Richard Knakmuhs formed the Knakmuhs Agency in 1960 when he bought a very small agency on Main Street in Walnut Grove. In 1977 his son Kerry joined the business and added real estate sales into the mix. In 1987 a major expansion was made when the Tracy Agency was purchased. In 1993 another opportunity came along and we expanded into Garvin. As more family became interested in joining the agency we found an opportunity in Westbrook and purchased an agency there in 2001 and added real estate sales to the Tracy and Westbrook locations. This made room for two sons to join the business. Matt came on board in 2001 and Nate joined in 2002, both having graduated from the University of Minnesota, Morris.

Family is a very important aspect of our business and we have been very fortunate to have so many family members involved. However, we could never do without the rest of our very experienced and able staff.

Listed below the people involved in our operation and where you might expect to find them.

Kerry Knakmuhs(1977) Walnut Grove and Garvin

Becky Knakmuhs(1994) Tracy

Matt Knakmuhs(2001) Walnut Grove and Tracy

Nate Knakmuhs(2002) Westbrook and Walnut Grove

Dick Knakmuhs(1960) Walnut Grove

Tom Rignell(1996) Tracy

Kristi Butler(1998) Walnut Grove

Dorothy Drakley(1993) Garvin

Karyl Gertner(2001) Westbrook

Duane Vahl(1999) Tracy

Sandy Lau(2001) Tracy

Greg Hansen(2004) Walnut Grove and Tracy

Also affiliated with the real estate part of our business are Duane Peterson & Bob McCoy in Tracy and Darrell Eichner in Westbrook.

We are very proud of the experience level we have for you, spanning 3 generations. We are also firmly entrenched in the area and we’ll be here long into the future.