Vera E. Gahnz, 99, of Rushford died Saturday, June 10 at Good Shepherd Lutheran Home in Rushford. Vera was born July 12, 1917, on the family farm on the banks of Pine Creek in Fillmore County to John and Sarah (Knutson) Johnson. She was baptized and confirmed at Arendahl Lutheran Church in rural Peterson. Vera and Robert Gahnz were married March 5, 1960, at Arendahl Lutheran … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2017
Larry Dean Gates
Larry Dean Gates of Lime Springs, Iowa, passed away at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., on Thursday, June 8, 2017. Larry was born in Decorah, Iowa, on October 21, 1950, to Donald and Jeanette (Andersen) Gates. He grew up on a farm in the Kendallville area and attended country schools there through seventh grade. He often talked of fun times and still kept in touch with many … [Read more...]
Norman L. Sjarpe
The funeral service for Norman L. Sjarpe, 75, a Stewartville, Minn., resident, will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, June 15, 2017, at Zion Lutheran Church in Stewartville, with Rev. Byron Meline officiating. Burial will take place in Woodlawn Cemetery in Stewartville. Mr. Sjarpe died on Saturday, June 10, 2017, following an illness with cancer, at Seasons Hospice in Rochester, where … [Read more...]
Charlotte Catherine Lee Hampel
Charlotte Catherine Lee was born January 15, 1931, in La Crosse, Wis., to Delbert (Deb) and Catherine (Murray) Lee. Chat (Shot), as her father called her, along with her three older sisters, Mary Jean, Betty, and Margaret, grew up in Hokah. After graduating from St. Peter’s Catholic School in 1948, Charlotte married Willis Hampel on August 31, 1950. The couple lived first in … [Read more...]
Carol Jean (Lentz) Meyer
Carol Jean (Lentz) Meyer, 80, of Wykoff, died Monday, June 12, 2017, at Mayo Clinic Hospital – Methodist Campus due to kidney cancer. She was born on December 19, 1936 in Forestville Township to Harold and Gladys (Vrieze) Lentz, the fifth of seven children. She attended Le Fevere and Bateman rural schools and Spring Valley High School, graduating in 1954. On January 8, 1955, … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Journal Athlete of the Week – Drew Lewison
Kids Cove Academy welcomes area families
Children are our most precious gifts, and at Kids Cove Academy the kids are taken care of with the utmost kindness and compassion. Kids Cove Academy daycare center was established in May 2017 when the building which housed the former Learn and Play Daycare in Chatfield, Minn., was purchased by Aubrey Reed, director, along with her husband, John, and John’s father, … [Read more...]
Ostrander to ban dogs from City Park
A regular meeting of the Ostrander City Council was held on June 6. Members present included Erin Volkart, Pam Kunert, Mayor Pat Nesler, and Clerk Chris Hyrkas. No citizens had signed up to address the council. Rick Whitney (Peopleservices) asked the council to consider buying a diffuser to use when flushing the city’s hydrants. He explained that it spreads out the flow, … [Read more...]
Hearing on Wykoff school closure
A crowd estimated at 100 convened in the Kingsland (Spring Valley) gymnasium on June 5. The entire school board was present (Doug Plaehn, Deb Larson, Ann Oeltjen, Jackie Horsman, Tiffany Mundfrom, and Heather Betts, along with Superintendent John McDonald). Plaehn opened the meeting and said that the public hearing was being held due to the board’s proposed closing of the … [Read more...]
Devil’s Advocate…Caves and karst
Have you ever wondered what goes on beneath your feet as you walk on a sidewalk, a prairie, forest, or field? In Southeast Minnesota, we live in a spectacular and ancient landscape. Meandering streams shape our hillsides. Larger rivers cut through the bluffs as water continues its path of least resistance to the Mighty Mississippi. The flowing waters we see today and the water … [Read more...]