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1998: Andrew and Emily Janetzke have a new addition. Matthias Douglas was born on May 7, 2017 in Springfield, IL, weighing 7 pounds 13.5 ounces

2003: Kellie Krumwiede married Ross Thate on April 15, 2017 in Las Vegas. Kellie is a realtor with Connect Real Estate Group in Mankato.

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1992: Amy (Dierks) Walsh was named Director of Concordia University, Chicago Early Childhood Education Center.

1994: Melissa (Hartmann) and Cevin Kinsey have a son. Micah Detoo was born on September 20, 2017. He weighed 8 pounds 1 oz and was 18.5 inches long. He has an older brother.

1996: James and Jean Bremer announce the birth of their first child. John Henry Arthur Bremer II was born October 14, 2016. They call him Jack so as not to confuse him with James' father for whom he was named. James recently took a job with American Electric Power as an electrical engineer in Hillard, Ohio.

1997: Benjamin Carlson and his wife, Ashley of San Antonio, TX are happy to announce the birth of their second child, Jonah Alexander Carlson. He was born on October 14th, 2016 at 4:41 PM, weighing 7 lbs 1 oz and 21 inches long. He has a proud big sister, Julie Grace.

1998: Alanna Hinz married Brian Sweeney on August 12, 2017. They live in Woodbury.

1999 & 2001: Chad and Cassandra Wiens have a new addition. Tallulah Joy was born on July 22, 2016. She weighed 7lb 10oz and was 20 inches long. She has two sisters and one brother.

2000: Jessica (Haack) and Mark Toland announce the arrival of Nathan Lee born on September 11, 2017. He weighed 6 lbs, 9 oz. He has an older sister.

2001: Jeni Sieg married Daniel Salazar in July 2017. Jeni is a Veterinary Assistant in St James, MN.

2001: Angie (Willner) and Jeff Martin had a baby boy on October 30, 2016. Josiah McNichol weighed 8 pounds and was 18” long. He has three sisters. Hosanna age 2, Emma 4 and Eliana, 6.

2001: Johanna (Mumme) and James Sowers have a new son. Thomas James was born on July 21, 2016. He weighed 10 pounds 3 ounces.

2003: Brandi (Weihe) and Nick Stohs have a new son. Owen Gene was born July 14, 2016. 7 pounds, 14 ounces. He has sisters Makenzie and Peyton and a brother, Liam.

Bobby Patrick and Marlene Goldenberg welcomed their first child, Robert Patrick VII on July 2nd. Robby and his parents live in Minneapolis.

2003: Ashley Bergemann and Tony Baldini are happy to announce the arrival of twin boys born on December 15, 2016. Cole Joseph arrived at 9:51am, weighing 4lbs 14 oz. and 18"long. Grant Shaw was born at 9:54 am, weighing 5 lbs 15 oz and 19 1/4" long. visit. They have an older sister, Lydia.

2005:Jeremiah Wiederhoeft and wife Katie had a boy on November 7th, 2015. He weighed 9lbs 6 oz 21.5 inches. Siblings are Jason, Makenzie, and Alivia.

2005 & 2006: Luke & Desiree Schaeffer were blessed with their first child. Elliana Mae Schaeffer arrived May 23, 2017 weighing in at 7lbs 1.9oz and 19 1/2 inches long. They live in Mankato.

2006: Joshua and Abby Rusert were blessed with a little girl. Annaliese Dianne born Sept-16-16 weighing 8lbs 6 oz and 21 inches long. Her sisters are Hailey and Emilyn.

2007: Mandy (Patrick) and Connor Mack have their first child. Daughter Avery Kay was born on July 24, 2016. They live in Boston.

2007: Rick and Mary Reinke have a new daughter, Jessa Margaret was born on August 31, 2017 and weighed 7 lbs, she was 21 inches long. Two brothers, Levi and Asher, welcomed her.

