Breaking News

Travis Leskey

NEW ULM—Travis Leskey, age 51 of New Ulm, died Tuesday August 4, 2026. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 14, 2026 at Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – SOUTH chapel. Ennichement will follow in the New Ulm Catholic Cemetery Columbarium. Following the graveside service, a ...

Duane Eugene Ahlness

Duane went to live eternally with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on August 2, 2026, one month before his 93rd birthday. He was born on September 2, 1933, on the Syverson/Ahlness farm near Hanska, Minnesota, to parents Oscar and Agnes (Wold) Ahlness. He attended country school through fifth ...

Elaine Emma Henning

NEW ULM—Elaine Emma Henning, age 93, of New Ulm, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 at the Sleepy Eye Care Center. A funeral service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, August 10, 2026, at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in New Ulm, with Pastor Timothy Smith ...

Phyllis Mae Dallmann

ST. PETER—Phyllis Mae Dallmann, age 98, of St. Peter passed away Monday, August 3, 2026 at Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter. Funeral service will be 11 a.m. Saturday, August 8, 2026 at St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in St. Peter. Burial will be held at 1:30 p.m. at Trinity ...

Karen G. Farrell

NEW ULM—Karen G. Farrell, 82, of New Ulm, died on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 at the New Ulm Medical Center. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, August 13, 2026 at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – SOUTH Chapel, with Pastor Teresa Pekarek officiating. Burial will be in Current Cemetery, rural New Ulm. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the Minnesota Valley Funeral Home – SOUTH Chapel on Thursday. A full obituary will appear in Saturday’s edition of the Journal.

Dale A. Ericson

GIBBON—Dale A. Ericson, 83 of Gibbon, died peacefully on Wednesday, August 5, 2026, at the Buffalo Lake HealthCare Center with his loving wife, Pat, by his side. Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 at Augustana Lutheran Church in Gibbon and will continue one hour prior to the service on Wednesday. To leave an online condolence for his family or sign the guestbook, visit mvfh.org.