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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

February 9, 2026 by Fillmore County Journal Leave a Comment

THE RIGHT TO VERIFICATION OF THE DEBT AND IDENTITY OF THE ORIGINAL CREDITOR WITHIN THE TIME PROVIDED BY LAW IS NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ACTION.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that default has occurred in the conditions of the following described mortgage:

Mortgagor: Kay E. Heckel and Jerry M. Heckel, wife and husband

Mortgagee: United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service or successor agency, United States Department of Agriculture

Dated: July 28, 2000

Recorded: July 31, 2000

Fillmore County Recorder Document No. 311513

Transaction Agent: N/A

Transaction Agent Mortgage Identification Number: N/A

Lender or Broker: United States of America, acting through Rural Housing Service, United States Department of Agriculture

Residential Mortgage Servicer: ISN Corporation

Mortgage Originator:  United States of America, acting through Rural Housing Service, United States Department of Agriculture

LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF PROPERTY: Lot Seven (7), Block One (1), Northridge Estates Addition, in the City of Spring Valley, Fillmore County, Minnesota.

This is Abstract Property.

TAX PARCEL NO.: 361065000

ADDRESS OF PROPERTY:

714 Mlinar Ave E

Spring Valley, MN 55975

COUNTY IN WHICH PROPERTY IS LOCATED: Fillmore

ORIGINAL PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF MORTGAGE: $120,900.00

AMOUNT DUE AND CLAIMED TO BE DUE AS OF DATE OF NOTICE: $311,703.24

That prior to the commencement of this mortgage foreclosure proceeding Mortgagee/Assignee of Mortgagee complied with all notice requirements as required by statute; that no action or proceeding has been instituted at law to recover the debt then remaining secured by such mortgage, or any part thereof, or, if the action or proceeding has been instituted, that the same has been discontinued, or that an execution upon the judgment rendered therein has been returned unsatisfied, in whole or in part;

PURSUANT to the power of sale contained in said mortgage, the above described property will be sold by the Sheriff of said county as follows:

DATE AND TIME OF SALE: April 9th, 2026, 10:00 AM

PLACE OF SALE:  Main Lobby, Fillmore County Courthouse, 101 Fillmore Street, Preston, MN to pay the debt then secured by said Mortgage, and taxes, if any, on said premises, and the costs and disbursements, including attorneys’ fees allowed by law subject to redemption within 6 Months from the date of said sale by the mortgagor(s), their personal representatives or assigns.

DATE TO VACATE PROPERTY: The date on or before which the mortgagor must vacate the property if the mortgage is not reinstated under Minnesota Statutes section 580.30 or the property redeemed under Minnesota Statutes section 580.23 is October 9th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.  

MORTGAGOR(S) RELEASED FROM FINANCIAL OBLIGATION ON MORTGAGE: NONE

THE TIME ALLOWED BY LAW FOR REDEMPTION BY THE MORTGAGOR, THE MORTGAGOR’S PERSONALREPRESENTATIVES OR ASSIGNS, MAY BE REDUCED TO FIVE WEEKS IF A JUDICIAL ORDER IS ENTERED UNDER MINNESOTA STATUTES SECTION 582.032, DETERMINING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT THE MORTGAGED PREMISES ARE IMPROVED WITH A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING OF LESS THAN FIVE UNITS, ARE NOT PROPERTY USED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AND ARE ABANDONED.

Dated: January 22, 2026

United States of America, 

acting through the Rural Housing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, 

Mortgagee

By: HALLIDAY, WATKINS & MANN, P.C.

Attorneys for:

United States of America, acting through the Rural Housing Service, United States Department of Agriculture, Mortgagee

1333 Northland Drive, Suite 205

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

801-355-2886

651-228-1753 (fax)

THIS COMMUNICATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT.  ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.

MN22287.

Publish 9.16.23.2.9.16

Filed Under: Legal Notice

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