2007: Amanda Gahler married Mitch Feltmann on July 8, 2017 at St John’s Lutheran Church, Norwood, MN. The couple will live in Cologne, MN. Mitch is a plumber and Amanda is a professional photographer.

2008: Ginny Thom Abernathy, moved to Marshall to attend Rasmussen College to complete her Nursing degree. Her husband Nathan is an Army recruiter.

2008: Leanna (Becker) and Matt Mahoney have a little girl. Nevaeh Lynn was born on April 12, 2017. She weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces.

2007 & 2009: Kayla (Schulz) & Alex Ekstrom on January 16, 2017 welcomed into the world Olivia Grace Ekstrom, weighing 8 lbs 10 oz. Kayla is teaching kindergarten at Truman Public School.

2009: Hayley Koertiz married Paul Luther at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Truman on July 1, 2017. She is employed at AdMfg.

2010: Parker & Amanda (Neumann) Weihe were blessed with a son born on April 21st. Warren James weighed 7 lbs, 10 oz. He has a sister, Ivy.

2011: Tonya (Wiederhoeft) and Tom Sanders had a boy on September 29th, 2016. Elliot David weighed 7lbs 12oz and was 20.5 inches long.

2011 & 2012: Haley Geistfeld and Garrett Schock were married on June 24, 2017 at St John’s Lutheran Church, South Branch. Haley is teaching middle school math at GHEC school. Garrett is employed with Profinium Financial in Fairmont.

2012 & 2013: Spencer Schrader & Myranda Quinn were married September 22. Myranda graduated in May 2017 from the University of Minnesota Rochester & Mayo School of Health Sciences. She is employed with the Mayo Clinic, Rochester.

2013: Taylor Shoen graduated with a BA in business administration from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in December 2016. She is employed as a Credit Analyst at the Nebraska Bank of Commerce in Lincoln.

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1992: Lisa (Milow) Duffy was recently featured in the Northwest Iowa Okoboji Magazine for her volunteer service to the community. She is a special education instructor at Spirit Lake High School.

   1996: Joshua and Kari Janetzke are the proud parents of Abigail Marie born February 27, 2016. She weighed in at 7 lbs 8.5 oz and measured 20-1/4".

   1999: Lucas and Sherry Schultze were blessed with a new baby on July 7th. Eleanora (Ellie) Joy was 20 inches long and weighed 7 lbs, 13 oz. She has an older brother and sister.

   1999: J J & Alisa Carlson have an addition to their family. Cohen Jonathan was born on March 9, 2016.

   1999: Molly Schwieger married Curt Bargfrede on April 8 at Zion Lutheran Church, Fraser.

2000: Rhonda (Fisher) and Luke Krueger have a new son. Clinton Richard was born on March 16, 2016 and weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces. He was 20.5 inches long. He has an older sister Avery.

2001: Dale and Kari Beckendorf had a son on February 27, 2016. Luke David weighed 8 lb 9 oz and measured 22” long.

2002: Ryan and Krista Gellert welcomed their second son into the family. Asher Ryan was born on June 16, 2016, weighing 9 lbs and measuring 22 inches long.

2003: Evan Oberdieck and Ashlee Wiebe were married March 19, 2016, at Zion Lutheran Church-Fraser Township, rural Fairmont. Rev. Robert Trueblood performed the ceremony.

2003: Isaac and Tania Wallace were blessed with a son. Eli Christopher Bradley was born March 1, 2016. He weighed 7lbs, 10.8oz and was 21 1/2 “ long.

2004: Tedd and Anna Arndt were blessed with a son. Tyler Todd Bernard was born on June 16. He weighed 7 pounds and was 21. 5 inches long. They live in rural Lewisville.

2004 & 2005: Leslie & Reed Wokasch were blessed with another son. Rowan William was born May 17. They also have a two-year-old son, Rhys.

