Mahowata fire chief 'was always there'

Mahowata fire chief 'was always there'

MAHTOWA — Firefighters for the Mahtowa Fire Department are mourning the loss of longtime Fire Chief Jim Fundine, who died Nov. 25 at age 66. “He was the type of guy that would do anything in his power to help somebody out,” said Jerad Lambert, who served on the volunteer fire department alongside Fundine for over 20 years. Fundine spent his career fighting fires for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and was often deployed to the west…