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KNUJ Hometown Hero

8-60 AM/FM 97-3 KNUJ/SAM 107-3 AND YOUR NEW ULM HY VEE ANNOUNCE OUR LATEST HOMETOWN HERO:  MACKENZIE HORSTMANN OF LESTER PRAIRIE.   IN MARCH, MACKENZIE WAS ON HER WAY TO WORK WHEN SHE CAME A UPON A TWO CAR ACCIDENT. ONE OF THE VEHICLES INCLUDED A 21 YEAR OLD MOTHER AND HER BABY.  MACKENZIE WITH HER SON AND DAUGHTER IN HER VEHICLE, TOOK ACTION HELPING THE MOTHER AND CHILD. SHE OFFERED A WARM CAR WITH BLANKET AND PACIFIER  FOR THE CHILD.    WHEN ANOTHER CAR STOPPED, SHE INSTRUCTED THEM TO HELP THE OTHER DRIVER.  ALL THREE INVOLVED IN THE ACCIDENT WERE TAKING TO THE HOSPITAL AND TODAY ARE REPORTED DOING WELL.   MACKENZIE’S CALM DEMEANOR WAS COMFORTING DURING A DIFFICULT SITUATION.    OUR LATEST HOMETOWN HERO:   MACKENZIE HORSTMANN OF LESTER PRAIRIE.