Dale Wondrasch may not have been able to make it to his surprise open house on April 8 celebrating his VFW Lifetime Achievement Award, but he didn’t miss it completely. The members of the Spring Valley Post 4114 planned the open house to honor Wondrasch’s years of service to the VFW, Spring Valley, and the surrounding communities. The whole town worked hard to keep it a … [Read more...]
Archives for April 2017
Canton discusses possibility of chicken ordinance
As a newfound member of the city with the traditionally rural farm animal playing a significant role in her family’s personal life, resident Julie Pugh spoke before the Canton City Council on April 12 in hopes of adding regulations to the current ordinance on raising chickens within city limits. Pugh went on to note that many cities, including those of Lanesboro and … [Read more...]
Recycling 101
Many Fillmore County residents have contacted me in the past few months with questions concerning plastic bags. During the past year or two, countless articles have been written about plastic grocery bags, most being quite negative. Today’s article contains information I have found concerning these bags. Plastic bags did not catch on until the ‘70s, but since then, seem to … [Read more...]
Mabel-Canton learns of illegal agreements between districts
A parent voicing concerns about the apparent illegal open enrollment and consolidation agreements between Decorah and Mabel-Canton (M-C) Schools was the first item on the agenda at the M-C School Board meeting April 18. Tina Michels, Hesper resident and parent of two M-C open enrollment students, recently discovered that her children will not be able to attend M-C because of … [Read more...]
The O in Gophers
An “O” and a “0” aren’t technically the same thing. For Chatfield softball, the “oh” represents a “zero” in the loss column. Mark Eickhoff personally had some really sad news on the week. His varsity head coaching career is, however, all smiles, all wins. Chatfield began by slamming W-K 14-1 in five innings. Belle Berg (2-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, 3 R) hit her third home run in … [Read more...]
The O in GMLOK
An “O” and a “0” aren’t technically the same thing. For GMLOK softball, they’ve done the same thing as Chatfield. The Bulldogs racked up a couple more wins to also stay undefeated. Versus D-E, GMLOK went ahead with a 3-run fourth inning. The Eagles closed to down 3-2 heading to the bottom of the sixth. GMLOK got an insurance run (4-2), which they needed. They eked out a … [Read more...]
(Mini) Golf Preview
The state champion Fillmore Central girls are the county’s golf headliner. The Falcons graduated one senior (Laura Donney) and lost their coach (Lane Powell). Assistant Aaron Mensink takes over. His cast is led by stand-outs, sophomore Grace Miller (Section Champ, 8th at state) and freshman Madison Scheevel (3rd at Sections, 7th at state). Top 16 section finishers Tayah … [Read more...]
Hot Shots
After being offered previously, Mabel-Canton football coach Karl Urbaniak has agreed to coach the 2017 Vikings/MFCA High School All-Star game as U.S. Bank Stadium (in December). GMLOKS girls track and field won their third meet in as many tries (Hayfield Invite). All four gal-relay teams took first. The 4x200, 4x400, and Amelia Staat (800) stayed first-place perfect (3/3) … [Read more...]
Baseball (4/10 – 4/14)
Chatfield 6, W-K 4 (C: B. Ihrke 3-3, two 2Bs, 3 R; Spencer Mandt 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI, R; Robert Crouch 1-3, RBI, 5 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 8 K, 0 BB, Win) GMLOK 6, D-E 11 (4 ½) (GMLOK: Drew Copley 2-3, two 2Bs, 2 RBI, 2 R; Zach Myhre 2-2, 2B, RBI, 2 R; Brenn Olson 1-3, 2 R. Game called per weather and darkness. Eagles were home team) SC 10, Chatfield 0 (C: R. Crouch 1-3, 2B. … [Read more...]
Softball (4/10 – 4/13)
Houston 5, R-P 1 (H: A. Chapel 2-3, 3B, ITP-HR, 2 RBI, 2 R; A. Dulek 2-4, two 3B, RBI, R; Becca Lee 2B, RBI, R; Richelle Botcher 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 7 K, 3 BB, Win, RP: Alli Oian 1-3, RBI; Savannah Skalet 1-4, R, 7 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 0 BB, 10 K, Loss) SG/Cal 7, R-P 3 (RP: A. Oian 3-4, RBI; Ellie Dahl 2-4, R; Peyton Hoiness 2-2; Anna Kjos 2-3, R. Trojans: 0-4) … [Read more...]