Rich Schwegel, St. Joseph

Thank you for the excellent editorial on Chief Joel Klein. Those were my feelings exactly. 

For the past few years, I worked closely with Joel to assure the safety and security of the thousands of people who attend the Joetown Rocks celebration. He was always ready to help, professional and easy to work with. 

It’s sad someone chose the means they did to settle whatever differences they had with Joel. It’s a sad time for St. Joseph. I’ll miss Joel.

Author: Janelle Von Pinnon

Von Pinnon has been publishing the St. Joseph Newsleader since 1989, the Sartell-St. Stephen Newsleader since 1995 and the Sauk Rapids-Rice Newsleader since 2015. She graduated from Minnesota State University-Moorhead with degrees in mass communications (with an emphasis on print journalism) and biology. She lives in southeast St. Cloud with her husband and two children.