Jim Hagedorn, who represented Minnesota's First Congressional District, including Stewartville, in the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Thursday, Feb. 17. He had been battling kidney cancer. Hagedorn was first elected to Congress in 2018 and re-elected in 2020. Kent Larson, co-chair of the Stewartville GOP precinct, said in an email he was saddened to hear of Hagedorn's passing... For more on this story pick up your copy of the March 1 Stewartville STAR.