Please reserve Sunday, June 18 at 3 p.m. for a special musical event at the historic Lenora United Methodist Church in rural Fillmore County. Greg Wennes and Rachel Storlie will be sharing their musical talents in a special worship service at the old Lenora Church. The Lenora Church was begun in 1856 and is a beautiful example of a Fillmore County pioneer church and is listed … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Preston to consider private well ordinance
City Administrator Joe Hoffman, at the council’s June 5 meeting, explained why it may be in the public’s interest to adopt a private well ordinance. The two main concerns are environmental and fairness. City wells serve a lot of people and are tested regularly to assure safe water. In a smaller city like Preston, if a large industrial user were to drill a private well, there … [Read more...]
Red Cross calls for new donors to prevent a summer blood shortage
The American Red Cross urges those who have never given blood before – as well as those who haven’t given recently – to make an appointment to give blood or platelets now and help sustain a sufficient community blood supply this summer. While the need for blood is constant during the summer months, the Red Cross experiences a drastic decline in new donors. Nationwide, about … [Read more...]
Lois Estelle Henry
Lois Henry, age 76, of Decorah, Iowa, died on Monday, June 5, 2017, at her home in Decorah, Iowa. Lois Estelle (Gossman) Henry was born on December 27, 1940, the daughter of Leland and Irma (Patterson) Gossman in Cresco, Iowa. Lois attended and graduated from Canton High School in 1959. She was married to Duane Henry on July 7, 1959, at St. Agnes-Plymouth Rock Catholic … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Week ~ Zach Bubany
Carla J. Bonnerud
Memorial services for Carla J. Bonnerud will be 11 a.m. Thursday, June 8, 2017, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Ostrander, with Rev. Herman Bakker officiating. Visitation will be held 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, 2017, at the Hindt Funeral Home in Spring Valley and will continue for one hour prior to the service at the church on Thursday. Carla Bonnerud, age 50, of Spring … [Read more...]
Preston welcomes new tourism director
Gabby Kinneberg has lived in Preston her whole life, so when the position of Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Director became available, it was kind of a no-brainer. “I already know Preston, so there was no learning curve,” she noted. Kinneberg grew up at Chic’s Pizza in Preston. Her parents owned the restaurant for almost 20 years, and she spent many hours of her childhood … [Read more...]
Bathke involved in another escape
Just before 11 a.m. on Friday, May 26, 2017, a van full of nine inmates from the Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud was hijacked by the inmates in the Lino Lakes area — just 66 miles from St. Cloud. The inmates were being escorted to other facilities such as the prison at Lino Lakes. All escapees were apprehended in various communities throughout the Twin Cities … [Read more...]
Veterans home committee members visit Chippewa Falls Veterans Home
Committees have been meeting now for months in Preston and Spring Valley, gathering information and planning for the possibility of building a veterans home in their Fillmore County community. Ron Scheevel and Don Gildner serve as co-chairs on the Preston committee. There is a competition between the two communities, each hoping to have the home built in their community. … [Read more...]
Nature’s Trust
By Dr. Bryan Van Gorp Rushford, MN The Nature’s Trust doctrine states that the government is obligated to act as trustee of the natural resources and assets that are subject to public concern and cannot destroy or sell to private interests what the people rightly own for themselves and for their posterity. It is a fundamental constraint on governmental power. Trustees are … [Read more...]