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The Geneva Fire Department will hold a pancake breakfast on Sunday, Sept. 18 at the Geneva Community Center from 8 a.m. to 12 noon.
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Pontoppidan Lutheran Church will host its annual Ice Cream Social Sunday, Sept. 18 from 4 to 7 p.m.
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Harvest Run For Hunger’s 7K run, 4K walk, and 10-mile bicycle event, will be held Saturday, Sept. 17. The run will start at 9 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church in Ellendale and end at Pontoppidan Lutheran Church. The walk will begin at 8:30 a.m. at the Township Hall, and the bike event at 8:45 a.m.
The Harvest Run benefits the local Owatonna and Waseca area food shelves.
A “Team Challenge” trophy will be awarded to the run, walk, or bike team with the most preregistered participants.
Registration forms are available online at harvestrunforhunger.com and raceberryjam.com (under “Road Races”).
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Police Chief Eads dies in apparent suicide
Scott Eads in a 2007 Star Eagle file photo.
By JIM LUTGENS
Editor/Publisher
Few details have been released regarding the death of New Richland Police Chief Scott Eads, who reportedly took his own life Monday evening in rural Freeborn County.
“With deep sorrow, I’m announcing the passing of my boss,” wrote NR Patrolman Ryan Gehrke in a Tuesday press release. “Scott leaves behind his wife and two young children. I’m asking everyone to keep in their thoughts and prayers the Eads family and friends, the citizens of New Richland, the New Richland Police Dept., and all law enforcement as this death will have an impact on us all. Thank you and God bless.”
Eads, originally from Mountain Lake, Minn., was hired in New Richland Oct. 1, 2000 as a patrolman. He was promoted to chief Aug. 17, 2007 when Brad Flor retired.
Eads did not show up for work Monday, according to NR Assistant City Clerk Sara Jo Vulcan. He was on the agenda for Monday night’s city council meeting but did not show.
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Jacob’s Run set for Saturday
By KATHY PAULSEN
Staff Writer
The 5th Annual Jacob’s Motorcycle Run will be held Saturday, Sept. 10.
The first Jacob’s Run was organized after Jacob Sikel, 15 years of age at the time, chose to end his life in 2012. Jacob was the son of Angela Howe and Robert Sikel and his family still has a hard time dealing with the tragedy.
Jacob’s family became involved in the Open Arms Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program following this tragedy and they have gone on to organize motorcycle runs as a way to help others. Motorcycle riders pay for the privilege of participating in the event and the funds raised provide presentations for young people at schools, churches, for First Responders and doctors, as well as veterans and older people.