tank and Trailer. They lived in Rice and took over the family farm in 1961 as third generation owners. Ernie retired from farming in 2002 but he never really retired. He was always behind the wheel of something, and never sat still. He drove bus for Royalton School District for 14 years and also drove for CarCo and Klaphapke Fertilizer. He spent many long hours helping his sons on the farm doing field work. Ernie was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Rice, serving on the parish council and the cemetery board. He was also a member of Knights of Columbus Bishop Busch Council No. 9138 and Rice American Legion Post No. 473. Ernie enjoyed gardening, bird and squirrel watching, feeding the deer and driving tractor. He

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loved driving his Gator and making daily trips to the farm. Ernie will be remembered as a caring man and a great conversationalist. He was a man of strong faith, had a great sense of humor and a friend to all he met. Survivors include his children, Julie (John) Fromelt of St. Cloud, Howard and his friend, Casey Hoheisel of Rice, Lucinda (Lee) Kloek of Sauk Rapids, Russell (Karla) of Rice, Terence (Julie) of Rice, Teresa (Robert) Pankratz of St. Cloud, Nancy (Michael) Hartung of Holdingford, Ramona (James) Roering of Bowlus and Carmen (Randall) Honken of Sartell; 30 grandchildren; and sisters and brother, Joann (Adolf) Zistl of Woodbury, Harold (Valeria) of Daytona Beach, Florida. and Johnelle (Doug) Novak of Foley. Ernie was preceded in death by his loving wife of 60 years, Dolores on Sept. 25, 2019; parents; brothers, Roman, Marvin, Wilfred, Arthur “Big Art”, Sr., Elmer, Robert and Leo, Jr.; and sisters, Leona Kasella, Sr. Lerose “Florence” Popp OSF, Marion Kasella, Rita Kloss, Correen Garner and Roselyn Huver. The family would like to extend a special thank you to Quiet Oaks Hospice and St. Croix Hospice for the exceptional care that they provided. Obituary, guest book and video tribute available online at https://www. williamsdingmann.com FR-12-1B

Due to the COVID-19 protocol set forth by the Sauk Rapids-Rice School District, all Community t Education, including youth enrichment, adult enrichment, recreation classes and facility rentals will be canceled until further notice. Refunds will be given accordingly. Contact Community Education at 320-258-1577 March 9 1756 hrs: Officers received a call about a suspicious with questions. object on the 1200 block of 15th Street Northeast. Officers determined it was a battery pack for a remote-controlled device and disposed of it. March 12 0849 hrs: Officers were called to the 1100 block of Garden Brook Drive for a suspicious vehicle. Officers contacted the registered owner, who said he parks there and walks to Brook Court as exercise on his way to work. March 15 1810 hrs: Officers responded to Sok’s Car Wash for suspicious items. Complainant said she observed unspent 9mm shells in the trash can. Officers collected 24 unspent bullets and placed them into an evidence bag to be brought back to the police department. Incidents: 23 traffic stops, 18 assists, 18 suspicious activity reports, 18 various calls, 15 medical calls, 14 parking violations, 7 disturbances, 7 welfare checks, 7 animals, 6 alarms, 6 permits, “Our Country is in Mourning, A Soldier Died Today.” 4 child, 3 assaults, 3 911 calls, 3 accidents, 3 civil complaints, 3 thefts, 3 warrants, 2 human services reports, 2 property, 2 domestics, 2 records checks, 2 harassments and 2 fraud.

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A gardener once told me to put salt under my rose bushes, which I thought was odd and probably fatal to the plant. I later found out he should have said Epsom salt which is magnesium sulfate. However, there is usually enough magnesium BY LINDA G. sulfate found naturally in most TENNESON Green and Minnesota soils, so this addiGrowing in tive is not recommended. Another myth is wounds Benton County in trees need to be covered or bandaged. Trees do not heal in the same way mammals do. Instead, they compartmentalize the damage and form a callus over the wound that gradually grows over the area. Trees do not form new bark over these areas. Wound dressings may prevent some of this natural callus from forming. Winter pruning of trees and shrubs is recommended because there is much less chance of insects or fungicides entering the pruned areas. Observing this timing and sterilizing the pruner before using it between plants is a better practice. Corn gluten meal is not a consistently proven organic weed preventer. Corn gluten meal works by desiccating or drying out seeds so they cannot germinate. It will not do so if the lawn receives a lot of rain or watering. It is a source of nitrogen which is a component of fertilizer, so a well fertilized lawn will resist weeds better than a sparse or nutrient starved lawn and may contribute to the health of the lawn. Corn gluten meal does not work on all seeds and is expensive to use in large amounts. Plastic is often advertised as a way of preventing weed growth. What the plastic does is prevent water from reaching the plant roots. It also prevents the natural movement of oxygen in and out of the soil. Landscape fabric may allow some moisture to reach the roots, but both materials are usually covered with mulch. Mulch, whether organic or something like small rocks, will catch and hold dust blown through the air. This dust will accumulate and provide enough soil to allow weeds to germinate on top of the fabric, plus aggressive weeds may grow through either material. Landscape fabric will degrade with time, especially if it is exposed to sunlight. Therefore, it is useful only in areas where it can be replaced every year or so. Coffee grounds are often advertised as a method of lowering soil pH; however, this effect is only temporary. A better idea is to use a soil test to determine if the soil pH is not at the best level for the desired plant. Coffee grounds are very fine and can become a compacted moisture barrier when placed directly on the ground. If they are used in this way, the layer should only be a half inch or so thick and then be covered by mulch. Coffee and tea grounds are best added to the compost pile. The information in this column is a limited summary of information about a few garden myths. An online search for a subject followed by the suffix “.edu” will give the reader detailed and research-based information on these and many other garden myths. Linda G. Tenneson is a University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardener and Tree Care Advisor.

Honestly, I was caught off guard. Knowfrom a TV show, but you better know your ing there might be a time when the saints could Bible to test if what they are teaching is true. not gather as foretold in Revelation of Jesus, I 3and1.org is a podcast that assists the pictured the tragedy coming from the hand of study of the scriptures for a curious indian extreme left sided government. I assumed vidual, a beginning believer or a seasoned individuals in power would put an end to pubchurch goer. Enduring Word is another onlic gathering in worship centers. line resource that provides overviews on In my expectation of this future scenario, scripture. This is why we must continue to we would gather together privately in homes stay connected while in isolation because and continue reading the scriptures like the we can help filter the unending information early church, Acts 2:36-46. I did not foresee a available to those who are searching. BY MERCY virus forcing us to stay home with no visitors. We can tune in to a live podcast of a NYGAARD So, how do we gather together without church service simultaneously as a group, gathering? Why should we be intentional to Life by FAith but we are still not together physically. The continue gathering although we ought not to next best thing might be video chatting. physically for safety? What does non-traditional gath- Sometimes, seeing someone else’s face talking back to ering look like? you (other than the people you are living with) lifts your God will not waste one opportunity to advance his spirits. Video chatting can be a short hello and bye, and kingdom, so we better roll up our sleeves and get to it can be reading the scriptures together. You can have work. Unknowing unbelievers do not know they need a a Bible study in just a few minutes. Video chatting can Savior, and rebellious unbelievers know they need one help a grandparent see loved ones in real time. Video but deny him anyway. Sometimes, when they have no chatting helps the other party hear your voice infleccontrol over their situation in life and the walls start tions along with your facial expressions which helps closing in, they turn their hearts away from rebellion clear communication. and toward the Lord Jesus Christ. During this isolation We have all read a text wrong not knowing the othperiod as a result of COVID-19, we can send a message er person’s level of enthusiasm. And do not exclude the to these individuals. They are our neighbors, cowork- old-fashioned practice of mailing. In these times, we ers, siblings, friends and children. We have their phone need tangible items from other people such as a handnumbers and social media accounts. Reach out to them written letter to run our fingers across the words or a and send encouragement. Love them and serve them, photo to put on our fridge. We need a jar of honey or and when they get to the point of curiosity of what lies bag of oats along with a printed scripture to say I am beyond this life, they might turn to you to tell them the thinking of you in spirit and in food. good news. Many people are talking on social media about In this technological age, we have the upper hand writing to the elderly in nursing homes during this time. on the devil. Right now, it is only a virus keeping us If your family plans to, be intentional to ask, “What home and not persecution, so churches across the na- does living for God’s glory mean to you?” One woman tion are podcasting their church services. The struc- cried when asked this and said, “I’m 86 years old, and tures we gather in do not make us a church – we are the no one has ever asked me that before. I am so blessed church. to have the opportunity to share my response.” Never before, has an unbeliever had as much access Because Jesus will return as promised, I will leave to messages proclaiming Jesus as Lord like there are to- you today with a favorite verse of mine from Hebrews. day. Now hang on; the Bible clearly tells us there will “And let us consider one another in order to stir up be false teachers and not all messages online are bibli- love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of cal. Many churches are encouraging members to watch ourselves together as is the manner of some, but exhortonline messages and read their Bibles at home with ing one another and so much the more as you see the their families. Sadly, not every church has equipped day approaching.” their congregants how to do this. Yes, you can watch your church message, a distant message from online or

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Kathryn Tasto, Becker Has your congressperson been bought? But not by you? Collectively, the campaigns of the 2018 federal election spent $5.2 billion and more than that was raised. Imagine this kind of pressure to raise this kind of money. To achieve fundraising goals, our representatives spend over half their time in Washington on the phone with big donors. Have you gotten a call from your representative or senator? No? It is because you are not giving enough money. As though paying taxes is not enough. Congress has become beholden to special interest, in part, because of the pressure to raise money – because of the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in favor of Citizens United. Big money took advantage of Citizens United. This ruling gave money the same speech rights as you, a person, and made unlimited spending legal. It opened the

floodgate to the corruption that permeates Washington. We cannot reverse this mistake with legislation, but we can reverse it by passing an amendment to the U. S. Constitution. It will take Americans demanding this from Congress. At our state capitol, Republican Sen. Scott Jensen has introduced SF 4368 calling on Congress to propose such an amendment. This is a start. We need more state legislators to join him. Call Sen. Andrew Mathews at 651-296-8075, and ask him to sign on to SF 4368, a resolution that urges Congress to propose an amendment to the U. S. Constitution to allow governments to regulate political contributions and expenditures; and, in doing so, may distinguish between the free speech rights of natural persons and special interests. Congress should not be for sale.

