Doug Trytten, pictured above in the Kiester Days Parade on June 24, was the mayor of Kiester at the time of his death on Tuesday, July 11, following a long battle with leukemia.

With the recent death of Kiester’s mayor, Doug Trytten, one of the questions will be who will become the new mayor of the small town in the southeast corner of Faribault County.

That answer could come as soon as today, Monday, July 24, as the Kiester City Council has an official City Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m., at the Kiester City Hall.

Trytten has been the mayor for all of this year, 2023, after having defeated the former mayor, Richard Goggin, by a very slim margin in the November 2022 election.

Trytten had 103 votes, while Goggin had 94 votes in that election.

It was not the first time Trytten had been the mayor of Kiester, faced off in an election against Goggin, or been on its City Council.

He had served as the mayor from 2014 to 2018, but then he was defeated by Goggin in the 2018 election, who took over as mayor in January of 2019.

Trytten, who was a native of Kiester, also served on the Kiester City Council from 1986 to 1994.

In addition to serving on the council and as mayor, Trytten also served on the city’s Economic Development Authority, the Kiester Market board, Kee Theatre board, Kee Town and Country Centre board and as the digital cinema manager at the Kee Theatre.

But that is not all of his civic and community service activities and the many groups he was a member of.

Trytten was a past member of the Kiester Civic & Commerce, Minnesota Mayors Association, Kiester Jaycees, Kiester Ambulance Service, Cub Scout Master, Prairie Lakes Transit Advisory Committee, Sons of American Legion Squadron 454 (past commander), Kiester Days Committee, Gopher/Hawkeye Power Association (Farming of Yesteryear), Minnesota Cities Communication Committee and the Region Nine Development Commission (2017-2018).

Trytten retired as the office manager at Rembrandt Foods, but actually his career covered as many jobs as his volunteer work did.

He was once a quality manager, quality auditor, customer service rep, SPC facilitator, factory worker, and even an assistant teacher at the Kiester Middle School in the 2004-2005 school year.

Trytten died on July 11, after having suffered from leukemia for some time.

A full obituary for Trytten is expected to be running in the Register next week.