Gordy Kosfeld’s Blog

Former Faribault Heritage Days Parade Grand Marshall and Minnesota Aviation Hall of Fame inductee Elizabeth "Betty Wall" Strofus passed away Sunday at age 96. She passed away at Milestone Senior Living in Faribault with family at her side...

Kenyon-Wanamingo High School concluded their final public performance Sunday of "Fiddler on the Roof." A nearly full auditorium saw the show, including me. Many of those I visited with during intermission and after the show say they were thoroughly entertained by the cast...

Going into Saturday night's last game of the regular season between Faribault and Owatonna it seemed clear cut. The winner would be the No. 3 seed in the Section 1 Class A Tournament beginning Wednesday. After all, both teams had 30 points in the Big Nine Conference playing the same opponents...

A memorial service for Mike Morrissey is being held Saturday, January 30, at Christ Lutheran Church in Faribault. It begins at 11:00 a.m. Before Mike Morrissey passed on November 30, I did have the opportunity to visit with him briefly by his deathbed...

Some Minnesota Twins are scheduled to be in Faribault soon. The Twins Caravan has been an award-winning event for decades. Groups of players, coaches and broadcasters cross the upper Midwest in the middle of winter to get closer to their fans...

I was listening to some Christmas music while writing a poem at my computer the other evening and realized most of my favorites are old. My favorite of the many I enjoy is "Silent Night" because it tells the true meaning of Christmas. It's not about a jolly fat man coming down a chimney or a red-nosed reindeer depressed because it don't look like the others...

Major League Baseball Commissioner Robert Manfred Jr. announced Monday baseball's all-time hits leader was denied reinstatement. The Hall of Fame does not consider for induction any person on baseball's restricted list. In a four-page written decision, Manfred said Rose applied for reinstatement in a letter asking for the chance to show he had reconfigured his life since he was banned for betting

When I was a kid more than four decades ago, there were just a few bowl games. Now there are 41 and even teams with losing records like the Minnesota Gophers have been invited to play. Here is a listing of the 2015-2016 college football bowl games...

Former longtime KDHL Sports Director Mike Morrissey passed away today, November 30, 2015. He was 75 and touched so many lives in his years at KDHL. We were so blessed to have him here. Cancer took him from us and he fought about as hard as anyone I ever witnessed with the disease...

I have a new hero. He's just a little Faribault guy, but man, does he have a big heart. Seven-year-old Lincoln Elementary first-grader Matt Koktavy is my new hero. Last week he donated 334 new stuffed animals to various law enforcement agencies to assist kids in need...