I was born in Worthington, MN, and grew up in Spring Valley, MN, where I graduated from Spring Valley High School in 1977 and later the Brown Institute Minneapolis. I've worked in Desoto, MO; Ottumwa, IA; North Platte, NE; Des Moines, IA; and Rochester, MN; Started KDHL June 1, 1987, where I serve as the News and Program Director. From 1997-99, I left news to join sales dept. and returned as the News Director in 1999, continued sales work. In 2002, I also became the Sports Director. Awards: Associated Press in NE in 1985 and 1986, best small market newscast and best documentary both years. Documentary on the 10th anniversary of the exit from Vietnam selected best documentary regardless of market size. In Faribault, News Network awards. 2001, MN Emergency Management Directors Outstanding Media Award. 2009 and 2011, the Region One athletic directors award. October 2014, Angelo Giuliani Award from MN High School Baseball Coaches Assn. 2013 President's Call To Service Award from Barack Obama. 2014, Book of Golden Deeds Award Faribault Exchange Club. 2017 Faribault Daily News Lifetime Achievement Award. Voice of the Carleton Knights since 2003.
Gordy Kosfeld
Jennie-O Turkey Store Faribault Business of The Year
The other finalists for Business of The Year were Daikin Applied and Lighthouse Strategic Solutions.
Rice County Sheriff’s Office Investigates Cannon Lake Drowning
Victim identity is being withheld for family notification. Sheriff Dunn told KDHL it would probably be released Friday morning.
Horse with Minnesota Connection Pulled from Kentucky Derby
Finnick the Fierce had been 50 to 1 to win the Kentucky Derby.
Faribault 7th Street Bridge Claims Another Victim
Do you have any suggestions about what could be done to help the situation? Years ago I suggested pulling the railroad bridge out but was told it was the railroad's decision to make.
Rice County Man Dies in ATV Accident
48 year old David Otto Schultz of Nerstrand was pronounced deceased at the scene.
Cannon Valley Trail Biking is Booming in Minnesota
Minnesota's total miles of bike trails is over 4,000. That ranks second in the nation. Only Washington state has more.
Kenyon Police Chief Welcomes Community Assistance
Kenyon Police Chief Lee Sjolander held a community meeting Tuesday night that drew about 100 people. The meeting was held in a grassy area across the road from the old ambulance garage which Sjolander says will be the police station in about a month.The area is also at the intersection of Highways 60 and 56 which proved to be busy with truck traffic. One resident told me following the meeting not to let MnDOT know because they would want to put a roundabout there.
The meeting was scheduled for an hour and lasted just under that amount of time with Sjolander sharing various types of neighborhood watch groups people could have and taking questions from those gathered.
The Kenyon Police Chief reported, "This meeting was called due to some recent thefts and now the last couple of nights we've had some egging happening where someone feels the need to damage property with eggs. It was brought up to me to start a neighborhood watch, community watch or whatever you want to call it. I did some research and was going to print out some handouts when my daughter reminded me to save a tree and told me to just talk about it and see if their interest and then provide materials later if people are interested."
"If you want to do it we are more than happy to help you put something like this together." Sjolander said. "Basically the neighborhood watch can be called a few different things but for simplicity sake that's what we will call it here. You can do it as large of small as you like."
Sjolander took the opportunity to highlight some things people can do to make their property less of a "target, like having better lighting. Keeping your bushes down to a certain level, letting your neighbors know when you're gone so they can keep an eye on your property. Removing items left outside and storing them away. Things that sound like common sense but in all my years of being here, which is a real long time now I've heard this way more times than I can count."
"It's a small town. I didn't think I needed to do that. Or it's a small town I wish I didn't have to do that. Or in all the years I've lived here I've never had to do that. Things have changed a lot unfortunately. Our small town has very busy roads that come through it and it's really easy for someone from out of town or someone in town to come and take advantage of us and our good nature. Our quiet way of life of leaving things laying around."
Sjolander said multiple bike thefts brought concerned citizens to him calling for possible citizen watch groups to be formed. "Nowadays with the pandemic going on you can't find a bicycle. I've had people tell me if you go to some of the big box stores there's no bicycles anymore because everyone can't go to the mall. they can't get on an airplane and do all these things at the moment so they're getting outside, which I think is a wonderful thing to do, but at the same time it's making bicycles, canoes, kayaks, all these things harder to get."
"Some of these bicycles cost a fortune. It's real common to have a thousand dollars wrapped up into a bike or fifteen hundred dollars into a bike real quick. When you leave these items around and they can even be locked and stolen. It's an easy target."
"In the last 10 days we've had 87 calls for service in Kenyon. That sounds like a lot and in a way it is." Sjolander said before he explained how their calls are coded.
At one point the Kenyon Police Chief asked for a show of hands of people interested in starting neighborhood watch groups and about 80 percent of the people in attendance raised their arms indicating they would.
It’s Official MIAC Cancels Most Fall Sports
Men's and women's golf and tennis, categorized as low-risk sports will be permitted to compete against MIAC opponents only this fall
Rice County Farm Field Remains Identified
The cause of Mr. Ramirez's death is still under investigation.
An Open Letter to Gov. Walz About Graduations and Opening Businesses
Governor Walz, please trust your fellow citizens to open their businesses with social distancing in mind. Like at the two events I attended over the last few days.