2005: Morgan (Wallace) & Brady Johnson have a son Elliot Lars born on May 5, 2016. He weighed 8 lbs, 1 ounce.

2005: Becky (Breitbarth) and Noah Rogness were blessed with a son on Jan 7, 2016. Samson Ray weighed in at 8 lbs, 2 oz. Noah was ordained at their home congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Alexandria, VA on June 26. On July 31 he will be installed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Fergus Falls, MN.

2006: Caitlin (Gronewold) & John Samuel welcomed sweet Evangelene Esther on May 26, 2016. She weighed 7 lbs 3.8 oz and was 19 inches long.

2009: Cody Zarn completed his Master of Science Degree in Civil Engineering, from South Dakota State University, in December 2015. He is employed at Banner Associates, Inc . in Sioux Falls, SD.

2010: Emily (Anders) married Scott Boes on May 28, 2016 at St John’s Lutheran Church in Gregory, SD. She works at Avera Gregory Hospital and Scott has his own trucking business.

2011: Bowdin Bentz has directed films at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “Awaiting Gold” tells a story of brotherhood and grief and “No Son of Mine” premiered in May.

2011: Stephanie Senne, a Doctor of Physical Therapy student at Briar Cliff University, Sioux City, IA received her white coat on June 17, 2016. Her class is the first to receive this distinctive honor. She will complete her clinicals next and is slated to graduate in May of 2018.

   2012: Tanner Taylor graduated from the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. He is living in San Jose, CA.

   2012: Megan Maschoff graduated Magna Cum Laude from Bethany Lutheran College on May 13. She was a member of Scholastic Leadership Society. Megan is employed as a Communication Specialist at Shattuck St. Mary’s School in Faribault.

   2012: Latisha Thomas graduated from Concordia University, St Paul with an education degree in 5-12 Communication Arts and Literature.

   2012: Garrett Schock graduated from Southwest Minnesota State University in Marshall on May 7, 2016. He is employed as Commercial/Ag Loan Processor with Profinium Financial in Fairmont.

   2012: Spencer Schrader graduated May 6, 2016 with a BS in computer science from Winona State University. He works for Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN as an IT Analyst Programmer.

   2013: Emily Holland graduated from the University of Northwestern in St Paul with a degree in English, Writing/Literature. She is on a year-long around the world mission trip. emilyholland.theworldrace.org. When she returns she plans to pursue a law degree to use in missions.

   2014: Sam Geistfeld graduated from South Central Technical College in May. He is pursuing a career in ag.

   2015: Shelby Quinn graduated from Riverland Community College with a degree in Massage Therapy. She has started her own business Master Healing Touch in Truman.

Updates December 2015

2003: Jason Christenson married Megan Parnell on Aug 15th in Fairmont. Jason is a Faribault County Deputy Sheriff.

2003: Evan Oberdieck will marry Ashlee Wiebe on March 19, 2016. Evan is an agronomist at Hefty Seeds Company and also farms.

2004: Laura Reinke married Christian Van Schyndel on July 17. He is a police officer in Mt. Pleasant, WI. He has two sons, Alex (6) and Micah (4). Laura was working as a pediatric occupational therapist in Racine, but is taking some time off to be mom and wife as everyone gets adjusted to their new family.

Laura and Chris attended the November 22 Viking/Packers with Principal Paul and Lynn Steinhaus. Laura’s parents won the V/P Tailgate Party Package at the 2015 “OH! What a KNIGHT!” Dinner Auction and gave it to the couple as a wedding gift.

2007: Elizabeth Bremer is engaged to Nate Denn. They will be married on August 20, 2016.
*Photo by a.photographer.me (Amanda Gahler-2007)

2007: Kayla Schulz married Alex Ekstrom (2009) on August 21 at Immanuel Lutheran, Fairmont. Kayla is a preschool/ECFE teacher at Blue Earth Schools. Alex is employed with K & G Construction, Truman. They live in Truman.

