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Saying goodbye is difficult: Zion Lutheran Church holds last service

EDITOR'S NOTE: The Tribune's Bob Fenske attended the last-ever worship service at Zion Lutheran Church in Alta Vista on Sunday, and this is his column about what was an emotional service.

‘Kiddos’ give us a real brightener!

By Bob Fenske

Of the Reporter

Words are hard to find after a tragic week

By Bob Fenske

The ball caught, as we who wear the blue like to say, “the black” of the plate, and I made my strike call.

Kaden Wilken stepped out of the box, gave me that mischievous smile and said, “Sure about that Bob?”

As much as we'd love for him to be here Friday, thankfully, we'll always have our 'Jason stories'

There’s a part of me that hopes I wake up Friday morning and realize that the last few weeks have just been a really bad dream.

The world's just not going to be the same without Tom Thoma in it

Rinken competes at prestigious Fargo Nationals

By Kelly Terpstra

Of the Reporter

Jayden Rinken’s already proven he’s one of the better wrestlers in the entire state of Iowa. 

A little melancholy on graduation, but it's a good melancholy

The date was Aug. 18, 2010. It was a cool but muggy Wednesday morning as hundreds of New Hampton Elementary School students — many with their parents in tow — headed to the old building on Main and Linn to start another school year.

Why dogs are simply the best

One of our favorite games to play when it comes to my youngest son’s dog, Millie, is to see how fast she can go from relaxing, maybe even snoozing, to the window.

Happy retirement to a great Park & Rec director and good pal

By Bob Fenske

editor@nhtrib.com

IT'S A MEMORY forever seared into my mind.

Farewell my great aunt, you were the best human

I didn’t know Adam Larson from Adam before Monday night.

My guess is I’ll probably never meet the young man, but on one of the worst days of my life, the software engineer perfectly described my favorite aunt.

A long life so well lived

Paul Hassman and I sat next to each other near the scorer’s bench in New Hampton’s old high school gymnasium on a January night back in 2013.

Fenske: A couple of brothers would have made Doc Carr proud Saturday

It was one of those moments that make this job so much fun at times.

Fenske: Celebrating photo a year in the making

By Bob Fenske

editor@nhtrib.com

Dorothy Huber sat in the office with me last Thursday afternoon and made a pronouncement.

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Let us not forget, veterans earned those quilts

There are events that we cover pretty much every single time they happen. Town festivals, the fair and the first day of school, just to name a few.

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