Joey Halvorson was celebrated Friday, April 6, for earning the 2023 Brainerd Citizen of the Year award and a spot in the 2024 Brainerd Public Schools Distinguished Achievement Hall of Fame class.
Richard Leonard Tornquist, 88, of Kerkhoven, died Wednesday, April 3rd at Bethesda Grand in Willmar. His funeral service will be 11:00 am, Friday, April 12th at Living Hope - Evangelical Free Church in Willmar. Visitation will be 5-7:00 pm, Thursday, April 11th at Harvey Anderson Funeral Home in Willmar and continue one hour prior to his service at the church. Burial will be at Hillside Cemetery in Kerkhoven. Memorials can be sent to the American Heart Association, American Cancer Society, Salvation Army or Wycliffe International. His service will be live-streamed on the church’s website (http://www.livinghopewillmar.org/live).
More than 100 years ago, a female artist ahead of her time, Sara Kirkeberg Raugland, painted hundreds of altar pieces that grace many Lutheran churches throughout the Midwest