2008: Ben and Erica (Reinke) Wieting were blessed with a new addition to their family. Keziah Ann was born on November 26th. Her older sister Narrah welcomes her.

2009: Chris Matasovsky has moved to Jamestown, ND where he is working at the new Menards.

2009: Cory Riewe was married to Karyn Olsen on August 15, 2015, in Rochester, MN. They are living on the Riewe family farm in rural Amboy, MN.

2010: Abbie Kietzer received her RN degree from MSU. She is employed at the Mayo Health Systems in Mankato.

2011: Jon Rusert graduated from University of Minnesota Duluth on May 16, with a Bachelor of Science Degree, double majoring in Computer Science and Mathematics. He is pursuing his Masters in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence at UMD.

2011: Rachel Trueblood will marry Sean Maday on September 17, 2016. They will be married at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, Truman with Rachel’s father, Rev. Robert Trueblood performing the ceremony.

2011: Haley Geistfeld and Garrett Schock (2012) are engaged and will marry in 2017.

2012: Austin Morris and Amanda Wakey will be married on August 27, 2016. Amanda is a personal trainer at Anytime Fitness, Fairmont and coaches girls basketball for the Lutheran elementary schools. Ace works for the Martin County Highway Department and farms.
*Photo by Catherine LaRose Photography (Catie Sherman-2013)

Updates November 2015

2015 CFO of the Year recipient Kat (Gottschalk) Goetz in the small private firm category as an employee with TLC Technologies. www.tlxtech.com

1997: Katrina (Gottschalk) Goetz was featured in the Milwaukee Business Journal article by Todd Bragstad as the "CFO of the Year" Excerpts follow.
   "It has been said that 'hard work spotlights the character of people; some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses and some don't turn up at all.'
    You can bet Katrina Goetz is always one ready to turn up her sleeves.
    She was the first non-owner employee hired in 2014 at fledgling Pewaukee firm TLX Technologies LLC, brought on part time while still in college to handle accounting. She impressed her bosses early on as her duties evolved for the company, which engineers and manufactures solenoids, valves and actuators for the automotive market.
   'I got involved in a lot; I'm one of those people who sees a problem and I do what I can to fix it,' said Goetz, who was raised in rural Minnesota. 'It helps to understand how things work and applying it back to the CFO role.'

As the company grew from four employees to its current 50-plus, the technical team worked with customers as Goetz managed business functions beyond accounting, including human resources, manufacturing operations, quality, IT and safety.
    She embraces being a controller, but it was not her first career choice. Working two jobs to help pay private high school tuition, Goetz wanted to be a lawyer but that never materialized.
     She ended up in the Milwaukee area first to attend Concordia University Wisconsin, but transferred to Milwaukee Area Technical College where she earned an associate degree in accounting. Goetz, 36, grew up with dyslexia and said it's always been easier for her to work with numbers than words.
     She eventually received a bachelor's degree in management accounting from Alverno College and currently is focused on an MBA from Concordia.
    Among her successes is her role in TLX Technologies' launch of a manufacturing facility in China. She helped establish the financial structure to handle complex transactions.
   Goetz and her husband, Tom, have three young children. She jokes about actually having four jobs-controller, parent, student and assisting with Tom's IT consulting business.
    She also makes time for community service, each year managing TLX's fundraising for the American Diabetes Association-Southeast Wisconsin Chapter as well as volunteering her time to the Alverno School of Business and her church.
    'I'm very much a hands-on person,' she said. 'I need to be an active participant.'
   If there's free time, Goetz enjoys crafts, fishing and riding her motorcycle, but say family is her real focus."

    Katrina is the daughter of Richard and Jeanne Gottschalk of Truman who shared this information. They also said, "We credit MLHS for much of Katrina's success. We are very grateful for all that MLHS did for both of our children."

