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STATE OF
MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF BROWN
FIFTH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
Court File:
08-CV-24-566 Judge:
Robert A. Docherty
In re:
Ivan V. Kotten Trust
Agreement dated
February 11, 2011, and
Testamentary Trust
established by the Ivan
V. Kotten Trust Agree-
ment dated February
11, 2011.
NOTICE AND ORDER
FOR HEARING ON
PETITION OF
TRUSTEE
On October 8, 2026,
Victor Kotten, as
trustee of the Ivan V.
Kotten Trust Agree-
ment dated February
11, 2011, and as
trustee of the Testa-
mentary Trust created
by the Ivan V. Kotten
Trust Agreement dated
February 11, 2011,
filed a Petition, seeking
an Order as follows:
A. Pursuant to Minn.
Stat. 501C.0202(3),
(4), (19), and (24),
501C.0816, and all ap-
plicable law, to deter-
mine Charles Kotten's
interest in the income
or principal of the
Trusts and the nature
and extent of his in-
terests, if any, includ-
ing an order that:
i. That the beneficial in-
terest in the Trusts of
Charles Kotten, or his
successors-in- interest,
be reduced by the full
amount of any Min-
nesota estate tax liabil-
ity or recapture tax in-
curred by the Estate of
Ivan Kotten as a result
of Charles Kotten's re-
fusal to sign form
M706Q, and further re-
duced by the full
amount of any lost
revenue from the
Trusts' CRP Contract
arising from its termi-
nation due to Charles
Kotten's acts or omis-
sions;
ii. Entering judgment in
favor of the Trusts and
against the personal
representative of the
Estate of Charles Kot-
ten in the amount of
any previous distribu-
tion to Charles Kotten
in excess of Charles
Kotten's beneficial in-
terest in such Trust, to-
gether with applicable
interest; and
B. Such other and
further relief as the
Court deems just and
equitable.
It is Ordered and No-
tice is given that on
Nov. 23, 2026 at 9:15
a.m., a hearing will be
held on the Trustee's
petition, a hearing for
the making of objec-
tions to the petition,
and a hearing for the
scheduling and
management of the
petition, via Zoom.
You must:
Be fully prepared for
the remote hearing. If
you have exhibits you
want the court to see,
you must give them to
the court before the
hearing. Visit
https://www.mn
courts.gov/Remote-
Hearings.aspx for more
information and options
for joining remote hear-
ings, including how to
submit exhibits.
¢ Contact the court at
(507) 441-7020 if you
do not have access to
the internet, or are un-
able to connect by
video.
If you need an inter-
preter, contact the
court before the hear-
ing date to ask for one.
To join by internet:
1. Type
https://zoomgov.com/
join in your browser's
address bar.
2. Enter the Meeting ID
and Meeting Passcode
(if asked):
Meeting ID: 160 896
5422
Passcode: 150620
3. Update your name
by clicking on your pro-
file picture. If you are
representing a party,
add your role to your
name, for example,
John Smith, Attorney
for Defendant.
4. Click the Join Audio
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5. Click Share Video.
Any objections to the
Petition must be raised
at the hearing or filed
with the Court prior
to the hearing. If the
Petition is proper and
no objections are filed
or raised, the Petition
may be granted.
Pursuant to Minn. Stat.
Π501C.0203, subd. 1,
notice of the judicial
proceeding must be
given by an interested
person as follows: (1)
by publishing, at least
20 days before the
date of the hearing, a
copy of the order for
hearing one time in a
legal newspaper for the
county in which the
petition is filed; and (2)
by mailing, at least 15
days before the date of
the hearing, a copy of
the order for hearing to
those current trustees
and qualified benefi-
ciaries of the trust
whose identity is
known and whose lo-
cation is known or rea-
sonably ascertainable
to the petitioner after
making reasonable ef-
forts to locate such
persons. In the case of
a qualified beneficiary
who is a minor or an in-
capacitated person as
defined in section
524.5-102, notice of
the judicial proceeding
shall also be given to
any representative per-
son acting on behalf of
the qualified benefici-
ary in accordance with
the provisions of sec-
tions 501C.0301 to
501C.0305 who is
known to the petitioner.
Dated: 10/12/2026
BY THE COURT
10/12/2026 11:57:19
AM
Judge of District Court
Robert Docherty
PUBLISH
(October 20, 27,
November 3, 10, 17,
24, 2026)
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGE
FORECLOSURE
SALE
THE RIGHT TO VE-
RIFICATION OF THE
DEBT AND IDENTITY
OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR WITHIN
THE TIME PROVIDED
BY LAW IS NOT AF-
FECTED BY THIS AC-
TION.
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that default
has occurred in condi-
tions of the following
described mortgage:
DATE OF MORT-
GAGE: April 20, 2026
MORTGAGOR: Leslie
Clark, a single person.
MORTGAGEE: Mort-
gage Electronic Regis-
tration Systems, Inc.,
as mortgagee, as nom-
inee for Prosperity
Home Mortgage, LLC
its successors and as-
signs.
