Rhubarb: Minnesota’s funniest fruit? Or is it really a vegetable? On Saturday, June 3, 2017, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Lanesboro invites cooks, comedians, runners and everyone with a taste for sweet and tart foods to come celebrate rhubarb at the annual Rhubarb Festival. A legion of good-humored vendors and volunteers from the Lanesboro area will be raiding area garden patches … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
A View From The Woods
A woodsy walk A cool, still morning dawned. After a quick breakfast, I make sandwiches to wrap for lunch. As I tuck my pants into my socks to keep the ticks out, cars begin pulling up the driveway for the annual Harmony Garden Club wildflower walk. A stroll around the garden and a quick refresher on the names of trout lilies, yellow bellwort and rue anemones blooming near … [Read more...]
Whalan council discusses beekeeping
The Whalan City Council met on May 8, 2017, with Mayor Tuftin and Councilmembers Lewis, Johnson, W. Berekvam and K. Berekvam present. City Clerk Melander was absent. As many area residents take up hobbies such as beekeeping, the council has been approached by the renter of a residence to have a colony of bees in their backyard. The council will do research on the subject … [Read more...]
National Trails Day is June 3: Lost Creek Hiking Trail offers fun and education!
The American Hiking Society has designated Saturday, June 3 as National Trails Day. We are fortunate to live in an area that offers many trails to enjoy hiking, biking, skiing, etc. The Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District, in partnership with the Bluff Country Hiking Club, is utilizing the Lost Creek Hiking Trail west of Chatfield as an opportunity to also educate … [Read more...]
Save Sunday for Dad
Art in the Park 2017 moves to Saturday, June 17 LANESBORO, MN – Art in the Park, Lanesboro Arts’ annual fine art festival in Sylvan Park, is happening on Saturday, June 17 this year. This marks the first time the popular summer event will not be taking place on Father’s Day, a Sunday, since its inaugural year in 1980. After several years of surveys and deliberation, … [Read more...]
LFC Girls Capture (First) True Team Crown
Last year, LFC’s girls track and field finished third to Lake City and D-E at the Section 1A True Team meet. Two years ago, they finished second to Lake City. Three years ago, they finished fourth. With a second, a third, and a fourth the past three years, a first just made sense. Jared Pierce and staff saw their girls (866.5) slip past Lake City (848.5), D-E (844.5), RPH … [Read more...]
Gophers a Sweet 16
Many of them haven’t had their Sweet 16 birthday. Yet, AA #3 Chatfield softball is 16-0. They have clinched a share of the TRC-West. In a tough non-con test with defending 1A champion Hayfield (7-3), Chatfield trailed 4-1 after three. They tied it in the fourth (Lexi Chase two-run double). A Haley Goetzinger RBI-single put the Gophers up 5-4. They led 6-4 heading to the … [Read more...]
Hot Shots (5/8 – 5/13)
RPHers Ashley Agrimson (L-Jump/T-Jump), Nicole Blagsvedt (Shot), Dylan Linder (1,600), Triton Meldahl (300-H), and Noah Carlson (L-Jump three-peat) won titles at the TRC track meet. Agrimson’s L-Jump (17’4 ¾”) broke a 31-year meet record. Alex Hompe (Shot) and the repeating boys 4x400 (Isaiah Froese, Kevin Bradt, Ben Muller, Gage Tuohy) won for Chatfield. GMLOK softball … [Read more...]
Baseball (5/8 – 5/13)
D-E 2, GMLOK 4 (GMLOK: D. Copley 7 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 9 K, 2 BB, Win, 1-2, 2B, RBI, R; Zach Bubany 2-3, RBI, R; Ethan Fenske 2-3, RBI; Cody Merkel/Reid Kruegel 2-3, R. Bulldogs scored two in bottom six for win) M-C 1, #12 in A Randolph 7 (MC: Michael Selness 1-3, RBI; Drew Wyffels 5 2/3 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, Loss) R-P 4, #20 FC/L 6 (FCL: Colten Kraling 1-2, 2 RBI, 5 … [Read more...]
Softball (5/8 – 5/13)
GMLOK 3, D-E 2 (GM: A. Meskill 7 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 7 K, Win; Courtney Schmidt 1-3, RBI, R; Hattie Voigt 1-3, 2B, R) L-A 11, Houston 4 (H: A. Chapel 3-4, 2B, HR, 2 RBI, R; Tessa Peterson 2-4; Becca Rostad 2 RBI) GMLOK 4, W-K 3 (GM: G. Schmidt 1-4, HR, RBI, 2 R; L. Welch 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI; A. Meskill 7 IP, 3 ER, Win) R-P 0, FC/L 5 (FCL: Makaila Eickhoff 7 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 9 … [Read more...]