   Katrina was disappointed that the newspaper eliminated the points she shared about her high school. When asked for one word to describe herself she said, "blessed." She also mentioned appreciation for two classes and teachers in particular, German and Spanish.

Updates June 2015

1989: Celeste (Greiner) Cummins is a contributing writer for the Hope-Full Living devotion book for senior citizens. She has also written devotions and Bible studies for the LWML.

1997: Ben and Ashley Carlson were blessed with a daughter, Julie Grace, born on February 26, 2015. She weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces and was 20 3/4 inches long.

1998: Andrew Janetzke with Emily Janetzke are the proud parents of Caleb Andrew born on March 24th, 2015. He weighed 7 lbs 4.5 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long.

1999: Angie (Wiederhoeft) and Shane Sundeen announce the arrival of Avery Anne Sundeen. She weighed 8 pounds 1 ounce and was 20.5 inches long. She was born December 22, 2014.

2001: Erin (Tomlinson) Simpson and Corey Simpson received an addition to their family on April 16, 2015. Isla Joy was born weighing 9 lb. 1 oz. and 22” long. She has an older sister, Ellyette.

2000: Jessica Haack-Toland and husband Mark welcomed baby Abigail Marie on April 21st, 2015. She weighed 6lbs 1 oz and was 20 inches long.

2010: Jessica Krome graduated from Concordia University in Nebraska with her degree in Music Education. She married Cody Collier on May 30th at St James Lutheran Church, Northrop.

2011: Stephanie Senne graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree from Briar Cliff University on May 16th. She enters the Graduate Program in July to pursue her Physical Therapy degree.

2012: Megan Maschoff received a second place award in the Broadcast Education Association 2015 Festival of Media Arts with her video productions highlighting the Minnesota State Maverick Hockey players. She also received a Maverick Hockey Scholarship for $2,000 for next year at Bethany Lutheran College, Mankato which is based on growth, dedication and talent regarding the hockey broadcast projects she has produced.

Amanda Wakey graduated from Minnesota State University in Mankato with her Bachelor of Applied Science Degree in Exercise Science.

Kaleb Meade and his wife, Katie, were blessed with a baby girl. Aubrianna Rose was born on January 21, 2015. She weighed 2 pounds 2 ounces and was 13. 5” long. After spending time at Sanford Hospital in Sioux Falls, she is home and doing well. Nearly six months old, she now weighs 9 pounds 2 ounces and is 20 inches long. Kaleb works at Ametek in Jackson and the family lives in Sherburn.

2013: Sawyer Krenz graduated from Iowa Lakes Community College with an AA degree in Marine Service Technology. He is employed at Doug’s Sports Center, Fairmont.

Updates October 2014

2003: Evan Oberdieck was recently featured on MNfarmliving.com. "Evan is a salesman for Hefty Seed Company of Fairmont, MN. Hefty Seed‘s corporate office is located in Baltic, SD. Evan is also a first year farmer, who just finished his first harvest on land owned by his grandparents. Evan is another shining example of a young person coming back to his hometown to farm and work in agriculture. Even though Evan’s personality is reserved, you can hear his excitement in his voice when he talks about farming."

For the full article follow the link below.
http://www.mnfarmliving.com/2014/11/mn-agriculture-evan-oberdieck.html

2005: Morgan Wallce will marry Brady Johnson on May 29, 2015 at the MN Landscape Aboretum.

2007: Amanda Gahler is professional photographer in the Twin Cities. Her website is www.aphotographer.me/about.

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Updates July 2014

1998: Matthew and Melissa Schuder: Edison Matthew born November 24th. He was 6 lbs and 6 oz.

1999: Cassie and Chad Wiens: Absalom "Axl" Byrton Wiens was born November 29th. He was 9 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches long. Big sisters Avril (5) and Lili (3) are happy to have him home.

2000: Angie (Thiesse) and Bryan Rathman: Brecken Michael was born January 28th, 2014. He weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces and was 21 inches long. His siblings are Ava, 6 and Blake, 3.

