WINONA, Minn. — The owner of Sugar Loaf Ford Lincoln in Winona, Michael Puetz, has been nominated as Minnesota’s representative in the national dealer of the year competition. Puetz started in car-dealing at Walz Buick in Winona in 1996. He later acquired the Ford dealership from Bill Hutmacher and then added Chrysler Winona to his portfolio.

Puetz. Next is the National Automobile Dealers Association Show in Las Vegas in February.