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Helen Kill, 93

Funeral services for Helen Kill of Morris will be held Monday, March 20, 2023 at 11:00 a.m. with Reverend Emmy Swedlund officiating at Faith Lutheran Church in Morris. A public visitation will be held at Pedersen Funeral home on Sunday, March 19, 2023 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. and one hour prior to services on Monday. Burial …

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Virgil Fults, 85

Funeral services for Virgil Fults, of Morris, Minnesota, were held on Thursday, March 9, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris. A visitation was on Wednesday, March 8, 2023 at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris. Virgil died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, March 4, 2023, at the St. Cloud …

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Darlene Maloney, 89

Funeral services for Darlene Maloney will be held on Friday, March 10, 2023, at Assumption Catholic Church in Morris.  Father Todd Schneider will celebrate the Mass.  A visitation will be on Thursday from 5-7:00 p.m. with a prayer service beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris.  Visitation will continue one hour …

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Identifying As A Thinker

Over the course of my 16 years of living in Morris, I have written many editorials for the local newspaper, and on more than a dozen occasions, I have received hate mail or email for expressing my views, mostly from townspeople I have never met. What surprises me about these unkind and sometimes threatening messages …

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Adair Horgen, 98

Adair Lunette Horgen (Phelps) of Saint Paul, Minnesota, passed away on February 23, 2023. She was surrounded by her loving family in the days before, at the time of her death and in the hours following. She was 98 years old. Adair was born on August 19, 1924, to Everett and Mily (Krieg) Phelps in …

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Roger Determan, 79

Roger Determan (age 79) passed away peacefully at his home in North Branch, MN surrounded by his family, on March 6, 2023. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Julie, his mother, Eliza, father, Walter, and 2 sisters. He is survived by wife, Mary, his children Anne (Kevin), Tim (Barb), Edward (Jaime), and Walter, …

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Sustainability Spotlight

By Griffin Peck Sustainability Project coordinator for the City of Morris Sustainable development is at the center of every major world power’s goals when it comes to evolving in a way that lessens our impacts on the planet while also ensuring that individuals’ needs are met. The United Nations have been exploring means for sustainable …

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Dewayne Ritzschke, 65

A Celebration of Life and Time of Sharing for DeWayne Ritzschke, of Donnelly, Minnesota, was held on Thursday, March 2, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. at the Pedersen Funeral Home in Morris.  A visitation was Thursday at 4:00 p.m. until the time of the service.  DeWayne died on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the Stevens Community …

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Harold Claassen, 81

Funeral services for Harold Claassen of Chokio will be held Friday, March 3, 2023 at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Chokio at 10:30 a.m. A public visitation will take place the night before the service, Thursday, March 2, at the church from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. and for one hour prior to services on Friday. Burial …

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