Father Mike Tix of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church and School remembers when he decided to become a priest. “It wasn’t anything dramatic,” he said. “There wasn’t anything magical ...

The following obituaries are from the Feb. 19, 2009 print edition of the Shakopee Valley News newspaper: Mary Good Smith Mary Good Smith, 84, of Shakopee and formerly of Mankato, died Monday, Feb.

ST. CLAIR — St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in St. Clair has withstood ... including residents of Hilton and Mankato. Under Kuhn’s guidance, the Hilton Lutherans began to organize ...