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Katolight CEO Lyle Jacobson enjoys showing off the ‘biggest walleye I ever caught’ during a 2019 fishing outing.
Courtesy Kay Jacobson
Courtesy Kay Jacobson
MANKATO — Longtime Katolight CEO Lyle Jacobson guided the Mankato-based company as it grew into a major source of diesel generators. And after the family-owned business was sold, his attention turned to providing a financial spark for the development of a downtown children’s museum and funding community charities.
Jacobson died Tuesday. He was 79.
“Lyle ran his company in an extremely fair way. He was a really nice guy. Lots of people lost a really good friend — the community lost a really good friend, too,” said Randy Berkland, of Mankato. ....

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