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District updates plans for our students should they become “This is unprecedented,” is a necessary. Distance learning means students phrase heard over and over across our in our district will have equal access to community, our country and the world learning with appropriate educational mateduring the coronavirus COVID-19 rials and through interaction with licensed pandemic. The closure of Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools along with all teachers. Distance learning may be provided the public schools in Minnesota from without the use of technology. In the event March 16-27 certainly may be dethat distance learning is implemented, stuBY AARON SINCLAIR scribed that way. SRR Superintendent dent attendance will be tracked. The district The closure of all schools in Minasks for patience as staff refines these protonesota was directed by Gov. Tim Walz per Executive cols. Watch for information as it becomes available. Order 20-02. The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District’s - The district is evaluating nutrition, mental health, responses are informed by the latest recommendations special education and other types of special support and updates from the Centers for Disease Control and during the school closure. Prevention, the Minnesota Department of Health and - The district, in partnership with the Boys and Girls the Minnesota Department of Education. District ad- Club of Central Minnesota, is providing free childcare ministration continually monitors information from services for healthcare and emergency workers along these agencies and formulates responses based on in- with transportation services to and from the locations formation and directives that come from national, state during specified hours if needed. and regional levels. I encourage any families who have specific quesOur schools and the community have important tions about particular protocols to contact their sturoles to play in slowing the spread of this virus to help dent’s school building. We will work to provide you ensure students, staff and all of us remain as healthy with the best information that we have as it is available. and safe as possible. The district continues to stress the Contact numbers and the latest district response inforimportance of following CDC recommendations for mation may be found at https://www.isd47.org/covidfrequent handwashing, staying home when sick and 19-coronavirus. In addition, a hotline has been created routine cleaning of surfaces both at home and work. for families to obtain general information about school The district is also taking these precautions at this time: closures in greater Minnesota. That number is 1-800- All school district-sponsored gatherings and ac- 657-3504. tivities, including dances, plays, sporting events and The Sauk Rapids-Rice School District strives to concerts, are canceled or postponed effective immedi- offer quality teaching and learning experiences to stuately until further notice. dents and families even during these challenging times. - All planned field trips and district-sponsored trav- The way that looks and feels may be new and different el has been canceled until further notice. for a time. As we each do our part to stay healthy and - School district custodial staff are increasing dis- safe, know that Sauk Rapids-Rice Public Schools seeks infectant procedures, prioritizing high-touch areas such to continue to provide the best educational experience as door handles, hand railings, desks and bathrooms to for students. protect staff who continue to work in the buildings to Our schools and the communities of Sauk Rapids conduct essential business. District administration and and Rice are resourceful, resilient and, above all, places human resources are monitoring illness trends for the where kindness and respect matter. As a school comemployees who continue to work. munity we are not only strong, we are Storm Strong. - Teachers are creating detailed distance learning

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Working together, differently to overcome COVID-19 The circumstances we face regarding sponse to this outbreak. There are taxpayer the COVID-19 outbreak are unlike anyprotections in the bill including legislative thing most of us have ever seen, and it is oversight, consequences for unauthorized crucial to me, as a state representative, to use of funds and returning money that goes maintain strong lines of communication unspent back to the general fund. with the people we represent. On another note, COVID-19 is putting Public safety is our government’s top a strain on workers and business owners. An responsibility, and the steps and procedures executive order was issued to ensure workthat have been put in place, while maybe iners affected by the COVID-19 pandemic convenient, allow us to uphold that priority. have full access to unemployment benefits. BY REP. SHANE MEKELAND This includes at the Capitol, where the The order eliminates the one-week MN House 15B Minnesota Legislature remains in session waiting period to ensure applicants have acbut is conducting meetings and floor ses- Straight from cess to unemployment benefits as quickly as the Capitol sions taking on an on-call basis until April possible, and assures business owners that 14. Alternate means of working will allow benefits paid as a result of the COVID-19 the House to respond to the needs of Minnepandemic will not increase their future unsotans while also fully complying with Minnesota De- employment tax rate. If your employment has been partment of Health guidelines including social distanc- affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the department ing, limiting large gatherings, telework and increased urges you to apply for unemployment benefits online. cleaning measures necessitated by COVID-19. Visit the Unemployment Insurance Program website at I want to be clear that, even though our daily opera- http://uimn.org to learn more. tions are a bit different for at least the immediate future, Legislators will continue to monitor the COVID-19 I will continue working to assist constituents in Dis- outbreak as it unfolds, and take additional measures if trict 15B while remaining available to travel to St. Paul necessary to maximize our state’s ability to respond to conduct legislative action as necessary. I encourage and care for those who are ill, at-risk, or dealing with constituents to reach out to me if there is anything I the consequences of the widespread school and busican do to help and to take advantage of other resources ness closures. available at the state level. Thank you to all the health care workers and public The Minnesota Department of Health hotlines are safety personnel for all you are doing to help us through available to assist people, including a public line 651- this challenge. Also, thank you to our schools for navi201-3920 and a line for questions specifically related to gating this situation on the fly to keep our children safe. schools or childcare 651-297-1304. Minnesota has a proud tradition of coming together The last action the House took before departing St. during difficult times during floods, natural disasters Paul in the wee hours March 17 was to unanimously and other challenging events. This will be no different approve additional funding to combat the COVID-19 and, as always, let me know if there is anything I can do pandemic. This was on top of the appropriation passed to help. You can call me at 651-296-2451 or email rep. the week before to assist the Department of Health shane.mekeland@house.mn. and local health agencies, making resources available Please keep washing your hands often with soap to hospitals, providers, ambulance services, long-term and warm water for at least 20 seconds. care facilities and other entities involved in the re-

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BENTON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MARCH 3, 2020 The Benton County Board of Commissioners met in regular session on March 3, 2020 in the Benton County Board Room in Foley, MN with Commissioners Steve Heinen, Ed Popp, Spencer Buerkle and Warren Peschl present and Commissioner Jake Bauerly absent (excused). Call to order by Chair Buerkle was at 9:00 AM followed by the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. Popp/Peschl unanimous to approve the amended agenda (add item: Regional Airport Authority update). Thomas Haaf (2730 – 15th Street NE, Sauk Rapids) was present to speak under Open Forum, extending his thanks to County Engineer, Chris Byrd, and Commissioner Steve Heinen for their assistance with a drainage problem on his property. Haaf also expressed his concern with a City of Sauk Rapids ordinance amendment, stating “...on their registration for vacant property, they want to charge me $1,000 for every piece of vacant property that I have on my commercial property if I don’t rent it in a timely manner... it’s my property...I pay the taxes on it...I keep my property clean...I can’t make people rent my property...I don’t think we need the city being so anti-business...it just doesn’t seem good for the county and for the city...” Peschl/Heinen unanimous to approve the Consent Agenda: 1) approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 18, 2020 as written; 2) approve Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 320, Representing Clerical Employees, for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, and authorize the Chair to sign; 3) approve Collective Bargaining Agreement with Teamsters Local 320, representing Sheriff’s Licensed Supervisors, for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2022, and authorize the Chair to sign; 4) approve Letter of Understanding with Teamsters Public and Law Enforcement Employees’ Union Local No. 320 (representing Sheriff’s Office Licensed Supervisors) to allow voluntary participation in a Fitness Incentive Program, and authorize the Chair to sign; 5) approve contract with SGTS Inc. for the installation of a new jail security system, and authorize the Chair to sign; 6) accept grant award for Police Activities League Program from Benton Telecommunications Foundation; 7) approve 2019 Federal Boating Safety Supplemental Equipment Grant Agreement, and authorize the Chair to sign; 8) adopt Resolution 2020-#9, approving agreement to allow exchange of Federal funds for State Aid funds, and authorize the Chair to sign; 9) adopt Resolution 2020-#10, approving Application for Exempt Permit for Clear Lake Lions to hold a raffle at Jack & Jim’s Event Center, 11025 Duelm Road NE, Foley, on March 14, 2020, and authorize the Chair to sign; 10) approve Application for Exempt Permit for INDY Foundation, a non-profit organization, to hold a raffle at Jack & Jim’s Event Center, 11025 Duelm Road NE, Foley, on March 28, 2020; 11) ap-

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: July 17, 2007 MORTGAGOR: Sergio Sulier and Mindy Suzanne Sulier fka Mindy Suzanne Scott, husband and wife. MORTGAGEE: Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for American Brokers Conduit. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded August 1, 2007 Benton County Recorder, Document No. A350352. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Aurora Loan Services LLC. Dated April 12, 2011 Recorded May 26, 2011, as Document No. 381852. And thereafter assigned to: Aurora Bank FSB. Dated

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prove Application for Exempt Permit for LeSauk Lions to conduct a raffle, bingo, and tipboards at Molitor’s Quarry, 3571 – 5th Avenue NE, Sauk Rapids, on April 25, 2020; 12) approve Application for Exempt Permit for Columns Resource Group Foundations, Inc., a non-profit organization, to hold a raffle at Wapicada Golf Club, 4498 – 15th Street NE, Sauk Rapids, on June 1, 2020; 13) approve Application for Exempt Permit for East Central Chapter of MN Deer Hunters Association to hold a raffle at Jack & Jim’s Event Center, 11025 Duelm Road NE, Foley, on September 26, 2020; 14) approve Special Road Use Permit and waive 60-day notice requirement—Heritage Day Parade—March 14, 2020, downtown Rice, and authorize the Chair to sign; 15) approve extension of recording deadline for minor plat entitled “Blank Addition” in Gilmanton Township to September 14, 2020; 16) approve 2020 SCORE Grant Applications Round I as recommended by the Solid Waste Advisory Committee; 17) approve 2020 Solid Waste Hauler Licenses Round II—E-Z Disposal, and authorize the Chair to sign; 18) approve 2020 Solid Waste Newspaper Contract/Post Card Advertisement, and authorize the Chair to sign; 19) adopt Resolution 2020-#11, accepting donation from Graham United Methodist Women to Police Activities League (PAL) Program, and authorize the Chair to sign; 20) accept and file Management Team Meeting Minutes of January 9, 2020; 21) accept and file Committee of the Whole Minutes of February 19, 2020; and 22) approve Resolution 2020#12, supporting a “Four-Lane Preferred Route” Study of Trunk Highway 23 from Foley to Milaca, and authorize the Chair to sign. Roxanne Achman, Department of Development Director, stated that the plat of “The Cove 2nd Addition” is located in Watab Township. She explained that the preliminary plat of “The Cove Replat” was approved by the Planning Commission and the County Board in November 2019; the purpose of the plat was to combine several lots and to plat an outlot within The Cove development. Achman noted that the owner of the outlot, Russel Pikus, is requesting to move forward with the final plat (The Cove 2nd Addition) of his lot; a final plat of the remaining lots within The Cove will come forward once the waste water treatment facility is completed. Popp/Heinen unanimous to approve the minor final plat entitled “The Cove 2nd Addition”, submitted by property owner, Russel Pikus, and authorize the Chair to sign the final plat. Achman provided a Department of Development 2019 Year-End Activity/Revenue Report--53 house permits were issued in 2019 with an average permit value of $264,700; 23 ag building permits were issued with an average permit value of $116,500. She noted that 2019 subdivisions included 8 boundary line adjustments, 14 subdivisions with 20 acres or greater, 20 subdivisions under 20 acres, and 10 plats. Nadean Inman, Auditor-Treasurer, stated the need to appoint two members of the County Board (or their des-

