Meet the Staff

Amanda Thooft

Amanda can be contacted at: amanda@saukherald.com

Mark Klaphake

General Manager

Mark can be contacted at: mark.k@dairystar.com

Jill Borgerding

Office assistant

At home you can find me spending time with my family, playing board and card games, or reading.

Jill can be contacted at: jill.b@star-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Lorie Swedenburg

Circulation

At home you can find me in the back yard, patio or gazebo in the summer. In the winter, you can find me in the house mostly or in the garage working with my husband on a project.

Lorie can be contacted at: lorie@saukherald.com or 320-352-6577

EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT

Carol Moorman

Editor, Star Post & SauK Centre Herald

At home you can find me sitting on my patio enjoying my flowers and birds in the feeders and bird bath or working in my raised garden.

Carol can be contacted at: carol.m@star-pub.com

Ben Sonnek

Co-Editor, Sauk Centre Herald

At home you can find me playing with my kids, playing a computer game, reading or writing/editing creative fiction.

Ben can be contacted at: ben.s@saukherald.com

Evan Michealson

Staff Writer

At home you can find me watching movies, playing video games or reading a book. I also really enjoy playing board games with family and friends.

Evan can be contacted at: evan.m@star-pub.com

Hans Lammeman

Staff Writer

At home you can find me listening to podcasts and going for walks. I am constantly reading, whether it be newspapers, biographies, fiction or the back of cereal boxes.

Hans can be contacted at: hans.l@star-pub.com or 320-968-7220

Herman Lensing

Staff Writer

At home you can find me reading, organizing baseball stats, writing plays or watching television.

Herman can be contacted at: herman.l@star-pub.com

Mike Kosik

Staff Writer

At home you can find me reading, watching movies from the library and gardening in the summer.

Mike can be contacted at: mike.k@star-pub.com

Tim Hennagir

At home you can find me playing with my dog Oliver, reading and watching classic movies.

Tim can be contacted at: tim.h@star-pub.com

Tom Fenton

At home you can find me watching golf, football and hockey, reading golf books and experiementing on the Blackstone grill. Outside of work, you can find me on the golf course.

Tom can be contacted at: tom.f@star-pub.com or 3202660444

Tiffany Klaphake

Staff Writer

At home you can find me playing with my kids or baking.

Tiffany can be contacted at: tiffany.k@dairystar.com

SALES TEAM

Missy Traeger

Sales Manager

At home you can find me in the sun, on the water or by a bonfire.

Missy can be contacted at: missy@saukherald.com

Tim Vos

Sales Manager

Tim can be contacted at: tim.v@star-pub.com

Neil Maidl

At home you can find me fishing, hunting or working on something that has a motor. I fix a lot of small engines when not in the boat. I also love working on our family Chrismas tree farm.

Neil can be contacted at: neil.m@star-pub.com

Jaime Ostendorf

Sales

At home you can find me working on things for my dance classes, making tacos and hanging out with my family.

Jaime can be contacted at: jaime@star-pub.com

Bob Leukam

Sales

At home you can find me in one of a few places: working on my game across the street, golfing, in my small workshop building something, in the garden with my wife or watching baseball with my wife. I love cooking too.

Bob can be contacted at: bob.l@star-pub.com

Robin Brunette

Inside Sales

At home you can find me spending time with my husband and our two Chihuahuas watching movies, sitting on the patio and enjoying our grandchildren when they come for visits or sleepovers.

Robin can be contacted at: robin@saukherald.com

BUSINESS OFFICE

Amy McChesney

Accounts Receivable

At home you can find me on the couch watching TV and movies with my family.

Amy can be contacted at: amy.m@dtar-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Gretchen Jennissen

Accounts Receivable

At home you can find me hanging out with my family, baking or cooking, helping on the farm, taking care of my garden, chickens or many other animals that find me to take care of them.

Gretchen can be contacted at: gretchen@saukherald.com or 320-352-6577

ART DEPARTMENT

Amanda Thooft

Production Manager

At home you can find me outside playing with my girls, gardening or in the house cooking and baking.

Amanda can be contacted at: name@star-pub.com

Maddy Peterson

Ad Production

Maddy can be contacted at: maddy@star-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Cheyenne Middendorf

Ad Production

Cheyenne can be contacted at: cheyenne@star-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Annika Gunderson

Ad Production

At home you can find me spending time with my family, watching hockey, going out with friends and probably scrolling through social media.

Annika can be contacted at: annika@star-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Karen Knoblach

Ad Production

Karen can be contacted at: karen.k@star-pub.com or 320-352-6577

Nancy Powell

Nancy can be contacted at: nancy.p@star-pub.com or (320) 352-6577

Nadiia Zalitach

Nadiia can be contacted at: nadiia@star-pub.com