The Spring Valley City Council met in regular session on Monday, December 12, 2016, with all members present (Tony Archer, Todd Jones, Mayor Jim Struzyk, Bill Bires, Jeff Vehrenkamp and city administrator Deb Zimmer. No visitors had signed up to address the council. The meeting opened with the annual Truth in Taxation portion. Two citizens each asked why the valuation of … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2016
M-C Girls Stun R-P
Sports and injuries are synonymous with one another. Players get hurt. It is an unfortunate part of the game. Again, a key R-P athlete has been befallen by injury. Where the Trojans’ girls’ game with Mabel-Canton would’ve went had Mikayla Crawford not hurt her ankle, is unknown. Where it went once she was out, is known. The Cougars pounced on at an opportunity and pulled … [Read more...]
Kerns’ 32 Leads Cougars Past Houston
It was quite a half, quite a game for the Mabel-Canton junior. With the team’s leading scorer through two games, Drew Wyffels, nursing an injured left wrist (and he’s left-handed), teammate Brenden Kerns was given a greenlight to score. And score he did versus Houston. Kerns topped his career-high of 18 by halftime, scoring 21, helping M-C to a 31-15 lead. Houston went with … [Read more...]
Falcon Girls a 3-0 Week
Week one of scheduling for Fillmore Central’s girls and new coach Levi Olstad was unforgiving. Match-ups with powers Caledonia and Rushford-Peterson (two losses). Week two of scheduling was confidence-inspiring. The Falcons overmatched a trio of teams for a 3-0 week. Schaeffer Academy fell 61-23 for Olstad’s first varsity win. Sophomore Paige Donlinger had 11 points (4-5 … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
FCLMC senior Treyten Chiglo won 113-pounds at the La Crosse Logan Invite. LARP’s Justin Mueller and Xavier Riser each went 3-0 at the Byron Duals, Mueller beating D-E’s Class A 6th-ranked Marcus Otomo 5-2. Haley Polin hit three free throws late to nudge Lanesboro past L-O 32-28. Riley Means had a career-high (19) and Sam Peters tied his best effort (19) as FC’s boys beat … [Read more...]
Boys Basketball (12/6-12/10)
Southland 71, Kingsland 70 (K: Z. Buchholtz 25 pts (9-13 FTs), 7 rebs, 3 stls; Z. Bubany 22 pts (7-7 FTs); Ian Meisner 10 pts; Jordan Beck 7 pts, 9 rebs. Knights are 0-1, 0-1) L-A 43, FC 34 (FC: Logan Corson 9 pts (6-6 FTs), 3 stls) Chatfield 58, PEM 72 (C: Parker Fossum 15 pts, 6 rebs, 3 stls; Alex Hompe 13 pts; Dillon Bance 13 pts (6-6 FTs), 5 rebs) Caledonia 65, … [Read more...]
Girls Basketball (12/5-12/9)
Kingsland 55, Southland 40 (K: Courtney Schmidt 12 pts, 4 assists; Lauren Buchholtz 8 pts, 8 rebs, 3 assists, 3 stls) M-C 52, L-O 39 (M-C: C. Vickerman 16 pts, 6 rebs, 4 assists, 3 stls; C. Graves 16 pts, 7 rebs; P. Danielson 14 pts, 6 rebs) Lanesboro 31, GM 42 (L: H. Polin 19 pts, 7 rebs) R-P 51, Caledonia 78 (R-P: B. Koop 19 pts (7-10 FTs), 9 rebs, 5 stls; S. Skalet … [Read more...]
Wrestling (12/8-12/10)
Chatfield 31, W-K 39 (Falcons took five of final six weights, turning a 25-12 deficit into a 39-31 win. Chase Ketterhagen (126), Nathan Goldsmith (145), Jake Mandt (152), & Carter Fishbaugher (195) had pins, Cael Bartels (120) an 11-2 MD, and Seth Goetzinger (106) a 9-7 D for the Gophers. They are 0-1, 1-3) La Crosse Logan Invite (FCLMC took 6th of 10. All six Wolves … [Read more...]
Mabel landlords unhappy with new utility policy
At the Mabel City Council meeting on December 14, Jeff Engen asked the council members for some clarification on a recent policy change concerning utility bills. At their October meeting, the council decided to drop the $200 deposit for new utility customers and make landlords responsible for collecting utility payments from their renters. Unpaid utility bills will be … [Read more...]
The Working Mom ~ The best gift of all
The best gift of all Hopefully this finds all of you plowed out and sidewalks shoveled so you can have friends and family over for Christmas. The weekend is fast approaching and, if you haven’t taken the time to be good yet this year, you barely have time to squeeze in a good deed or two so...hurry up! If you have been reminiscing as you put up the tree this year and hung … [Read more...]