Arthur M. Wetzel, age 74 of Morristown died on Saturday, August 10, 2019 at St. Mary’s Hospital in Rochester surrounded by his family.

After a ceremony flag raising, Le Sueur County Sheriff Brett Mason welcomes people to the new Le Sueur County Justice Center in Le Center. A large crowd showed up for tours of the new facility, which will house the Sheriff's Office, county jail, courtrooms and court administration and Emergency Operations. Read more in an upcoming edition.

For the ninth time, the Waterville Indians amateur baseball team has reached the State Tournament.
The Indians defeated Belle Plaine, 4-0 Sunday, August 4 in the game which clinched their second straight State appearance.
The other years the Indians advanced to State were in 1933, 1994, 1999, 2000 (placing 5th), 2001, 2007, 2012, and 2018.
Waterville will play Jordan for the Region 6C Championship at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, August 10 at Jordan.
The winner will be the No. 1 seed and the loser the No. 2 seed from the Region in the Class C State Tourney.

The annual Kilkenny Fire Department ATV Ride will be held Saturday, August 10.
This is the fourth year the Kilkenny Fire Department has been in charge of the event. The ATV Run was started by the Kilkenny Park Committee approximately eight years ago.
Last year more than 320 machines and more than 500 people participated.
Registration begins at 10 a.m. at Little Irishman Park, which is located behind St. Canice Catholic Church.
The ride starts at 12:30 p.m. and the route features a 30-mile scenic ditch ride.

For the past 10 months, Waterville resident Anna Aguilar has spent time deployed in the Middle East while serving as a Staff Sergeant in the Army National Guard’s 34th Red Bull Infantry Division.
This was her third time deployment and Aguilar isn’t sure if it will be her last. She has received no confirmation whether or not it will be.
While Aguilar has been gone, her daughter Aurora has attended daycare at Little Wonders Day Care in Waterville, which is owned by Brenda Novack.
Actually, the youngster has been with Novack since she was seven weeks old.

Long-time Le Sueur County Veteran Service Director Jim Golgart informed the Le Sueur County Board his plans to retire.
Golgart, who started with the county in 2000, plans to retire as of June 5, 2020.
“After careful thought and consideration I have decided to retire from my position of the Director of Veteran Services for Le Sueur County,” Golgart said to the board from a written statement.

Richard "Rick"” Edward Gilsdorf, Jr, age 60 of New Richland, died on Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.

Shelby Jean Geyer, age 82 of Waterville died on Thursday, July 25, 2019 at Hillcrest Rehabilitation Center in Mankato.

Storms late Friday night and early Saturday morning dropped more than five inches of rain in Waterville.
This rain, combined with already high water tables, raised Lakes Tetonka and Sakatah, along with the Whitewater River, to dangerously high flooding levels.
The 2.5 inches of water in less than an hour Saturday, July 20 proved to be too much for the lakes to handle.
Many areas are currently under water and a number of streets are unpassable.

The Waterville Indians Amateur baseball Team will start Region 6C Playoff action Sunday, July 28 in Waterville at 2 p.m. The Indians are 26-1 this season, losing their opener to Class B State-rated Northfield. They have won 26 straight games, including 18 straight in the 13-60 League. They are the No. 1 seed in the Region 6C Tournament. For more on the Indians and the other teams in the Region 6C Tournament check out the July 25 edition of the Life/Enterprise.

Margaret Quiram, age 87 of rural Elysian died on Monday, July 22, 2019 at Benedictine Living Center in St. Peter.

Francis Alois Androli, age 80 of Waterville, died on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at the Benedictine Living Community in St. Peter.

Traci Lee Neid-Milbrett, 52, of Chelsea, died on July 18, 2019, with her fiancé Jerome by her side.
A Celebration of Life is planned for a later date in Chelsea and Minnesota.
Traci was born on January 11, 1967, in Waseca, Minnesota, the daughter of Larry Neid and Barb Thoms. She was a 1985 graduate of Waterville-Elysian, Minnesota High School.
Traci was married to Jerry Milbrett for 16 years. She was a website designer for Northland Trenching Equipment, LLC.

Linden Edward Vail, age 92, died at his home in Waterville on Thursday, July 18, 2019.

When the new board of the Le Sueur County Historical Society took control on June 3, it inherited remarkable problems, among them old buildings with no heating/ cooling/ventilation and some with mold growing in the basement.

A Waterville man was killed and a Cannon Falls man sustained life-threatening injuries during a two-vehicle crash on Highway 60 on Wednesday morning, July 10, at approximately 4:45 a.m.
According to the Minnesota State Patrol incident report, William Elmer Potter, 27, of Waterville sustained fatal injuries in a two-vehicle crash that occurred just west of Faribault.