The 23rd annual Rochester Polar Plunge hosted by Special Olympics Minnesota was held on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024 at Foster-Arend Park in Rochester. Over 950 plungers participated in this years event raising over $280,000 for Special Olympics.
A longtime former area University of Minnesota Extension Educator and his wife were named Goodhue County Senior Citizens of the Year at the Goodhue County Fair Friday night.
David Franklin
David Edward Franklin, 93, of Goodhue passed away peacefully at the Elysian Care Center of Lake City on Friday morning, May 21, 2021. He was preceded in death by his parents David J. and Theresa (McNamara) Franklin and his beloved wife Karleen Franklin.
Dave was a lifelong resident of Goodhue. He graduated from Goodhue High School in 1946, and proudly served in the U.S. Armed Forces in Korea from 1951-1953. Upon his return from the service, he was employed at the Heaney and Gorman store until 1966 when he became a postal clerk. In 1975 he became a rural letter carrier on Route 3 in Goodhue. He retired from the U.S. Postal service on June 9, 1989. Dave was a proud member of the Goodhue County Rural Letter Carriers Association, the Minnesota Rural Letter Carriers Association, and the National Rural Letter Carriers Association. He served as secretary of the county unit for many years. He was also a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees, th