ignee) to the Canvassing Board for the presidential nomination primary, which is today. Commissioners Peschl and Heinen volunteered to serve on the Canvassing Board, which will take place on Friday at 10:00 AM. Administrator Headley reported on a regional airport authority meeting he attended yesterday, along with the Stearns and Sherburne County Administrators, City of St. Cloud Administrator and Public Works Director, and the St. Cloud Airport Director. He stated the next step is to identify individuals who can serve on the Airport Advisory Board, which will then become the Airport Authority; there was discussion about having another ad hoc meeting of administrators and county board members to talk about potential candidates (Benton County will identify two individuals who must be county residents). Headley stated that discussion included the desire to have members with a good blend of different backgrounds and occupations; the FAA also has a “huge checklist” of items, including documentation that the property/leases have been conveyed from the City of St. Cloud to the Authority (the Sherburne County Attorney’s Office has agreed to be legal counsel to the Authority at no cost). Popp inquired of having a County Board member from each county serve as ex-officio members on that board due to the Authority having its own taxing authority. Headley confirmed that there was discussion that once the Authority forms and the Authority writes its bylaws, the bylaws can include a provision for ad hoc members from each county. Administrator Headley inquired if Board members would like to appoint a member or members to a selection panel for the new Human Services Deputy Director position; current members of the selection panel include the Benton County Human Services Director, County Administrator, and HR Director, as well as the Stearns County Human Services Director. There was Board consensus for Commissioners Bauerly and Heinen to serve on the selection panel. The Regular County Board meeting was recessed at 9:24 AM to conduct a Human Services Board meeting. The Regular County Board meeting was reconvened at 9:28 AM. Board members reported on recent meetings they attended on behalf of the county. Popp/Peschl unanimous to set Committees of the Whole: March 26, Greater St. Cloud Development Corporation Quarterly Business Report Presentation; April 1-3, AMC Leadership Summit. Heinen/Popp unanimous to adjourn at 9:51 AM. Spencer C. Buerkle, Chair Benton County Board of Commissioners ATTEST: Montgomery Headley Benton County Administrator R-12-1B

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE September 4, 2015 Recorded NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: AND CLAIMED TO BE redemption within six (6) November 30, 2015, as 100024200018245395 DUE AS OF DATE OF months from the date of said Document No. 413212. LENDER OR BROKER NOTICE, INCLUDING sale by the mortgagor(s), And thereafter assigned to: AND MORTGAGE TAXES, IF ANY, PAID their personal representatives Selene Finance LP. Dated ORIGINATOR STATED ON BY MORTGAGEE: or assigns unless reduced to October 28, 2015 Recorded MORTGAGE: American $173,852.19 Five (5) weeks under MN November 30, 2015, as Brokers Conduit That prior to the Stat. §580.07. Document No. 413214. R E S I D E N T I A L commencement of this TIME AND DATE TO And thereafter assigned MORTGAGE SERVICER: mortgage foreclosure VACATE PROPERTY: If to: Wells Fargo Bank, Selene Finance LP proceeding Mortgagee/ the real estate is an ownerNational Association, not M O R T G A G E D Assignee of Mortgagee occupied, single-family in its individual or banking PROPERTY ADDRESS: complied with all notice dwelling, unless otherwise capacity, but solely as 112 5th Avenue South, Sauk requirements as required provided by law, the date trustee for SRMOF II 2011- Rapids, MN 56379 by statute; That no action on or before which the 1 Trust. Dated October 28, TAX PARCEL I.D. #: or proceeding has been mortgagor(s) must vacate the 2015 Recorded November R19.00778.00 instituted at law or otherwise property if the mortgage is 30, 2015, as Document No. LEGAL DESCRIPTION to recover the debt secured not reinstated under section 413215. And thereafter OF PROPERTY: by said mortgage, or any part 580.30 or the property is assigned to: Trifera, LLC. Lot 10 except the thereof; not redeemed under section Dated March 3, 2019 Southeasterly 2.2 feet PURSUANT to the 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on Recorded March 11, 2019, as thereof, and Lot 9 except the power of sale contained in October 30, 2020, unless that Document No. 434606, and Northwesterly 45 feet thereof, said mortgage, the above date falls on a weekend or by Corrective Assignment Block 6, Wood, Russell, and described property will be legal holiday, in which case Dated December 20, 2019 Gilman’s Addition to the sold by the Sheriff of said it is the next weekday, and Recorded February 4, 2020 Town (now city) of Sauk county as follows: unless the redemption period Document No. 441157. Rapids, according to the plat DATE AND TIME OF is reduced to 5 weeks under And thereafter assigned to: and survey thereof on file and SALE: April 30, 2020 at MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or Laelia, LLC. Dated March of record in the office of the 10:00 AM 582.032. 8, 2019 Recorded March County Recorder in and for PLACE OF SALE: M O RT G A G O R ( S ) 11, 2019, as Document No. Benton County, Minnesota. Benton County Sheriff’s RELEASED FROM 434607. COUNTY IN WHICH Office, 581 Highway 23 FINANCIAL OBLIGATION T R A N S A C T I O N PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Northeast Foley, MN ON MORTGAGE:None AGENT: Mortgage Benton to pay the debt then secured “THE TIME ALLOWED BY Electronic Registration O R I G I N A L by said Mortgage, and taxes, LAW FOR REDEMPTION Systems, Inc. PRINCIPAL AMOUNT if any, on said premises, and BY THE MORTGAGOR, T R A N S A C T I O N OF MORTGAGE: the costs and disbursements, THE MORTGAGOR’S AGENT’S MORTGAGE $128,000.00 including attorneys’ fees P E R S O N A L I D E N T I F I C AT I O N AMOUNT DUE allowed by law subject to R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S

OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: February 21, 2020 Laelia, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 107 - 18-001464 FC THIS IS A C O M M U N I C AT I O N FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR R-9-6B

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AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Everett Financial, Inc. D/B/A Supreme Lending RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: M&T Bank M O RT G A G E D PROPERTY ADDRESS: 160 Dewey St, Foley, MN 56329 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 13.00141.00 L E G A L DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: LOT ONE (1), BLOCK ONE (1), ALSO A STRIP OF LAND 40 FEET WIDE BY 150 FEET LONG, LYING EAST OF LOT 1, BLOCK 1 AND BEING THE WEST HALF (W 1/2) OF FIRST AVENUE (NOW VACATED) IN FOLEY’S REARRANGEMENT OF THE TOWN (NOW CITY) OF FOLEY, BENTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $108,007.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $109,690.23 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required

by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 7, 2020 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 7, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period

is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. M O RT G A G O R ( S ) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N TAT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: February 11, 2020 Lakeview Loan Servicing, LLC Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 37 - 20-001478 FC THIS IS A C O M M U N I C AT I O N FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-8-6B

Northeast, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 070048700 and 070048600 L E G A L DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: SITUATED IN BENTON COUNTY, M I N N E S O T A , DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: LOTS 1 AND 2, BLOCK 1, MOLITOR ESTATES, BENTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA. SUBJECT TO ALL E A S E M E N T S , C O V E N A N T S , C O N D I T I O N S , RESERVATIONS, LEASES AND RESTRICTIONS OF RECORD, ALL LEGAL HIGHWAYS, ALL RIGHTS OF WAY, ALL ZONING, BUILDING AND OTHER LAWS, ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, ALL RIGHTS OF TENANTS IN POSSESSION, AND ALL REAL ESTATE TAXES AND ASSESSMENTS NOT YET DUE AND PAYABLE. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED BY DEED RECORDED IN DOCUMENT NO. 371537, OF THE BENTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA RECORDS. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $52,152.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $30,057.06 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof; PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 30, 2020 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within twelve (12) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN

Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on April 30, 2021, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None Dated: February 26, 2020 U.S. Bank National Association Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 17 - 19-008241 FC THIS IS A C O M M U N I C AT I O N FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-10-6B

NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in conditions of the following described mortgage: DATE OF MORTGAGE: J a n u a r y 27, 2006 MORTGAGOR: Nathan J Knutson, a single adult. MORTGAGEE: Bankvista. DATE AND PLACE OF RECORDING: Recorded February 9, 2006 Benton County Recorder, Document No. A335339. ASSIGNMENTS OF MORTGAGE: Assigned to: Minnesota Housing Finance Agency. Dated January 27, 2006 Recorded February 9, 2006, as Document No. A335340. TRANSACTION AGENT: NONE TRANSACTION AGENT’S MORTGAGE I D E N T I F I C AT I O N NUMBER ON MORTGAGE: NONE LENDER OR BROKER AND MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR STATED ON MORTGAGE: Bankvista RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE SERVICER: U.S. Bank National Association M O RT G A G E D PROPERTY ADDRESS: 3251 Orchard Avenue Northeast, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 TAX PARCEL I.D. #: 190426000 LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: LOT SIX (6), BLOCK TWO (2), FAIRVIEW FARM, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT AND SURVEY THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER IN AND FOR BENTON COUNTY, MINNESOTA. COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Benton O R I G I N A L PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $130,700.00 AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE, INCLUDING TAXES, IF ANY, PAID BY MORTGAGEE: $135,757.79 That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; That no action or proceeding has been instituted at law or otherwise to recover the debt secured by said mortgage, or any part thereof;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows: DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 14, 2020 at 10:00 AM PLACE OF SALE: Benton County Sheriff’s Office, 581 Highway 23 Northeast Foley, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within six (6) months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns unless reduced to Five (5) weeks under MN Stat. §580.07. TIME AND DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: If the real estate is an owneroccupied, single-family dwelling, unless otherwise provided by law, the date on or before which the mortgagor(s) must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under section 580.30 or the property is not redeemed under section 580.23 is 11:59 p.m. on October 14, 2020, unless that date falls on a weekend or legal holiday, in which case it is the next weekday, and unless the redemption period is reduced to 5 weeks under MN Stat. Secs. 580.07 or 582.032. MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE:None “THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S P E R S O N A L R E P R E S E N T AT I V E S OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES, SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.” Dated: February 12, 2020 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee USSET, WEINGARDEN AND LIEBO, P.L.L.P. Attorneys for Mortgagee/ Assignee of Mortgagee 4500 Park Glen Road #300 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 925-6888 135 - 19-009541 FC THIS IS A C O M M U N I C AT I O N FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR. R-8-6B

