DASSEL, COKATO, DARWIN, KINGSTON, MN – Long-time staff writer Kristen Miller has been named editor of the Dassel-Cokato Enterprise Dispatch after the recent loss of its former editor Lynda Jensen.

Miller has been a staff writer with Herald Journal Publishing for nearly five years and has covered a wide range of local news from city government and school board to feature stories and town festivals.

In January of 2009, Miller won a first place award for Best Social Issues Feature Story in the Minnesota Newspaper Association’s Better Newspaper Contest.

She is a 1998 Litchfield High School graduate and was born and raised south of Darwin.

Dori Kimball was named Enterprise Dispatch advertising/office manager to handle general matters outside of the newspaper content.

The Enterprise Dispatch office is also staffed by Stephen Wiblemo, sports editor; and Kathy Tupa, customer service.

Also June 28, Ivan Raconteur was chosen to be the Herald Journal editor.