Norsk Hostfest founder Chester Reiten dies

Chester Reiten, a North Dakota broadcast pioneer who became a city and state leader and eventually founded a Scandinavian heritage festival that draws people from around the world, has died. He was 89. Reiten, known to most as Chet, died late Tuesday afternoon at a care facility in Minot, his son David Reiten told The Associated Press on Wednesday. Chet Reiten’s wife of 65 years, Joy, was at his side.

By: By Blake Nicholson, Associated Press, The Jamestown Sun