Roerig retires after half a century of service

Roerig builds regional insurance business through community involvement and ethical sales practices
After 50 years of serving the Day County community, Ken Roerig of Roerig Insurance is retiring with a career full of memories and a heart full of clients. Reporter & Farmer | Timothy Gibson
After 50 years of serving the Day County community, Ken Roerig of Roerig Insurance is retiring with a career full of memories and a heart full of clients. Reporter & Farmer | Timothy Gibson

When Ken Roerig moved to Webster in 1976, he only knew two people in town. He had left his position as Redfield High School band director to partner with New York Life insurance and establish Roerig Insurance company in Day County.

But a severe drought was parching the area’s farmland, frustrating farmers and stifling the local economy. Even Rush Lake was dry. The first several months, Roerig found…