He's the iron man of the newspaper company (along with a few others) but he's the only one who is also from the Iron Range. Patrick Minelli (a.k.a. "The Ranger") has served as editor of the Shakopee Valley News since Stan hired him exactly 28 years ago today.
That historic moment was noted today during free hamburgers and brats at the newspaper office. The entire ink-stained outfit is getting ready to move to new digs after 33 years at this location, so Stan went down to hunt memorabilia and shake some hands. He grabbed a Terry Redlin print he'd left hanging on the lobby wall, but was unable to find the legendary Stan Rolfsrud bobblehead that was given away as a prize in a football contest in 2003.
Digging deeper.