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Central Lakes announces winter all-conference

Sauk Rapids-Rice represented in every sport BY ANNA HINKEMEYER | STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – Sauk Rapids-Rice High School athletes received a plethora of recognition as the Central Lakes Conference announced its all-conference honorees and honorable mentions. SRRHS had 36 athletes earn the honor with at least one athlete in each sport. “This winter showed the strength in the future of the Storm’s programs and highlights the upperclass leaders,” said NaDean Schroeder, SRRHS activities director. “Although not all program records showed the improvement of the programs on paper, the all-conference awards show how talented the Storm participants are, and the legacy the seniors on these lists leave is that of hard work and dedication.” Sarah Anderson, Erin Nelson, Morgan Hoffman and Veronica Peacock earned all conference for high kick dance. Bella Peplinski and Maddie Richards received honorable mention. As member of the jazz dance team, Peplinski, Anderson and Nelson earned all-conference accolades. Honorable mention was bestowed upon Hoffman and Megan Wahlin. Carley Weisenbeck earned all conference in gymnastics for beam and all-around. In boys swim and dive, six members earned all conference: Elijah Grabinski (diving), Isaac Freese (100 yard breaststroke), Tucker Hendrickson (100 breaststroke), Cole Bonovsky (100 backstroke), and the 200 medley relay team of Bonovsky, Freese, Thomas Daniels and Garrett Feuling. Brady Pesta and Brandon Bokelman earned all-conference honors in boys hockey. Riley Weinand, Easton Portner, Carter Kayser and Cayden Christensen received honorable mention. All-conference girls hockey players are Anna Orth, Chloe Stockinger and Lauren Wensel; honorable mentions are Mallory Heder, Nora Sauer, Morgan Cromwell and Rachel Wieland. Jared Spohn and Hunter Farnick were named all-conference wrestlers. Joey Hoeschen, Matt Krepp, Alex Diederich and Dante Haywood earned honorable mentions. Josh Schloe and Kobe Lee earned all conference as member of the boys basketball team, and Shayna Payonk earned the award in girls basketball.

End of an era for Petron

Spring collegiate athletics impacted by COVID-19 BY ANNA HINKEMEYER STAFF WRITER

SAUK RAPIDS – With the COVID-19 coronavirus continuing to spread throughout the United States, the general public has continued to take precautions in slowing down the pandemic. Bars and restaurants have closed, large events have been canceled or postponed, and many are quarantined in their homes. For nine Sauk RapidsRice High School graduates enrolled in college, the pandemic is impacting another area – spring athletics. Kristen Petron, a 2016 SRRHS graduate, is a senior at Bemidji State University in Bemidji competing in track and field. Petron had the opportunity to compete in her indoor season, but the pandemic has canceled all

of her outdoor season. “I am super disappointed,” Petron said. “I have been running track for 10 years and was really looking forward to my last outdoor season ever. To have it end so abruptly is hard to grasp and doesn’t seem like it’s real.” Petron said she has had the season she has always hoped and worked hard for since starting her college career at Bemidji. With the cancellation of the season, she has goals left unaccomplished. Her biggest goal was to break the school record in the 3,000-meter steeplechase. Over the winter indoor season, Petron broke the record in the mile race, and said she was hungry for more after the indoor season ended. Petron said she was also hoping to finish in the top eight in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference after

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finishing in ninth place for the indoor season. “The hardest part has been not being able to be with my teammates and coaches through this process,” Petron said. “A lot of people don’t understand how much time and effort we have put into this sport. It’s also hard knowing my track career has ended without me reaching my full potential and seeing how my team would finish in the conference at the end of the season.” Cordell Lazer is a 2018 graduate of SRRHS and has been pitching for the baseball team at St. Cloud Technical and Community College in St. Cloud. Lazer and his team began the season but were forced to cancel the remainder. “It’s hard to describe what I’m feeling about all of this,” Lazer said. “We just played some of the best baseball down in Florida for a few days, and we come back to hear other surrounding colleges and universities are starting to suspend and cancel their seasons because of recent events. It’s hard to believe the season has come to an end in an instant.” Lazer also said his team is missing out from

the season being cut short. The team had a goal of making the trip to the National Junior College Athletic Association world series in Greenville, Tennessee. Lazer said the team came into the first practices of the season knowing what to expect if they wanted to reach that goal. Other SRR graduates affected by spring athletic cancellations are Tyler Hemker, Emma Mader, Kenny Nolan, Sam Patton, Sydney Plemel, Brady Posch and Julia Severson. Hemker and Posch play baseball; Mader, Nolan and Severson run in track; and Patton and Plemel play softball. All of these athletes, aside from Petron, will have the opportunity to play another season with their respective teams. “I understand why they are taking the precautions they are, and I don’t disagree with them,” Petron said. “But it’s just not the way I imagined my senior season would end. It’s hard having a senior send off like this – no athletic banquet, not sure about a graduation ceremony and maybe won’t even get to say goodbye to my teammates. There’s still a lot of unknowns.”

Leading the What is your favorite part about DECA? I love the competition and the business apparel, but my favorite part is all the new people I meet. Everyone in DECA tends to be fairly outgoing and have strong communication skills, so they are easy to get along with.

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Accomplishment: Senior DECA national qualifier in business services operations research project.

Leading the Storm is

Sponsored by: How do you make a difference at school? I bring a positive atmosphere and push the school to make a change when I believe one is necessary.

Which teacher has impacted your education most? Josh Bauer. I would not have competed freshman year without him. What is your best performance to date? Taking first with Sophomore, junior and senior with all the AP reviews, I would my hospitality operations research project at state sophomore not have been able to fit DECA into my schedule without his year and competing in finals at nationals with my chapter proj- flexibility. I have never met a teacher more involved with his ect last year. students. He cares as much if not more about our projects. How do you prepare in the minutes leading up to per- What is the best advice you have ever received? Do formance? I usually practice my introduction, because if I get something you love and never deny the opportunity to try that right then the rest of the presentation typically goes well. something new. Then, I take a mint and a deep breath. What is your favorite meal, movie, social media and What is your favorite Storm tradition? The powder puff song? Sushi, “The Peanut Butter Falcon,” Instagram and Pintergame during homecoming week. est, and “Truth Hurts” by Lizzo. What other activities are you involved in at school? Minnesota Honor Society, track and principal’s cabinet.

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Tapping trees

Bowlus man harvests sap in backyard BY JAKOB KOUNKEL STAFF WRITER

BOWLUS – Mike Skroch used to have a hobby. He would tap maple trees, collect the syrup in 5-gallon pails and haul each individually, by hand, to his house where he processed the syrup in a cast-iron, 35-gallon kettle. Now, Skroch has a

new lifestyle. The tapped sap, which was previously evaporated outside over an open flame, is now produced hundreds of gallons at a time and can be found on shelves in stores like The Pantry in Sartell, Grand Champion Meats in Foley under their own brand label and Coborn’s grocery stores under the Four Brothers brand. On his property in Bowlus, where he owns and operates The Syrup Ranch, Skroch selects the same sugar maple trees he first tapped as a novice. But even from the beginning, Skroch was

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While checking on sap lines, Mike Skroch ensures the taps on the sugar maple trees are in tact at The Syrup Ranch in Bowlus March 14. He taps each tree in two locations as a vacuum pumps the sap through piping to a storage container.

no beginner. Somewhat new to maple syrup production, he entered into a few county fairlevel competitions and, after taking first place at the Morrison County Fair, he took first place at the Minnesota State Fair’s maple syrup competition. “In 2014, we entered into the state fair,” Skroch said. “Three grades they had at the time: light, medium and dark, and we just threw it in there just to see how we did, and we ended up getting first place in all three.” The next year, Skroch and his wife, Jacleen, took home the Best in Show award from the Minnesota Maple Syrup Producers Association. Best in Show served as an effective form of advertising, Skroch said, snowballing into calls from restaurants and stores in various cities in search of his maple syrup. As demand increased so did means of production. Skroch doubled his output and labor every year until stumbling into PHOTOS BY JAKOB KOUNKEL an opportunity that he could not squander: a Mike and Jacleen Skroch stand in front an equipment building at The Syrup Ranch in Bowlus March 14. The building holds equipment to aid in extracting sap from sugar Skroch page 2B maple trees.

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Mike Skroch takes a whiff of evaporating sap while checking up on his product at The Syrup Ranch in Bowlus March 14. The sap is in the final stages before it is ready to be bottled and labeled.

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Using his feet to control the levers, Mike Skroch bottles a fresh batch of maple syrup in the backyard of his property in Bowlus March 14. The bottles move from the bottler to the capper to the labeler.

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The Froelichs – Tracie (from left) holding Jordyn, 2, and Justin holding Emery, 4 – milk 100 cows in Morrison County near Lastrup. The family converted a poultry barn to a dairy facility.