DATE AND PLACE OF
RECORDING: Record-
ed April 23, 2026
Brown County Record-
er, Document No.
A452430.
ASSIGNMENTS OF
MORTGAGE: As-
signed to: U.S. Bank
National Association.
Dated September 1,
2026 Recorded Sep-
tember 4, 2026, as Do-
cument No. A454218.
TRANSACTION
AGENT: Mortgage
Electronic Registration
Systems, Inc.
TRANSACTION
AGENT'S MORT-
GAGE IDENTIFICA-
TION NUMBER ON
MORTGAGE:
1000830-1002897993
-5
LENDER OR BROK-
ER AND MORTGAGE
ORIGINATOR STAT-
ED ON MORTGAGE:
Prosperity Home Mort-
gage, LLC
RESIDENTIAL MORT-
GAGE SERVICER:
U.S. Bank National As-
sociation
MORTGAGED PRO-
PERTY ADDRESS:
111 North Park Ave-
nue, Springfield, MN
56087
TAX PARCEL I.D.
#: 00303000410100
LEGAL DESCRIP-
TION OF PROPERTY:
Lot 10, Block 4,
Bagen's Second Addi-
tion, City of Springfield,
Brown County, Min-
nesota
COUNTY IN WHICH
PROPERTY IS LO-
CATED: Brown
ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL
AMOUNT OF MORT-
GAGE: $75, 660.00
AMOUNT DUE AND
CLAIMED TO BE DUE
AS OF DATE OF NO-
TICE, INCLUDING
TAXES, IF ANY, PAID
BY MORTGAGEE:
$77, 978.66
That prior to the com-
mencement of this
mortgage foreclosure
proceeding
Mortgagee/Assignee of
Mortgagee complied
with all notice require-
ments as required by
statute; That no action
or proceeding has
been instituted at law
or otherwise to recover
the debt secured by
said mortgage, or any
part thereof;
PURSUANT to the
power of sale con-
tained in said mort-
gage, the above
described property will
be sold by the Sheriff
of said county as fol-
lows:
DATE AND TIME OF
SALE: December 17,
2026 at 10:00 AM
PLACE OF SALE:
Front Door of the
Brown County Sheriffs
Office, Washington
Street Side, New Ulm,
MN
to pay the debt then
secured by said Mort-
gage, and taxes, if any,
on said premises, and
the costs and disburse-
ments, including attor-
neys' fees allowed by
law subject to redemp-
tion within six (6)
months from the date
of said sale by the
mortgagor(s), their per-
sonal representatives
or assigns unless re-
duced to Five (5)
weeks under MN Stat.
580.07.
TIME AND DATE TO
VACATE PROPERTY:
If the real estate is an
owner-occupied,
single-family dwelling,
unless otherwise pro-
vided by law, the date
on or before which the
mortgagor(s) must va-
cate the property if the
mortgage is not rein-
stated under section
580.30 or the property
is not redeemed under
section 580.23 is 11:59
p.m. on June 17, 2027,
unless that date falls
on a weekend or legal
holiday, in which case
it is the next weekday,
and unless the
redemption period is
reduced to 5 weeks
under MN Stat. Secs.
580.07 or 582.032.
MORTGAGOR(S)
RELEASED FROM
FINANCIAL OBLIGA-
TION ON MORT-
GAGE: None
"THE TIME ALLOWED
BY LAW FOR
REDEMPTION BY
THE MORTGAGOR,
THE MORTGAGOR'S
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES
OR ASSIGNS, MAY
BE REDUCED TO
FIVE WEEKS IF A
JUDICIAL ORDER IS
ENTERED UNDER
MINNESOTA STA-
TUTES, SECTION
582.032, DETERMIN-
ING, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THAT THE
MORTGAGED PREM-
ISES ARE IMPROVED
WITH A RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING OF
LESS THAN FIVE UN-
ITS, ARE NOT PRO-
PERTY USED IN
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION, AND
ARE ABANDONED."
Dated: October 13,
2026
U.S. Bank National
Association
Mortgagee/Assignee of
Mortgagee
LIEBO, WEINGAR-
DEN, DOBIE & BAR-
BEE, P.L.L.P.
Attorneys or
Mortgagee/Assignee of
Mortgagee
4500 Park Glen Road
#300
Minneapolis,MN 55416
(952) 925-6888
19 – 26-005598 FC
IN THE EVENT RE-
QUIRED BY
FEDERAL LAW: THIS
IS A COMMUNICA-
TION FROM A DEBT
COLLECTOR.
Document version 1.2
July 20, 2021
PUBLISH
(October 27,
November 3, 10, 17,
24, December 1, 2026)
Dated: October 21,
2026
1.
NOTICE OF MORT-
GAGE FORECLO-
SURE SALE
THE RIGHT TO VE-
RIFICATION OF THE
DEBT AND IDENTITY
OF THE ORIGINAL
CREDITOR WITHIN
THE TIME PROVIDED
BY LAW IS NOT AF-
FECTED BY THIS AC-
TION.
