RETIREMENT
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Exhausting work: Mike Balk retires from muffler business
WORTHINGTON — Mike Balk never strayed too far from the neighborhood where he grew up.
Sure, he spent three years serving in the U.S. Army overseas, but then it was back to Worthington, and eventually the business his dad started just across the street from the family homestead.
Now, after 48½ years, Balk has turned the key on the family business for a last time and is officially retired.
By Beth Rickers , March 23, 2013
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Hometown guy: Jim Laffrenzen retires after 42 years of working for city
WORTHINGTON — As the newbie on the Worthington Street Department in late 1970, one of Jim Laffrenzen’s first tasks was to walk in front of what was then the city’s sole snowblower, directing its path and that of the drivers who were hauling off the snow.
“It was cold, and you had to dodge ice chunks, but it was a job,” he recalled. “Those first seven winters, I probably spent 15 to 18 hours straight every time it snowed out in front of that blower.”
By Beth Rickers , October 27, 2012
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Bob Fritz is ready to hit the open road
WORTHINGTON — It is hard to come up with an exact number, or even a general one, but the amount of children influenced by Worthington School Resource Officer Bob Fritz has to be in the thousands after his 20 years on the Worthington Police Department — a number he considers “mind boggling.”
May 28, 2012
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On the road to retirement
Judge Connell prepares to hang up his robe — kind ofLUVERNE — When Timothy Connell was offered the job of Rock County Attorney in 1976, he pointed out politely that the county would have to wait until he took the bar exam. Which it did.
October 05, 2011
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End of an era: With Dick's retirement, Rickbeil retail legacy draws to a close
WORTHINGTON — For 91 years — since 1920 — a member of the Rickbeil family has been in business in downtown Worthington. That retail legacy will end later this month, when third-generation retailer Richard “Dick” Rickbeil retires as manager of Karl’s TV & Appliance.
By Beth Rickers , March 12, 2011
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Flag retirement
Boy Scout Troops 121 and 134 gathered Monday — Flag Day — at Worthington’s Centennial Park for a flag retirement ceremony coordinated by the scouts, the Elks Lodge and American Legion.
June 14, 2010
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Brief: Flag retirement slated for Monday
WORTHINGTON — The local American Legion, Elks Lodge and Boy Scout Troops 121 and 134 will conduct a flag retirement ceremony at 7 p.m. Monday in the east parking lot at Centennial Park.
June 09, 2010
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Osceola County treasurer to retire after 28 years: Sibley’s Linda Carter awaits new adventures
SIBLEY — When Linda Carter ran for Osceola County Treasurer in 1982 postage stamps were only 20 cents, Michael Jackson released his hit single “Thriller” and the San Francisco 49ers were Super Bowl champs.
April 11, 2010
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