May 27, 2026
Employee Recognized for 30 Years
The Osceola Legion Auxiliary recognizes a business and family for faithfully flying the flag. This year’s recipients were AKRS Equipment (above) and Craig and Roxanne Page (below). PCN photos by Beth Sparrow.
Osceola Honored Classes
The Osceola National Honor Society helped clean the Polk County Historical Society Museum. Pictured are (front) Savanna Boden, Kirsten Glatter, Allie Kuhn, Janna Roberts, (middle) Eastyn Kropatsch, Rori Wieseman, Emma Recker, Charisa Boden, (back) Matt DeMers, Branson Lavaley, Creighton Sterup, Hayden Lavaley and Liam White.
Six members of the class of 1963 attended the 2023 Osceola Alumni Banquet: Nick Zedicher, Michele Snodgrass Meister, Larry Meister, Glen Jones, Norman Lux and hhis wife Doris, and Duane Dozier. Kathy Eikenhorst along with Will and Don Anderson joined them on Friday night at Ryan Hill. Photo provided.
The Class of 1983 held their 40th reunion. Pictured are Back Row: Kevin Steele, Mike Wetzel, Dave Petersen, Gene Snyder, Nathan Clendenin, Tim Beebe, Scott King, Tammy (Wetzel) Mamot, Front Row: Marcy (Kreis) Jimenez, Diane (Johnson) Lee, Judy (Johnson) Topil, Angela (Gustafson) Evans, Mindy (Peterson) Widhalm. Not Pictured: Greg Clark. Photo provided.
Back row (left to right): Lynn Anderson, Donna (Nelson) Collins, Roseanne Bonthius, Susan (Baker) Peterson, Mike Larson, Front row: Helen (Rystrom) Werth and Twila (Johnson) Kroll. Not pictured: Jerry Carlson. They met at the Rose Colored Glass after the banquet.
Front Row: Marilyn Ericson Steel, Alice Lindquist Hellbusch and husband, Bob. Back row: Devon Johnson, Jeanine Obrist Hoffman Bryceson, Christine Wegmann Gonnerman, Bob Kreis, Merlin Nyberg
Front Row: Debbie Farley Erickson, Becky Mentink Klein, Jeanette Larson McLean, Lynette Larson Froehlich, Barb Hartman Lundberg, Joann Larson Westring, JoAnn Anderson Baker, Mary Rystrom Ulffers Middle Row: Jennifer Lauerman Gustafson, Michael Berggren, Russ Hanson, Marlow Johnson, Robin Stallings Johnson, Jill Ellis Back Row: Scott Johnson, Byron Youngquist, John Peterson, Roger Hollister, Lynn Johnson, Lynn Oberg. Not pictured: Cathy Johnson Carson. Photo provided.
