Dianne Reese - 2022 Distinguished Person of the Year
For her life-long record of service to New Holstein which continues to this day, Dianne Reese has been named New Holstein’s Distinguished Person of the Year for 2022 by the New Holstein Area Chamber of Commerce.
Reese has served the community in a variety of ways over the years. When she and husband Ron owned New Holstein True Value Hardware, they were strong supporters of community causes. She later entered city government including serving as mayor and was a “hands-on” mayor—even helping to pull invasive weeds from the prairie area at Kiwanis Park.
She has been a longtime member of the New Holstein Kiwanis Club and has served the club in a variety of capacities. Reese continues to serve in her retirement years, currently working on a project to get new organization signs at the entrances to the community as well as helping the Kiwanis ‘n Cops ‘n Kids reading program. (source: Tri-County News, December 15, 2022)