THIS IS A NOTICE
FROM A DEBT COL-
LECTOR
NOTICE IS HEREBY
GIVEN, that default
has occurred in the
conditions of the fol-
lowing described mort-
gage (the "Mortgage"):
DATE OF MORT-
GAGE:
May 31, 2023
MORTGAGOR: Jaime
Garcia, an unmarried
individual and Dakota
R. Schueler, an unmar-
ried individual
LENDER/
MORTGAGEE:
Odin State Bank a Min-
nesota
Corporation/Financial
Institution.
THE ORIGINAL PRIN-
CIPAL AMOUNT
SECURED BY THE
MORTGAGE WAS:
$81,600.00.
THE DATE AND
PLACE WHERE THE
MORTGAGE WAS
RECORDED: The
Mortgage was record-
ed at the Brown Coun-
ty, Minnesota
Recorder's Office on
June 2, 2023 as Docu-
ment No. A440670.
2. The Mortgage has
not been assigned or
sold.
3. The land described
in the Mortgage is not
registered land.
4. The amount due and
claimed to be due as of
October 21, 2026, in-
cluding taxes, if any,
paid by
mortgagee/lender is
$80,660.59.
LEGAL DESCRIP-
TION OF THE MORT-
GAGED PREMISES:
Lot 5 in Block 49 of the
Original Plat of the Vil-
lage (now City) of
Sleepy Eye in Brown
County, Minnesota.
ADDRESS OF THE
MORTGAGED PREM-
ISES:
417 Maple Street SW,
Sleepy Eye, MN 56085
7. TAX PARCEL
IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER OF THE
MORTGAGED PREM-
ISES:
002-000-049-05-050
8. No action or
proceeding at law is
now pending to recover
the debt secured by
the Mortgage or any
part thereof. The re-
quisites of Minnesota
Statute 580.02 have
been satisfied.
Pursuant to the power
of sale contained in the
Mortgage, the
above-described pro-
perty will be sold by the
Sheriff of Brown Coun-
ty, Minnesota at a pub-
lic auction on De-
cember 17, 2026 at
10:00 a.m. at the
Brown County, Min-
nesota, Sheriff's Office
which is located at 15
South Washington
Street, 2nd Floor, New
Ulm, Minnesota,
56073, to pay the debt
then secured by said
Mortgage, and taxes, if
any, on said premises,
and the costs and dis-
bursements, including
attorney's fees allowed
by law.
That the time allowed
by law for redemption
by the mortgagor or
mortgagor's personal
representatives or as-
signs is 6 months after
the date of sale.
DATE TO VACATE
PROPERTY: The date
on or before which the
mortgagor must vacate
the property if the mort-
gage is not reinstated
under Minnesota Sta-
tute Section 580.30, or
the property redeemed
under Minnesota Sta-
tutes section 580.23, is
11:59 p.m. on June 17,
2027.
13. Odin State Bank is
not a transaction agent
as defined by Minneso-
ta Statute 58.02 Subd.
30.
14. The residential
mortgage servicer and
the lender or broker is
Odin State Bank.
15. Mortgagor(s)
released from financial
obligation on the mort-
gage: NONE
THE TIME ALLOWED
BY LAW FOR
REDEMPTION BY
THE MORTGAGOR,
THE MORTGAGOR'S
PERSONAL
REPRESENTATIVES
OR ASSIGNS, MAY
BE REDUCED TO
FIVE WEEKS IF A
JUDICIAL ORDER IS
ENTERED UNDER
MINNESOTA STA-
TUTE SECTION
582.032, DETERMIN-
ING, AMONG OTHER
THINGS, THAT THE
MORTGAGED PREM-
ISES ARE IMPROVED
WITH A RESIDEN-
TIAL DWELLING OF
LESS THAN FIVE UN-
ITS, ARE NOT PRO-
PERTY USED IN
AGRICULTURAL
PRODUCTION, AND
ARE ABANDONED.
Important Notice to po-
tential bidders: Federal
law administered by
the Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network
("FinCEN"), a bureau
of the US Department
of the Treasury re-
quires certain residen-
tial real estate transac-
tions to be reported to
the Federal govern-
ment. If you are the
winning bidder at the
auction you may be re-
quired to provide iden-
tifying information
about yourself, and if
applicable, any entity
or Trust purchasing the
property. This informa-
tion is required by
Federal law and must
be provided to com-
plete the sale. Failure
to provide required in-
formation after the sale
may delay or prevent
issuance of the foreclo-
sure deed.
Odin State Bank –
Lender/Mortgagee
By: Ronald J.
Schramel
Attorney at Law
910 Fourth Avenue
PO Box 505
Windom MN 56101
Tel. No:
(507) 831-1301
Fax No:
(507) 831-4200
schramellaw@windom
net.com
MN Attorney Registra-
tion Number: 0254757