Staff
Katie Johnson
News editor
Call Katie at 507-434-2235.
Katie Johnson has been news editor at the Austin Daily Herald since June 2007 and also covers education. She started at the Herald in November 2006 as the public affairs reporter. Prior to that, she was a reporter and photographer at the Park Rapids Enterprise for two years. The South Dakota native has newspaper experience at the Traill County Tribune in Mayville, N.D., and the High Plains Reader in Fargo, N.D., and has covered a wide range of topics, including Native American powwows, declining enrollment at the country's smallest university and shoreland management in northern Minnesota lakes. Katie is a 2004 graduate of Minnesota State University Moorhead.
Recent stories
- Hoping for a new home
November 20, 2008 - Third-graders learn to eat their 'greens'
November 19, 2008 - Flood plan still No. 1 project
November 18, 2008 - Local bars fined for serving minors
November 18, 2008 - New wellness center considered
November 18, 2008 - 'Limited' search for park and rec director continues
November 18, 2008 - Play based on famous diary
November 15, 2008 - Level 3 sex offender moves to Austin
November 14, 2008 - Beltone reopens at new Austin location
November 14, 2008 - Driving to its goal
November 13, 2008 - See full list of stories by Katie Johnson...
Recent photos
November 11, 2008
Todd Hepler, manager of Hy-Vee in Austin, chats with employees while making the rounds in his store. Hepler was named one of 10 Outstanding Young Minnesotans.
November 7, 2008
David Fleischmann began as the new pastor at Beautiful Savior and Trinity Lutheran churches Oct. 26.
October 21, 2008
Riverland Community College alumni Lia Bauer Culbert, left, who plays “Cathy,” and Bradley Weber, as “Jamie,” will debut their production of “The Last 5 Years” Wednesday.
September 26, 2008
Bill Hardwick is the co-founder of hatecards.net, a Web site he says helps customers “lash out rationally” — and anonymously.
September 16, 2008
Jeff Lam, owner of China Star Mongolian Grill, poses in front of his new restaurant in the Super Center Place strip mall, across from Wal-Mart at 1906 Eighth St. N.W. Opening Friday, the restaurant will feature a full menu, buffet and a create-your-own-dish Mongolian grill.