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Ruth Sorensen peacefully passed away on April 25th, 2023 at the Maple Lawn Nursing Home in Fulda, Minnesota at the age of 100. Ruth was born April 12th, 1923 in Buffalo Center, Iowa to parents Harm H. Feldick and Martha Mae Feldick (Folkerts). She graduated Buffalo Center High School in 1940 and then enrolled in the Business School at Hamilton College in Mason City, Iowa, graduating in 1942. She was recruited by General Mills in Minneapolis, ultimately working there for 40 years in the administrative field. Ruth was an active member of several Baptist churches in the communities where she live...

This week in history in Douglas County.

Alexandria resident appreciates the monumental and mundane all the same 8:00 am, Jan. 2, 2021 × Carol Meyer sports her "Christmas is in the Air" sweatshirt while standing on her front porch in downtown Alexandria. Every year the weekend after Thanksgiving, Meyer's family helps her adorn the house, trees and yard with Christmas decorations. (Jasmine Johnson / Echo Press) Carol Meyer, 78, enjoys experiencing the Minnesota seasons from her back patio in Alexandria. As she rocked back and forth on a porch bench one unusually warm November afternoon, a pumpkin with a Sharpie-drawn face ...