Bergey Boys Blazing BBQ of Canton received top honors at a charity BBQ event in La Crosse on June 24, 2017. The team’s pulled pork was awarded first place in the People’s Choice Contest at the Rotary Rock-n-Ribs BBQ Competition. The Bergey team — made up of father Don and three sons: Brock, Brandon and Brady — was one of 15 BBQ teams raising money for non-profit … [Read more...]
Archives for September 2017
Postal Service eyes January rate hikes
The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is planning to raise virtually all rates a bit in January, apparently including a one-cent hike of the Forever Stamp, to 50 cents. And it’s also hoping it will soon get the power to implement larger rate hikes. The USPS will raise rates for both market-dominant mail (such as First Class and Marketing Mail) and competitive mail (such as Priority … [Read more...]
Music at Whalan’s Taste of the Trail
Whalan’s Taste of the Trail is excited to announce it’s musical entertainment for this years event. Going Up will be performing along the Root River Bike Trail in Whalan on Saturday, September 9. Megan Kleven and Emily Whitcomb, collectively known as Going Up have been writing and performing music for a dozen or more years. The pair have taken state locally and throughout … [Read more...]
Government this week
Tuesday, September 5 • Fillmore County Commissioners, Courthouse, 9 a.m. • City of Houston Planning Commission/EDA, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Lanesboro City Council, City Hall, 5:30 p.m. • Preston City Council, City Hall, 6 p.m. • City of Rushford Village City Council, CRV Office, 7 p.m. Wednesday, September 6 • Fountain City Council, City Hall, 7:30 … [Read more...]
Volleyball Openers (8/24)
GM 0, #7 in A M-C 3 > 25-14, 25-14, 25-16 (MC: Savannah Slafter 11 kills, 14 digs; Kenidi McCabe 37 assists, 13 digs, 3 aces; Dakota Delaney 13 kills; Lexi Thorson 9 digs, 5 aces; Maddy Michels 9 kills; Payton Danielson 5 kills, 13 digs) #2 in A Hayfield 3, FC 0 > 26-28, 7-25, 18-25 (FC: Madison Scheevel 19 assists, 15 digs; Kaelyn Marzolf 8 kills; Cailey Rindels 5 … [Read more...]
Fillmore County Police Reports
Chatfield Police Department Jasmine Angelique Dortch, 27, Canton, Minn.; 6/4/2017, Driving After Revocation, Fine $200, Total Fees $320. 6/4/2017, Driving Left of Center, Fine $50. Joshua Robert Hanson, 28, Waterloo, Iowa; 7/21/2017, Speeding (64/55), Fine $40, Total Fees $130. Vickie Jay Snitker, 56, Waukon, Iowa; 7/29/2017, Operate Electronic/Musical Device (in … [Read more...]
2017 Football Preview
The high school football season begins with what is the new normal per the district format; changes. L-A moves from the Mid-Southeast East District (R-P, FC, Kingsland, etc.) to the Southeast-White (Chatfield, etc.). Cotter does the opposite. BP moves from MSE West to East. Each MSE Sub-District now has nine teams. Cannon Falls joins L-A as a new team in the … [Read more...]
Who needs to step up?
An interesting thing keeps happening to me. Every few days, someone — an acquaintance, a colleague, even a stranger on the street — approaches me. They ask some version of the same question: What can we do to pull ourselves out of this dark period? For the many Americans who respect representative democracy, the Constitution, and the rule of law, there’s reason to be … [Read more...]
Preston discusses first draft of 2018 Budget
At the August 24 meeting of the Preston City Council, the first draft of the 2018 budget and levy was reviewed. The total levy in this draft would be $894,425, or $62,931 more than in 2017. This represents a 7.57% increase. Year 2018 payments being made for two relatively recent construction/improvement projects contribute significantly to the budget; Twenty-14 street project … [Read more...]
Adult Band Camp begins in September
The Chatfield Brass Band is excited to offer an Adult Band Camp for anyone who played an instrument and would like to get their lip back in shape. If you are thinking it would be fun to start playing your instrument again but wonder if you can still get a sound and remember the fingerings, then this adventure is for you! The “campers” will meet for an hour on Monday evenings … [Read more...]