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Jerry R. Tuominen

Jerry passed away at Birchwood in Forest Lake, MN on Nov. 12, 2016.
He was born in West Allis, WI on June 21, 1928 to parents Sigfried and Myrtal, and had two brothers. Jerry graduated Pulaski High School, Milwaukee, WI in 1946. He attended further education, had a career at Honeywell in the Aero Space Division as an engineer aid where he worked with gyros, space programs such as Apollo, and wrote manuls. Jerry married Marian Carol Olson of Shafer, MN in 1949. They had three daughters, lived in Shafer, and eventually moved to Forest Lake. Jerry enjoyed family, bow and arrow hunting, fishing, and writing. He loved going to family member’s sports and events. Jerry enjoyed his heritage; he traveled to Europe several times, and was a long time member of Ki-Chi-Saga club.
He is preceded in death by his parents; daughter, Roxan Wilkins of Seattle, WA; brother, Donald; and son-in-law,

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Roberts to give away free turkey dinners

Roberts Family Life Celebration Home invites area residents that are in need to stop in and receive a prepackaged thanksgiving dinner. Dinners will be given away beginning at 2 p.m. Nov. 20 at the funeral home at 555 SW Centennial Dr. The dinner consists of a frozen turkey, instant potatoes, gravy, stuffing, dinner rolls and pumpkin pie for a family of four.
“We are committed to our community,” Managing Partner Kelly Roberts said in a press release. “We hope this brings a smile to those in need.”

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Voters select three incumbents to School Board

When the final votes were tallied, Forest Lake area residents learned that Gail Theisen, Julie Corcoran and Rob Rapheal had retained their School Board seats quite handily. They also discovered that newcomer Jeff Peterson would soon occupy the seat left vacant when Dan Kieger, 2015-16 school board vice president, decided not to run again.
Peterson and the three returning members all spoke humbly about being honored to have earned the voters’ trust. Five-year board veteran Gail Theisen was the top vote-getter with 10,538.broadstreet.zone(48036);
“I am overwhelmed by so much support and the large number of votes,” she said. “Moving forward I look to continue to build on our successes and I want to continue to listen to parents and other district stakeholders. I am also excited to see the completion of our construction project and what that will do to improve the academics for all our students.”
Rob Rapheal – who has been

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Freshmen legislators join GOP majority

After defeating incumbents during their primaries, two new local Republican lawmakers were tapped by voters on Election Day to join the state Legislature: incoming District 31B Rep. Cal Bahr and the soon-to-be District 32 Sen. Mark Koran.
The men toppled DFL challengers Susan Larson and Tim Nelson, respectively, and will become part of a legislature in which both bodies, not just the House of Representatives, will be controlled by Republicans.broadstreet.zone(48036);
It was a typically safe election night for Republicans in the area, with District 31 Sen. Michelle Benson, 39A Rep. Bob Dettmer and 39 Sen. Karin Housley all skating to victory over Ricky Englund, Jody Anderson and Sten Hakanson, respectively. Out of the five state races in The Times’ coverage area, all but Koran won with less than 60 percent of the vote.
At the federal level, incumbent 6th District Congressman Tom Emmer also easily topped challenger David Snyder, and in the one

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