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Koozie Group wins ASI Counselor Distributor Choice Award for Calendars for the 20th Consecutive Year

SLEEPY EYE — Koozie Group (previously BIC Graphic North America) has been awarded the 2021 ASI Counselor Distributor Choice Award for Calendars. The top 10 promotional products supplier has won the calendars category every year since the awards debuted in 2001, making this the 20th consecutive year they have received the honor. The Advertising Specialty Institute (ASI) is a for-profit organization serving the promotional products industry. Members of ASI include manufacturers, suppliers and distributors of promotional merchandise. ASI’s trade publication, Counselor magazine, ...

Neubauer receives International Lifetime Achievement Award

NEW ULM — The National Mastitis Council (NMC) recently recognized Dr. Gary Neubauer of New Ulm with the Award of Excellence for Lifetime Contribution to Milk Quality (Mastitis Prevention and Control). This award recognizes an NMC member who has provided sustained contributions to mastitis ...

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Sunde, Olson, Kircher and Zender law firm adds attorney ST. JAMES — The law firm of Sunde, Olson, Kircher and Zender announces that Margaret K. Koberoski has joined the firm. Koberoski’s firm, Koberoski Law, LLC, will merge with Sunde, Olson, Kircher and Zender, P.L.C. The firm will continue to be known as Sunde, Olson, Kircher and Zender P.L.C. Koberoski received her Juris Doctorate degree from Hamline University School of Law, where she served as Managing Editor of the Hamline Law Review. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with Bachelor of Arts Degrees in Spanish ...

Brandon Reinarts promoted

NEW ULM — Brandon Reinarts has been promoted to Vice President - Mortgage/Business Banker at Frandsen Bank & Trust in New Ulm. He is a graduate of the University of Minnesota with an Architecture major and Business Management minor. Brandon joined Frandsen Bank & Trust in 2007, working in ...

Citizens Bank Minnesota announces promotions

NEW ULM — Citizens Bank Minnesota announces the following promotions: Maria Anderson, Vice President, Mortgage Lender Maria Anderson joined Citizens in 1986 as a Loan Processor. She was promoted to a Mortgage Lender in June of 2006 and most recently became the manager of the New Ulm Loan Processors in 2015. She is a 2020 graduate of the Citizens Leadership Accelerated Manager Module, a one-year internal program focused on personal and professional growth. Maria lives in New Ulm with her husband, Tim. She is a member of the Southern Minnesota Crisis Nursery fundraising committee. ...

Dr. Sarah Dryden to Head ER at MCHC

MADELIA — The Madelia Community Hospital & Clinic (MCHC) announced that they have hired Dr. Sarah Dryden as the Full-time Medical Director of the Emergency Department and Madelia Ambulance Service. In addition to her other duties, she will be educating staff on the care of trauma patients ...