2001: Erin (Tomlinson) and Corey Simpson were blessed with a baby girl on January 24. Ellyette Lou weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and was 22 inches long.

2001: Angie (Wilner) & Jeff Martin: Hosanna Elizabeth Martin was born at 12:10am on February 8th, 2014 on her due date! She weighed in at 8lbs 9 oz and was 19inches long. She's happy to join her other two sisters, Eliana (3.5) and Emma (2)

2002: Ryan and Krista Gellert: Lincoln Ronald Gellert was born December 20, 2013 @ Avera Hospital in Sioux Falls, SD. He weighted 8 lb 15 oz.

2003: Ashley Bergemann and Tony Baldini were blessed with a baby girl named Lydia Baldini, born on 5-2-14. She was 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces. The family resides in Winona, MN.

2003: Ashley Bergemann and Tony Baldini were blessed with a baby girl named Lydia Baldini, born on 5-2-14. She was 19 inches long and weighed 6 pounds 10 ounces. The family resides in Winona, MN.

2003: Brandi (Weihe) and Nicholas Stohs were blessed with a son. Liam Lynn Stohs was born on June 11th, was 7 pounds 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. He has two sisters.

2003: Cody and Kaleena Wiens: Zachary David Wiens born 9:54 p.m. on November 29th. He was 7 lbs and 13.3 oz 21 inches long. Big sister is Brynn age 14 months.

2004: Heidi Breitbarth was united in marriage with Shane Bultman on September 1, 2012 . On December 24, 2012 Jesus shared his birthday with their daughter, Hayden Mariah Bultman. She turned 1 this past Christmas Eve.
2004: Ashley (Schulz) and Steven Flom: Robert Dodge Flom was born on 2/23/14 in Northfield. He weighed 8 lbs and was 19 and 1/2 inches long.

2004 & 2005: Leslie (Bremer) and Reed Wokasch: Rhys Warren Wokasch was born on June 26, 2014. He weighed 9 pounds 3.4 ounces and was 23 inches long.

2005: Becky (Breitbarth) & Noah Rogness: Lydia Ann, was born on January 6th. 7 pound, 8 ounce , 20.75 inches long. They remain in Fort Wayne, IN as Noah is in his second year at Concordia Theological Seminary. Becky earned her Masters in Communication from Johns Hopkins University last August and just started my own business, Rogness Communications LLC, to help clients with their public relations needs.

2007: Mandy Patrick married Connor Mack on June 14th in Rochester, NY. They live in Boston where she is a Physical Therapist at Spaulding Hospital Cambridge.

2008: Erica (Reinke) and Ben Wieting were married on August 18, 2012. They were blessed with a daughter, Narrah Jean born on December 25, 2013. She weighed 5 pounds and 12 ounces and was 20“ long.

2009: Cody Zarn graduated from South Dakota State University, December 2013, with a degree in Civil Engineering. He's currently in Grad school, at SDSU, pursuing a Master's Degree in Civil Engineering. This summer, he's accepted an internship with Clark Engineering in Sioux Falls, SD.

2010: Dustin and Bridget Gahler were blessed with a son, Justin David was born December 3, 2013 and weighed 9 pounds 2 ounces.

2010: Matt Knutson graduated Magna Cum Laude on Junes 1st, 2014 from Gustavus University with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Computer Science and Physics with a minor in Mathematics. He will work at Proto Labs in Plymouth, MN.

2011 Andrew Geistfeld was married on July 12, 2013 to Sami Marie Olson of Woodbury, MN. They were married at the Wabasha Street Caves in St. Paul.

2012: Megan Maschoff won 1st Place (tie) TV Media Sports Event Production: with Anthony Miller, Logan Hoppe, Brian Christensen & Preston Schultz at Bethany Lutheran College; Maverick Hockey Weekend BEA Festival of Media Arts Event.

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