County Information
Founded: March 5, 1853
The county is named for the French explorer Pierre-Charles Le Sueur who visited the area in 1700.
County Seat: Le Center
Courthouse built in 1896-1897.
photo taken 2016
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MARCH 2025
BIRTHS: Transcribed by Robin Line - Heert Boy
OBITS: transcribed by Robin Line - Narcissa Victoria Ayer, Chas. Boechter, Mary Louise (Gesch) Clark, Mrs. David Schultz
OCTOBER 2024
BIOS: Frank Becker; transcribed by Robin Line - J. A. Anderegg, George H. Denzer, Marlon R. Everett, Peter J. Kirwin, Gabriel Torgrimson, Edwin A. Thayer, John Boyd Tyrrell
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MILITARY: MN Historical Society Gold Star Vets, submitted by Robin Line - Ervin Lehe Pinney, Frank Henry Kapaun, Albert Klaseus, John Ewald Richard Kuehn, Edward Leath, Levi Lefto, Clayton Boice McGovern, Donald McNeil, Anton Morgenthaler, Richard Clement O’Connell, Thomas Emmet Osborn, John William Sticha, Lyle Wesley Stockton, Lawrence Theadore Ulm, Joseph J. Vroblosky, Harry Wilkins Wendelschafer, Clarence Arthur Wistrom, John Wondra
NEWS-WEATHER: 1870 Lightning Kills Children
OBITS: transcribed by Robin Line - Mrs. H. B. Aitkins, Carl Boechter, Patrick Dubbins
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