Board clerk and business manager of USD 107 Rock Hills, Janet Higer, attended school mostly in Mankato. She went to Jewell for one year. After a period of time living elsewhere, Higer moved back to Jewell County to be close to family. She wanted to live in the town where her children would go to school, so she chose Mankato.

Higer and her husband, Dan, met in Mankato. She has five sons, Bret Engel, Travis Novak, Tycen, Mason and Nick Higer. She also has a daughter, Amanda Cudney. Higer has a daughter-in-law, Arianne Engel, and a son-in-law, Matt Cudney. She is a grandma to four grandchildren,...