PUBLIC NOTICE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF FREEBORN
THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
DISTRICT COURT
PROBATE DIVISION
COURT FILE NO.
24-PR-26-554
ESTATE OF ARLENE HOBBIEBRUNKEN, DECEDENT
NOTICE AND ORDER OF HEARING ON PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AND APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND NOTICE TO CREDITORS
It is Ordered and Notice is given that on June 1, 2026 at 10:00 AM via Zoom, a hearing will be held in this Court at Freeborn County Courthouse, Albert Lea, Minnesota, for the formal probate of an instrument purporting to be the Will of the Decedent dated, October 18, 2007, and separate writings under Minnesota Statutes section
524.2-513, dated September 18, 2018, (“Will”), and for the appointment of Ramona Hobbiebrunken, whose address is 982 E. Porter Ridge Road, Dalhart, Texas, 79022 as Personal Representative of the Estate of the Decedent in an UNSUPERVISED administration. Any objections to the petition must be filed with the Court prior to or raised at the hearing. If proper and if no objections are filed or raised, the Personal Representative will be appointed with full power to administer the Estate including the power to collect all assets, to pay all legal debts, claims, taxes and expenses, to sell real and personal property, and to do all necessary acts for the Estate. See notice of remote hearing.
Notice is also given that (subject to Minnesota Statutes section
524.3-801) all creditors having claims against the Estate are required to present the claims to the Personal Representative or to the Court Administrator within four months after the date of this Notice or the claims will be barred.
Dated: April 15, 2026
BY THE COURT
/s/Christy Hormann
Judge of District Court
Rebecca Mittag Court Administrator
Attorney for Petitioner Marty G. Helle
Hoversten, Johnson, Beckmann & Hovey, LLP
807 West Oakland Avenue
Austin, Minnesota, 55912
Attorney License No: 0307476
Telephone: (507) 433-3483
FAX: (507) 433-7889
Email:
mhelle@hoverstenlaw.comState of Minnesota
Freeborn County
District Court
Third District
Court File Number:
24-pr-26-554
Case Type: Formal Unsupervised
Notice of Remote Zoom Hearing
File Copy
In re the Estate of Arlene Hobbiebrunken, Deceased
You are notified this matter is set for a remote hearing. This hearing will not be in person at the courthouse.
Hearing Information
Probate Hearing
June 01, 2026
10:00 AM
The hearing will be held via Zoom and appearance shall be by video unless otherwise directed with Judicial Officer Holli J. Mayer, Freeborn County District Court.
The Minnesota Judicial Branch uses strict security controls for all remote technology when conducting remote hearings.
You must:
• Notify the court if your address, email, or phone number changes.
• Be fully prepared for the remote hearing. If you have exhibits you want the court to see, you must give them to the court before the hearing. Visit
https://www.mncourts.gov/Remote-Hearings for more information and options for joining remote hearings, including how to submit exhibits.
• Contact the court at 507-668-6014 if you do not have access to the internet or are unable to connect by video.
• If you need an interpreter, contact the court before the hearing date to ask for one.
To join by internet:
• Type
https://zoomgov.com/join in your browser’s address bar.
• Enter the Meeting ID and Meeting Passcode (if asked):
Meeting ID: 160 674 1720
Passcode: 207191
• Update your name by clicking on your profile picture. If you are representing a party, add your role to your name, for example, John Smith, Attorney for Defendant.
• Click the Join Audio icon in the lower left-hand corner of your screen.
• Click Start Video.
Para obtener más información y conocer las opciones para participar en audiencias remotas, incluido cómo enviar pruebas, visite
www.mncourts.gov/Remote-Hearings.
Booqo
www.mncourts.gov/Remote-Hearings oo ka eego faahfaahin iyo siyaabaha aad uga qeybgeli karto dacwad-dhageysi ah fogaan-arag, iyo sida aad u soo gudbineyso wixii caddeymo ah.
Important!
You may be connecting from home, but it is still a court hearing. Pay attention and follow all rules.
Dated: April 15, 2026
Rebecca S. Mittag
Freeborn County Court Administrator
cc: MARTY GENE HELLE
Albert Lea Tribune:
Apr. 25 and May 2, 2026
EST/HOBBIEBRUNKEN, A.