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for more than 20 years. In an effort to continue operating on the family’s farm site and pursue a dairying career, Justin and Tracie Froelich converted the 36-by-220-foot poultry barn to a 92-stall tiestall dairy barn. “We were at a point where we wanted a place to call ours,” Justin said. The Froelichs and their daughters – Emery, 4, and Jordyn, 2 – milk 100 Holsteins at their farm in Morrison County near Lastrup. The farm site is where Justin’s dad, Terry, grew up, and where Justin found his passion for farming. Justin began milking cows in 2012. During that time, he and Tracie purchased her dad’s herd of 57 cows at Tracie’s home

farm near Buckman. “We looked at converting the barn in 2012 but decided to go to her dad’s instead,” Justin said. “Then, a few years passed and we took another look at our options.” Tracie agreed. “We were living here (in Lastrup) and driving 12 miles each day to take care of the cows,” she said. “At the time, I was pregnant with our second, and we didn’t want to keep doing that.” In spring 2017, the couple began their renovation project. By early September of that year, they moved 65 cows into the tiestall barn. While the barn was primarily used for laying hens, after Justin’s grandfather stopped raising birds, the cages were removed and the facility was used for storing hay. “We thought it was the perfect size for what we needed,” Justin said.

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“It was going to be a lot of work, but we could use a lot of what was already here. And, this was a project we could complete that was the lowest cost alternative to be able to dairy farm without growing our herd.” The Froelichs repurposed much of the barn. They kept the outer building frame and lights, and used the original manure system that pumped waste from the barn to a pit near the farm’s stanchion barn. On the east end of the barn is a holding tank that allows the Froelichs to pump manure every other day. “That was one of the biggest deciding factors,” Justin said. “The manure system was grandfathered in. All we had to do was make sure the line was open.” Family and friends Froelichs page 5B

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helped the Froelichs take the tin off the interior walls and bring the barn down to the studs. From there, they reinsulated the facility and put up white walls. “As soon as we took the tin off, it looked like an entirely different building,” Justin said. The couple, Terry and friends also tore out walls that separated the barn area from a wood shop, cooler room and office. At the west end of the barn, the Froelichs installed four 72-inch fans. “In the summertime, there are virtually no flies in the barn,” Tracie said. Justin agreed. “The fans pull the air through the barn and t underneath the cows, d not just down the center aisle,” he said. “There’s just airflow to no end.” Justin and Tracie d e worked with Hartung e Sales and Service Inc., of m Freeport, to design stalls r that would maximize the space available and provide adequate cow f comfort. The barn provided e e enough room for 92 e stalls with 6-foot bunk m m e

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Four 72-inch fans are installed at the west end of the tiestall barn at the Froelichs’ dairy near Lastrup. The poultry barn was completely gutted and remodeled to accommodate dairy cows.

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A tiestall barn has 92 stalls at the Froelichs’ dairy farm near Lastrup. In 2017, the couple renovated the farm’s old poultry barn to the dairy facility.

Justin purchased space in front of the ventilation is great,” said Justin of what he likes milking equipment, such cows. “It’s roomy and the most about the facility. as the pipeline and bulk

tank, from a farmer in Wisconsin who was transitioning to robots. And come moving day, he finished morning milking at his in-laws’ farm and then brought the vacuum pump and other supplies to his place. Within four hours the herd was relocated. “We wanted to get it all done in between milkings,” Justin said. The cows adjusted quickly to their new environment, and in time the Froelichs have filled the barn – and then some. They also moved all of their youngstock and dry cows home. “It’s really rewarding to look down the barn and see all we’ve built from just 57 cows,” Tracie said.

Now, the Froelichs’ days are spent better than they could have ever imagined. Justin is in the barn by 3:30 a.m. He cleans the barn and begins milking. At the same time, Justin’s dad mixes feed. He comes to the farm every day to help tend to the herd. Afterward, Justin feeds the milking herd and takes care of other chores. Tracie and the girls help most days by feeding calves. Tracie holds a part-time job as a hair stylist in Pierz. “We keep telling the girls how lucky they are to see their parents every day,” Tracie said. Justin agreed. “Honestly, that was a really important part for us,” he said. “We want our kids to grow up how we did, on the farm.” The barn renovation has not only allowed the Froelichs to revitalize a central building on the family farm but also assist the young couple in forming their dairy career. “On the outside it’s nothing special,” Justin said. “But on the inside, it works.”

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TO: ALL PERSONS WITH A LEGAL INTEREST IN THE PARCELS OF REAL PROPERTY DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING DELINQUENT TAX LIST A list of real property in Benton County on which delinquent property taxes and penalties are due has been filed with the District Court Administrator of Benton County. This list is subject to forfeiture because of delinquent taxes. The property owner, taxpayer, or other interested person must either pay the tax and penalty plus interest and costs, or file a written objection with the District Court Administrator. The objection must be filed by April 25th, 2020, stating the reason why the tax or penalty is not due on the property. If no objection is filed, a court judgment will be entered against the property for the unpaid tax, penalty, interest, and costs. For property under court judgment, the period of redemption begins on the second Monday of May, 2020, and ends three years later. The period of redemption means the time within which taxes must be paid to avoid losing the property through forfeiture. To avoid forfeiture, taxes must be paid by the second Monday in May, 2023. To determine how much interest and costs must be added to pay the tax in full, contact the Benton County Auditor-Treasurer’s Office, Courthouse, P O Box 129, Foley, MN 56329, telephone number (320) 968-5006. Cheri Woehler District Court Administrator County of Benton, Minnesota Delinquent Tax List Office of the County Auditor-Treasurer County of Benton, State of Minnesota The following table contains a list of real property located in BENTON COUNTY on which taxes and penalties became delinquent on January 2, 2020. Interest calculated from January 1, 2020 and county costs must be paid along with the total tax and penalties in order for a parcel of real property to be removed from the delinquent tax list. OWNER TAXES, OF RECORD

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LYING S OF A LINE COMM 1637.1 CHAD D SCHYMA 01.00032.00 2019 $1,588.06 Sect-04 Twp-038 Range-029 1.48 AC PART OF NE1/4 NE1/4 COMM SE COR NE1/4 TH N 2070 FT TO POB TH W 275 FT TH S 235 FT TH E 275 FT TH N 235 FT TO POB JAMIE STRUFFERT 01.00107.00 2019 $1,119.67 Sect-10 Twp-038 Range-029 76.93 AC N1/2 NE1/4 LESS E 405 FT OF S 330 FT OF N 870 FT JAMIE STRUFFERT 01.00109.00 2019 $334.13 Sect-10 Twp-038 Range-029 40.00 AC SW1/4 NE1/4 SUSAN COCCHIARELLA 01.00322.00 2019 $655.48 Sect-27 Twp-038 Range-029 6.00 AC S 373.37 FT OF N 1000.37 FT OF E 700 FT NE1/4 SE1/4 GILMANTON TWP TREVOR KAMPA 02.00172.02 2019 $601.21 Sect-14 Twp-037 Range-029 20.00 AC N1/2 E1/2 E1/2 NE1/4 SEAN PAUL VANDALEN & PATRICIA LYNN VANDALEN 02.00288.02 2019 $1,011.01 Sect-21 Twp-037 Range-029 26.37 AC NE1/4 NE1/4 LESS PART COMM AT NE COR TH W 264 FT TH S 330 FT TH W 256.64 FT TH SELY 994.93 FT TO S LINE TH E 523.16 FT TO E LINE TH N 1321.03 FT TO POB SEAN PAUL VANDALEN & PATRICIA LYNN VANDALEN 02.00288.03 2019 $94.01 Sect-21 Twp-037 Range-029 20.28 AC W1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 SCOTT G DESMARAIS 02.00539.01 2019 $1,895.01 Sect-36 Twp-037 Range-029 JOHN H BRADSHAW-C/D 7.75 AC W 450 FT OF N 750 FT OF NW1/4 NE1/4 GLENDORADO TWP JAMES W KOTHMAN & RUTH E KOTHMAN 03.00139.00 2019 $1,708.17 Sect-10 Twp-036 Range-028 .24 AC TRACT 100 FT X 100 FT IN NE1/4 SE1/4 MARCELLA JANE BERNICK 03.00321.00 2019 $320.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-028 40.00 AC SE1/4 SE1/4 GRAHAM TWP STEVEN A PEKAREK 04.00016.00 2019 $595.65 Sect-02 Twp-038 Range-030 44.30 AC PART OF N1/2 NW1/4 COMM AT NW CORNER TH SLY 16.5 FT TO POB STEVEN A PEKAREK 04.00017.00 2019 $686.42 Sect-02 Twp-038 Range-030 83.80 AC S1/2 NW1/4 & PART OF N1/2 NW1/4 COMM AT NW CORNER TH SLY 16.5 FT TH ELY 1385.49 FT TH SLY 1242.16 FT TH SELY 645.34 FT TO POB TH NELY 379.37 FT TH ELY 328.02 FT TH SLY 288.11 FT TH WLY 596 FT TO POB STEVEN A PEKAREK 04.00026.00 2019 $664.27 Sect-03 Twp-038 Range-030 40.00 AC SE1/4 NE1/4 GRANITE LEDGE TWP CAROL CHRISTMAN & JOSHUA BOROWICK 05.00206.00 2019 $562.68 Sect-16 Twp-038 Range-028 8.06 AC S 390 FT OF E 900 FT SE1/4 SW1/4 GLENDOR E JOHNSON 05.00335.00 2019 $284.15 Sect-26 Twp-038 Range-028 40.00 AC SW1/4 SE1/4 MICHAEL A DUDEK & LYNDA M EISENSCHENK 05.00384.00 2019 $287.40 Sect-30 Twp-038 Range-028 57.00 AC W 57 AC OF SW1/4 CHRISTOPHER JUDE THEISEN 05.00405.01 2019 $153.87 Sect-32 Twp-038 Range-028 7.50 AC N 330 FT OF SW1/4 NW1/4 LESS W 330 FT GLENDOR JOHNSON 05.00444.00 2019 $934.96 Sect-35 Twp-038 Range-028 40.00 AC SW1/4 SE1/4 LANGOLA TWP GPBG LLC 06.00388.01 2019 $7,538.10 Sect-01 Twp-038 Range-032 5.63 AC PART OF SW1/4 NW1/4 COMM ON S LINE 590 FT E OF INTERSEC OF HWY 10 ELY R/W TH N 390 FT TH W TO ELY R/W HWY 10 TH SELY TO S LINE SW1/4 NW1/4 TH E 590 FT TO POB EMPIRE MOBILITY SOLUTIONS LLC 06.00438.01 2019 $68.72 Sect-09 Twp-038 Range-032

