Hammer and Wikan grocery store manager retiring

Hammer and Wikan grocery store will have a new manager as of Oct. 15, with Kathy Holtzinger stepping down and set to retire. In March of 1979, Holtzinger moved to Petersburg and a month later she started her journey with the company as a meat wrapper. After growing up in a grocery store, this career path seemed natural to take. Holtzinger worked her way up to the manager position, about 20 years ago she figures, and she's been a fixture of the grocery store and Hammer and Wikan family ever since.

"My kids have done homework in the store, rode their bikes through the old store while I threw fre...