11.00 AC LOT 3 ISLAND CHARLES ENOCH THATCHER & MICHELLE LYNN DAVIS 06.00524.00 Sect-36 Twp-038 Range-032 24.30 AC PART OF GOVT LOT 1 LYING SLY OF SLY ROW LINE OF CO RD 2 FAYSAL SAHAL SPECIAL NEEDS TR 06.00619.00 Sect-34 Twp-038 Range-031 LITTLE ROCK ESTATES Lot-003 Block-001 MAYHEW LAKE TWP VICTOR C MEINERT & KAREN E MEINERT 07.00067.00 Sect-06 Twp-037 Range-030 158.63 AC SE1/4 NICK SCAPANSKI 07.00172.00 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-030 80.00 AC W1/2 NE1/4 MAYWOOD TWP RUSSELL BEEHLER & MICHELE M ROSKE 08.00027.00 Sect-02 Twp-037 Range-028 40.00 AC SE1/4 SW1/4 JOHN ROBAK 08.00067.00 Sect-06 Twp-037 Range-028 49.63 AC W1/2 NW1/4 LESS S 290 FT OF W 300 FT OF SW1/4 NW1/4 CHARLES R BARZDIS & MELISSA A BARZDIS 08.00080.00 Sect-07 Twp-037 Range-028 69.20 AC N1/2 NW1/4 CHARLES R BARZDIS & MELISSA A BARZDIS 08.00082.00 Sect-07 Twp-037 Range-028 49.00 AC W 49 OF S1/2 NW1/4 CHARLES R BARZDIS & MELISSA A BARZDIS 08.00087.00 Sect-07 Twp-037 Range-028 20.00 AC W1/2 NE1/4 SW1/4 RICHARD NIESEN 08.00196.00 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 5.45 AC W1/2 SW1/4 N OF R R LESS TRACTS WILLIAM D EVANS 08.00200.00 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 .11 AC BEG AT INTERSEC OF W LINE OF E1/2 SW1/4 & SLY R/W LINE OF BN RR TH E 30 FT TH S 74.6 FT TO POB TH S 50 FT TH E 92 FT TH N 50 FT TH W 92 FT TO POB WILLIAM D EVANS 08.00201.00 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 .45 AC BEG AT THE INTERSEC OF W LINE OF E1/2 SW1/4 & SLY R/W LINE OF BN RR TH E 30 FT TH S 74.6 FT TH E 92 FT TO POB TH S 50 FT TH E 86 FT TH N 268 FT TO INTERSEC OF BN RR SLY R/W LINE TH SW’LY ALONG R/W LINE APPROX 85 FT TH S 193 FT TH W TO POB WILLIAM D EVANS 08.00203.00 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 .22 AC BEG AT INTERSEC OF W LINE OF E1/2 SW1/4 & SLY R/W LINE OF BN RR TH E 30 FT TH S 30 FT TO POB TH S 104.6 FT TH E 104 FT TH N 104.6 FT TH W TO POB WILLIAM D EVANS 08.00206.13 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 .51 AC THAT PORTION OF FORMER BN RR BRANCH LINE R/W LYING NWLY &SWLY OF CENTERLINE OF TRACK & NWLY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIPTION: BEG AT NW COR E1/2 SW1/4 TH S TO INTERSEC OF SLY RR R/W TH NE ALONG R/W APPROX 240 FT TO POB TH CONTINUING NE APPROX 85 FT WILLIAM D EVANS 08.00206.14 Sect-15 Twp-037 Range-028 .50 AC THAT PORTION OF FORMER BN RR BRANCH LINE R/W LYING NWLY OF FOLLOWING LINE: COMM AT INTERSECTION OF E1/2 SW1/4 & SLY RR R/W TH NE ALONG R/W 30 FT TO POB TH CONT APPROX 125 FT IAN STOCCO 08.00269.15 Sect-20 Twp-037 Range-028 34.60 AC PART OF SW1/4 COMM AT SW COR TH E 2062.02 FT TO POB TH NE 842.28 FT TH N 489.05 FT TH NW 151.17 FT TH NW 1028.75 FT TO NLY LINE OF ABANDONED RR R/W TH NELY ON R/W LINE 978.32 FT TH E 209.41 FT

2019

$172.37

2019

$813.91

2019 $1,912.98

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$533.65

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$700.89

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$525.35

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$310.23

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$142.91

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$731.73

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$124.80

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$178.86

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$38.33

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$50.02

2019

$50.02

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$753.12

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DELINQUENT TAX NOTICE Deliquent Tax Notice page 8 TO NE COR TH S 2675.66 FT TO SE COR TH W 589.28 FT TO POB SUSAN WORM & PHILIP BIEDERMAN 08.00280.00 Sect-21 Twp-037 Range-028 70.00 AC ARLENE HELD-L/E W1/2 SE1/4 LESS S 660 FT OF E 660 FT ARLENE BIEDERMAN HELD 08.00281.00 Sect-21 Twp-037 Range-028 80.00 AC N1/2 SW1/4 KEVIN D JOHNSON & KIRK J PAULSON 08.00402.00 Sect-31 Twp-037 Range-028 73.35 AC S1/2 NW1/4 JOE SIWEK & CHRISTIN SIWEK 08.00503.00 Sect-16 Twp-037 Range-028 OAK PARK BENTON CO, MINN NANCY L FREESE-C/D Block-005 LOTS 20,21,22, 23, 24, & SLY1/2 VACATED ALLEY LYING ADJACENT TO LOTS A C P 1 LLC 08.00506.00 Sect-16 Twp-037 Range-028 OAK PARK BENTON CO, MINN Block-006 LOTS 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 MARY LINN 08.69028.00 Sect-19 Twp-037 Range-028 ST FRANCIS Lot-020 Block-002 & LOTS 21 & 22 MINDEN TWP DALE J MOLITOR & BEVERLY A MOLITOR 09.00095.00 Sect-07 Twp-036 Range-030 17.37 AC E1/2 W1/2 SE1/4 LYING SLY OF COUNTY RD 29 DALE J MOLITOR & BEVERLY A MOLITOR 09.00096.00 Sect-07 Twp-036 Range-030 7.84 AC W1/2 W1/2 SE1/4 LYING SLY OF COUNTY RD 29 MICHELLE A LORTZ 09.00122.01 Sect-09 Twp-036 Range-030 35.38 AC SW1/4 SW1/4 LESS S 605 FT OF E 359.82 FT LESS PARCEL 12 OF BENTON COUNTY RD R/W PLAT 6 BRIAN BENOIT 09.00130.03 Sect-10 Twp-036 Range-030 .56 AC PART OF NW1/4 SE1/4 COMM AT NWLY CORNER LOT 3 BLOCK 2 GOETTEMANS GAYWOOD ADDN TH SELY 199 FT TH SWLY 162 FT TH NLY 230 FT TO A PT 66 FT WLY OF NW CORNER LOT 3 TH NELY 66 FT TO POB CHARLES DANZL 09.00181.00 Sect-14 Twp-036 Range-030 2.08 AC PART OF SW1/4 SE1/4 COMM 462.52 FT ELY OF SW CORNER TH ELY 356 FT TH N 254.61 FT TH WLY 356 FT TH SLY 254.61 FT TO POB CHARLES DANZL 09.00326.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-030 5.36 AC PART OF W1/2 NE1/4 COMM AT NW CORNER TH ELY 462.52 FT TO POB TH S 374.63 FT TH SELY 176.78 FT TH S TO C/L TH NELY TO A PT 603.53 FT SW OF INTERSEC OF C/L & N LINE TH N TO A PT 818.52 FT ELY OF NW CORNER TH WLY 356 FT TO POB LESS PARCEL 323D OF MNDOT R/W PLAT 05-22 NATALIE D ALBERTSON 09.00675.00 Sect-19 Twp-036 Range-030 MAIER’S SUB-DIVISION W 1/2 OF LOT 3 KYLE G MOREHOUSE & HOLLY M MOREHOUSE 09.00731.00 Sect-30 Twp-036 Range-030 HIGHLAND PARK Lot-007 Block-003 ORVIN E HARTSWORM 09.00784.00 Sect-30 Twp-036 Range-030 HIGHLAND PARK Lot-012 Block-005 & LOT 27 LESS N 50 FT, ALL OF LOTS 13 & 26 & N 20 FT OF LOTS 14 & 25 BLK 5 BRIAN BENOIT 09.01044.00 Sect-10 Twp-036 Range-030 GOETTEMAN’S GAYWOOD ADDITION Lot-003 Block-002 WASHINGTON PLACE LLC 09.01328.00 Sect-34 Twp-036 Range-030 EBERHARDT ADDITION Lot-001 Block-001 4.36 AC ST GEORGE TWP MICHAEL RATKA & JESSICA RATKA 10.00036.00

2019

$225.48

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$442.78

2019 $1,250.05

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$589.36

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$169.00

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$768.26

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$363.36

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$103.84

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$112.34

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$164.84

2019 $1,790.47

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$58.22

2019

$127.27

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$687.24

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$74.46

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$307.98

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Sect-02 Twp-036 Range-029 79.30 AC W1/2 SW1/4 LESS TRACT MICHAEL G SCHUMM 10.00450.00 2019 $419.47 Sect-28 Twp-036 Range-029 38.00 AC SE1/4 SW1/4 EXCEPT E 290.4 FT OF N 300 FT DELORES J ZENGER 10.00522.00 2019 $437.93 Sect-34 Twp-036 Range-029 .44 AC W 86 FT OF S 224 FT OF N 894 FT OF NW1/4 NE1/4 WITH 20 FT MELISSA CHRISTENSEN 10.00642.00 2019 $907.64 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-029 ARNOLDS WOODS Lot-002 Block-001 6.01 AC ANDREW C WIPPER & ELIZABETH K WIPPER 10.00682.00 2019 $2,251.64 Sect-20 Twp-036 Range-029 COUNTRY HILLSIDE ACRES CARY PIETRZAK & CAROLYN PIETRZAK-C/D Lot-008 Block-001 2.07 AC STANLEY J EULL 10.00689.00 2019 $384.99 Sect-33 Twp-036 Range-029 NEW MORNING ESTATES Lot-001 Block-001 9.75 AC SAUK RAPIDS TWP NORBERT P FRIEDMAN & PATRICIA FRIEDMAN 11.00138.00 2019 $2,477.00 Sect-14 Twp-036 Range-031 3.98 AC PART OF S1/2 SE1/4 NE1/4 COMM 112.64 FT S OF NE COR TH S 189.07 FT TH W 956.79 FT TO SELY R/W OF CO RD 57 TH NELY ON R/W 203.5 FT TH SELY 876.56 FT TO POB JUSTIN POSTERICK & MACEY POSTERICK 11.00314.00 2019 $300.84 Sect-04 Twp-036 Range-031 CZECH ADDN PLAT 2 Lot-009 Block-001 JUSTIN POSTERICK & MACEY POSTERICK 11.00316.00 2019 $149.49 Sect-04 Twp-036 Range-031 CZECH ADDN PLAT 2 Lot-011 Block-001 JUSTIN POSTERICK & MACEY POSTERICK 11.00317.00 2019 $141.81 Sect-04 Twp-036 Range-031 CZECH ADDN PLAT 2 Lot-012 Block-001 BEACON GROUP LLC 11.00329.00 2019 $945.94 Sect-04 Twp-036 Range-031 CZECH ADDN PLAT 2 Lot-009 Block-002 WATAB TWP JOHN H WEST & DARLENE M WEST 12.00093.00 2019 $305.40 Sect-10 Twp-037 Range-031 .29 AC WALTER J GACEK & BERNICE GACEK-C/D .29 AC TR IN GOV LOT 4 EINER A ANDERSON 12.00110.00 2019 $1,819.84 Sect-10 Twp-037 Range-031 1.00 AC PART OF NW1/4 SE1/4 COMM 2130.77 FT N & 1537.96 FT W OF SE CORNER SECT 10 TH NWLY 300 FT TH NELY 150 FT TH NELY 30.57 FT TH SELY 286.56 FT TH SELY 12.9 FT TH SWLY 125 FT TO POB TIMOTHY J THAEMERT & NICHOLAS J THAEMERT 12.00388.01 2019 $369.49 Sect-25 Twp-037 Range-031 9.89 AC S 419.05 FT OF E 1039.75 FT OF S1/2 S1/2 SE1/4 & LESS PART COMM AT SE COR TH N 33.01 FT TH W 80.75 FT TH SWLY 77.49 FT ON CURVE TH SWLY 39.04 FT ON CURVE TO S LINE TH E 190.5 FT TO POB ROGER MALESKA 12.00447.01 2019 $2,914.06 Sect-34 Twp-037 Range-031 2.42 AC PART OF GOVT LOT 1 COMM AT INTERSEC OF NLY R/W FROST RD & ELY R/W CO RD 55 TH ELY ON R/W 437.42 FT TH NELY 283.19 FT TH W 470.83 FT TH S’LY ON R/W 236.09 FT TO POB LUANN DARLENE WENGER 12.00463.00 2019 $1,024.45 Sect-34 Twp-037 Range-031 .23 AC PART OF GOV LOT 3 COMM AT INTERSEC OF N LINE OF STANLEYS ADDN W/ELY BANK OF RIVER TH ELY ON N LINE OF PLAT TO C/L OF CO RD TH NLY ON C/L 560 FT TO POB TH N ON C/L 120 FT TH WLY TO PT OF INTERSEC W/ELY BANK OF RIVER TH SLY ALONG BANK 120 FT TO PT WLY OF POB TH ELY & PARALLEL WITH N LINE OF PLAT TO POB x BARBARA L KIRCHNER 12.00498.00 2019 $40.29 Sect-35 Twp-037 Range-031 57.18 AC SE1/4 NE1/4 & SW1/4 NE1/4 LESS W 715.6 FT BARBARA L KIRCHNER 12.00498.01 2019 $231.30 Sect-35 Twp-037 Range-031 40.00 AC

NE1/4 NE1/4 ROBERT L ERDMANN 12.00684.00 2019 $26.38 Sect-02 Twp-037 Range-031 SUNSET BEACH Lot-004 & VAC SERV RD LYING ADJ TO LOT BRANDON T BOURKE & GINA A BOURKE 12.00803.00 2019 $630.96 Sect-10 Twp-037 Range-031 ROSE ANNA BEACH Lot-032 BRUCE ROBERTSON 12.00812.00 2019 $404.77 Sect-10 Twp-037 Range-031 ROSE ANNA BEACH Lot-041 TARAN L HAFFNER & DEREK F VERNON 12.01011.00 2019 $1,687.97 Sect-08 Twp-037 Range-031 FERRY POINT ADDITION Lot-030 Block-001 & N1/2 LOT 31 BLK 1 ROBERT J RAVELING 12.01115.00 2019 $2,081.84 Sect-16 Twp-037 Range-031 SHOESTRING ACRES Lot-011 Block-002 CARLY WINSCHER & MARY WINSCHER 12.01354.00 2019 $545.79 Sect-22 Twp-037 Range-031 OLTZ ESTATES Lot-004 Block-001 RANDALL L IRELAND 12.01359.00 2019 $622.74 Sect-22 Twp-037 Range-031 OLTZ ESTATES Lot-001 Block-002 KALEB J ROSENOW 12.01580.00 2019 $863.82 Sect-23 Twp-037 Range-031 OAK HILL ESTATES PLAT 2 Lot-001 Block-002 CITY OF FOLEY JAMES B HOLT 13.00169.00 2019 $1,664.09 Sect-26 Twp-037 Range-029 FOLEY’S RE-ARRANGEMENT OF TOWN Lot-002 Block-004 & LOT 3 JAMES B HOLT 13.00170.00 2019 $1,664.09 Sect-26 Twp-037 Range-029 FOLEY’S RE-ARRANGEMENT OF TOWN Lot-004 Block-004 & LOT 5 KATELYN M RITTENOUR 13.00401.00 2019 $600.25 Sect-26 Twp-037 Range-029 HALLS ADDITION TO FOLEY Lot-011 Block-003 & LOT 12 JUSTIN KOSLOSKE & CHRISTA J KOSLOSKE 13.00477.00 2019 $731.86 Sect-26 Twp-037 Range-029 HALLS 3RD ADDITION TO FOLEY Lot-015 Block-003 & LOT 16 MATTHEW BLISS & CLARICE SACHS BLISS 13.00553.00 2019 $1,062.07 Sect-25 Twp-037 Range-029 WILDMAN & TAUERS ADDN TO FOLEY Lot-007 Block-003 AMBER J NIELAND 13.00658.00 2019 $120.97 Sect-25 Twp-037 Range-029 PARENTS SUBD OF VILL OF FOLEY Lot-004 Block-001 MICHAEL D OLSON & DEBORAH A OLSON 13.00781.00 2019 $1,266.05 Sect-35 Twp-037 Range-029 PHEASANT GROVE 2 Lot-004 Block-001 LYON CONTRACTING & DEVELOP INC 13.01014.00 2019 $223.64 Sect-26 Twp-037 Range-029 LYON PLAT 2 CITY OF RICE AMANDA VOLK & COREY VOLK 15.00579.00 2019 $169.23 Sect-32 Twp-038 Range-031 WALNUT RIDGE PLAT 2 Lot-002 Block-004 CITY OF ST CLOUD DAVID J OWENS 17.00140.00 2019 $2,455.11 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 EAST ST CLOUD Lot-001 Block-002 & LOT 2 & WLY 6 IN OF LOT 3 BRIAN DROWN 17.00145.00 2019 $275.82 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 EAST ST CLOUD Lot-008 Block-002 BRIAN DROWN 17.00146.00 2019 $1,157.57 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 EAST ST CLOUD Lot-009 Block-002 DAVID J OWENS 17.00159.00 2019 $557.11 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 EAST ST CLOUD Lot-028 Block-002 SWLY 49 FT OF LOTS 28 & 29 MARK HETCHLER & DARLA HETCHLER 17.00291.00 2019 $4,498.48 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 EAST ST CLOUD Lot-001 Block-022 SLY 44 FT OF LOTS 1,2,3 & 4 & SELY 44 FT OF SWLY 3 FT OF LOT 5 MICHAEL OLSON & STACY HUOT 17.00703.00 2019 $530.38 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 ST CLOUD PARK Lot-018 Block-002

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Deliquent Tax Notice page 9 & N1/2 OF LOT 17 KIM L DUBROWSKY 17.00819.00 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 ST CLOUD PARK Lot-009 Block-013 & SLY 5 FT OF LOT 10 GREGORY SCOTT SPENCER 17.00838.00 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 ST CLOUD PARK Lot-013 Block-014 MN 13 PROPERTIES LLC 17.00846.02 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 HOME DEVELOPER RE-ARR BLK 16 Lot-003 Block-016 ANDREW A RONNEI & ELENA M RONNEI 17.00865.00 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 ST CLOUD PARK Lot-005 Block-018 LARRY T YOUNG & PATRICIA JO YOUNG 17.00979.00 Sect-35 Twp-036 Range-031 ST CLOUD PARK Lot-014 Block-027 ROBERT J RAVELING 17.01090.00 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 BRAUCH’S ADDN TO EAST ST CLOUD Lot-001 Block-009 & LOTS 2 & 3 & SLY 1/2 VAC 4TH ST NE LYING ADJ TO LOTS ROBERT J RAVELING 17.01091.00 Sect-36 Twp-036 Range-031 BRAUCH’S ADDN TO EAST ST CLOUD Lot-004 Block-009 & LOTS 5,6,7 & 8 BLK 9 & SLY 1/2 VAC 4TH ST NE LYING ADJ TO LOTS MIGUEL IRIARTE & NICOLE IRIARTE 17.01689.00 Sect-31 Twp-036 Range-030 POINT PLEASANT Lot-014 Block-002 MARK MICHEAL MOTSKO 17.02021.00 Sect-28 Twp-036 Range-030 WATERS EDGE AT DON LK 2ND ADDN Lot-005 Block-001 CITY OF SARTELL LANCER C NABER & HOLLY L NABER 18.00064.00 Sect-09 Twp-036 Range-031 TOWN OF SARTELL Lot-004 Block-003 CITY OF SAUK RAPIDS TROY FUSSY 19.00134.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS Lot-009 Block-010 & LOT 10 RODNEY LANGE 19.00156.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS Lot-008 Block-013 MALCOLM ENTERPRISES LLP 19.00226.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 DEAN BRITTON-C/D TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS Lot-010 Block-021 & S1/2 OF LOT 9 & WLY 1/2 OF VAC ALLEY LYING ADJ TO LOTS RICHARD T RITSCHE 19.00646.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS Lot-001 Block-071 & LOTS 2 THRU 6 BLK 71 & 10 FT OF PARTIALLY VAC BROADWAY AVE LYING ADJ TO LOTS LEONARD J BERG 19.00715.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 BORUP & OAKES ADDN-TOWN OF S.R Lot-012 Block-001 NLY 38 FT OF & SLY 12 FT OF WLY 57 FT RODNEY J LANGE 19.00952.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 WOOD RUSSELL & GILMAN’S ADDN Lot-001 Block-032 & LOT 2 AUTUMN SAUCEDO 19.01196.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 LEECH’S ADDN TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-009 Block-001 & N1/2 OF LOT 10 WILLIAM A DELOVELY 1 9.01221.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 SHIRLEY HUBERT-C/D LEECH’S ADDN TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-008 Block-003 & PART OF LOT 7 & VAC 9 1/2 ST S LYING SLY OF FOLL LINE COMM AT NWLY COR OF LOT 7 BLK 1 OF TOWN OF SAUK RAPIDS TH SLY ON WLY BNDY LINE 134.03 FT TO POB TH DEFLECT L TO PT ON BNDY LINE OF ELY BNDY LINE OF LOT 7 BLK 3 OF LEECH’S ADDN EXT NLY 50 FT NLY OF SE COR ANDREW P HUINKER 19.01271.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 LEECH’S ADDN TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-006 Block-008 & N1/2 OF LOT 5 & VAC WLY 10 FT OF S BROADWAY ADJ TO N1/2 OF LOT 5 JOEL D GRAHAM & DEBORAH A GRAHAM 19.01343.01

2019

$69.87

2019 $1,074.26

2019 $3,024.77

2019 $2,158.70

2019

$929.29

2019 $1,673.31

2019 $2,967.11

2019 $4,464.02

2019 $1,015.91

2019

$169.23

2019 $3,705.10

2019 $2,482.81

2019 $1,304.33

2019 $1,119.68

2019 $1,881.25

2019 $1,757.11

2019 $1,242.74

2019

$621.68

2019 $1,796.97

2019 $2,368.77

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Going home It is time to go home. For the the toilet paper aisle. Of all things, people last six years, my wife and I have are hoarding toilet paper. Who told them joined the thousands of snowbirds there was going to be a toilet paper shortage? who spend winter in Arizona. We I wanted ask a guy with a cart piled high are near Phoenix, part of a 55+ with the jumbo packs if he planned to will community that includes several all that paper to his grandchildren because hundred Minnesotans, Wisconsinites there was no way he was going to use it all. and Canadians. It is a tight knit resort Some of the stores have decided there will be with life-long friendships. It is also an no hoarding and are now rationing supplies, aging population. Those of us in our limiting the amount of hand sanitizer, water 60s are considered the young people and toilet paper you can buy. with most residents in their 70s and BY ROGER STROM The trip back to Minnesota is normally 80s. a four-day venture with leisurely stops along The Business of Farming Like the rest of the country, our the way to enjoy the sights and explore new world has been turned upside down by the threat of a areas of the country. Not this year. Folks are talking pandemic. The nation’s health experts keep warning about driving straight through, taking turns at the wheel us to avoid large groups of people, especially senior while letting their partner sleep. citizens, because they are the most vulnerable. Heck, Our plan is to make our way up through the center that is all we have here – old people having big get- of the country, traveling through states that have not togethers on a daily basis. had an outbreak. I do not know if that makes sense or It has been a hard week. Events have been canceled not, but you have to do what you think is best. Not sure and many are leaving early with motor homes pulling if we will stop or not; that depends on what we hear on out and neighbors saying goodbye as they close up for CNN. the summer. Older residents are scared, and their kids Over the years we have made some wonderful are begging them to come home. friends in Arizona, but as we say our goodbyes and On a lighter note, going to the grocery store has wish each other well, I cannot help but wonder who been a surreal experience. The shelf with hand sanitizer will and who will not be coming back next year. is empty. The bleach shelf is empty. Disinfecting It will be good to be home. cleaning supplies are gone. But even more bizarre is Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 SWEETS ADDITION TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-005 Block-002 & SLY 1/2 LOT 4 JOEL D GRAHAM & DEBORAH A GRAHAM 19.01356.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 SWEETS ADDITION TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-024 Block-002 & LOT 25 BLK 2 EXCEPT RR R/W JASON R HAINLIN 19.01384.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 SWEETS ADDITION TO SAUK RAPIDS Lot-001 Block-008 & LOT 2 LESS NELY 60 FT BETTY LEE FUNELL & MARGARET A SJOGREN 19.01685.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 WOLF ADDITION Lot-005 Block-002 & S1/2 OF LOT 4 FILIP L JOHNSON & JACQUELYN J JOHNSON 19.01827.00 Sect-22 Twp-036 Range-031 COBORN ADDITION Lot-002 Block-001 LESS ELY 6 FT THEREOF MARY C HARRIS 19.01901.02 Sect-15 Twp-036 Range-031 OAKRIDGE 3RD ADDITION Lot-005 Block-004 EXC S 100 FT & EXC THAT PART LYING W OF LINE 207.49 FT W OF NE COR TH S TO SLY LOT LINE 172.87 FT W OF SE COR MOLLY C PENA & FRANCISCO XAVIER JR CORDOVA 19.01910.00 Sect-14 Twp-036 Range-031 PLEASANTWOOD ADDITION Lot-006 Block-002 MARK J LINN & REBECCA L LINN 19.01920.00 Sect-14 Twp-036 Range-031 PLEASANTWOOD ADDITION Lot-001 Block-004 KURT J BRUNER 19.01974.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 JOCHUM’S ADDITION Lot-001 Block-002 DAVID JANASZAK 19.02005.00 Sect-22 Twp-036 Range-031 THOMAS L WALKER-C/D ZIERDEN ADDITION Lot-002 Block-002 BRIAN W HUGHES 19.02161.00 Sect-23 Twp-036 Range-031 BENEDICT ACRES Lot-006 Block-002 DIANE G GLADE & JENNIFER M DINGMAN 19.02588.00 Sect-15 Twp-036 Range-031 OAKRIDGE 4TH ADDITION Lot-003 Block-001 JON P HENDRICKSON & SHANTA HENDRICKSON 19.02799.00 Sect-14 Twp-036 Range-031 WHITNEY OAKES Lot-010 Block-001 ZOCK LEGACIES LLC 19.03117.00 Sect-25 Twp-036 Range-031 SAUK RAPIDS INDUSTRIAL PARK SO Lot-004 Block-001 PART OF LOT 4 LYING SLY OF FOLL

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LINE: COMM AT NELY COR OF LOT 4 TH SELY 107.32 FT TO POB TH SWLY 209.62 FT TH NWLY 45.86 FT TH SWLY 22.06 FT TH NWLY 116.15 FT TH SWLY 30.91 FT TH SWLY 75.40 FT TO SWLY LINE OF LOT 4 BERNARD F JANSON & RITA JANSON 19.03122.00 Sect-25 Twp-036 Range-031 SAUK RAPIDS INDUSTRIAL PARK SO Lot-009 Block-001 LESTER B JR ENGEL 19.03125.00 $22,849.30 Sect-25 Twp-036 Range-031 SAUK RAPIDS INDUSTRIAL PARK SO Lot-012 Block-001 GREGG W GILLETT & JAMIE L GILLETT 19.03218.00 Sect-26 Twp-036 Range-031 MISSISSIPPI LANDING Lot-014 Block-001 JOSHUA KIRT 19.04584.00 Sect-18 Twp-036 Range-030 VILLAGES OF CREEK SIDE Lot-004 Block-004

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I, Nadean Inman, being by me first duly sworn, disposes and says that she is the Auditor-Treasurer of the County of Benton; that she has examined the foregoing list and knows the contents thereof; and that the same is a correct list of taxes delinquent for the year therein appearing upon real estate in said county. Nadean Inman Benton County Auditor-Treasurer Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14th day of February, 2020. Cheryl Kantor Benton County Recording Supervisor STATE OF MINNESOTA)

) SS COUNTY OF BENTON) I, Cheri Woehler, Court Administrator, Seventh Judicial District, and for the County of Benton, State of Minnesota, do hereby certify that I have carefully compared the foregoing list of the delinquent tax list of Benton County for the year 2019 with the original list and records in this office. I further certify that the hereto annexed and foregoing list of delinquent taxes was filed in my office by Nadean Inman County Auditor-Treasurer of said Benton County on this 14th day of February, 2020. Cheri Woehler Court Administrator Benton County STATE OF MINNESOTA) ) SS COUNTY OF BENTON) Filed in the office of the Court Administrator of the District Court in and for Benton County, State of Minnesota, this 14th day of February, 2020. Cheri Woehler Court Administrator Benton County F/R-12-1B

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ST. CLOUD – The Benton County Dairy Herd Improvement Association hosted its annual meeting and awards ceremony March 4 at Jack and Jim’s Food and Liquor in Duelm. The association bestowed 13 awards as well as lifetime achievement plaques to six farms. Winners not pictured include: - Sonnek Farms received the award for high cow butterfat and protein-colored breeds. - Brook Hackett received the award for highest herd three-year increasemilk. - S h a w n Bemboom and Kevin Ackerman received lifetime achievement plaques.

Mark Schmitt, of Schmitt Dairy, accepts the highest herd three-year increase-butterfat and protein award from sponsor Bailey Van Beck, of Pine Country Bank, March 4 at Jack and Jim’s Food and Liquor of Duelm. Schmitt also received the high cow-butterfat and protein award, the premiere dairy award – highest three-year average of butterfat and protein – and a lifetime achievement plaque. PHOTOS SUBMITTED

Award sponsor Patty Schlichting, of Farmers and Merchants State Bank, awards Chad Scapanski, of Scapanski Farms LLC, with the highest first lactation-butterfat and protein award March 4 in Duelm. Scapanski Farms also received awards for highest first lactation-milk, highest herd average-butterfat and protein, highest herd average-milk as well as a lifetime achievement plaque.

Dan Hennik (left), of Riverview Enterprises, receives the lowest herd somatic cell count linear score award from sponsor Chris Carlson, of Oak Park Creamery, March 4 in Duelm. Hennik recorded a linear score of 1.6; he was also a lifetime achievement plaque winner.

Brent Seppelt stands with the trophy for highest first year herd-milk at the Dairy Herd Improvement Association’s annual meeting March 4 in Duelm. Seppelt, who farms with this wife, Brandi, milked 18,955 pounds in 2019.

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USDA opened signup March 16 for CRP grasslands Program Grasslands signup. The signup runs through May 15. “Through this CRP Grasslands signup,

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